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Author: Terry Mills MLA
Opposition Leader Terry Mills said the decision by Independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott to support Julia Gillard’s Labor Party has serious implications for the Northern...
07 September 2010
Author: Rick Setter
The Country Liberals have pre-selected Alice Springs businesswoman and former Deputy Mayor Robyn Lambley as the Party’s candidate for Araluen at the forthcoming by-election.
...
06 September 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
Opposition Leader Terry Mills has welcomed the Country Liberals’ endorsement of Robyn Lambley as the party’s candidate for Araluen in the forthcoming by-election.
Mr Mills ...
06 September 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Country Liberals’ Member for Solomon, Natasha Griggs, has thanked the local community for supporting her at this month’s Federal election.
The Australian Electoral Commissi...
06 September 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
Failure to release water sample test results at Darwin’s beaches during the current unexplained bacteria outbreaks is a breach of governance, public safety and water security,...
03 September 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
Sport and Recreation Minister Karl Hampton should clarify his Government’s costings for the proposed Palmerston water park.
Member for Brennan, Peter Chandler, said while t...
02 September 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
The Henderson Government has shown an appalling lack of preparedness in its response to the break-out by almost 100 detainees from the Northern Immigration Detention Facility....
01 September 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
Today’s Territory GDP and State Final Demand figures cast a shadow over economic growth into the future, says Shadow Treasurer John Elferink.
Private investment on an annua...
01 September 2010
Author: Matt Conlan MLA
The Henderson Government’s Alcohol Management Plan for Darwin and Palmerston is poorly thought out, onerous and targets the wrong people.
Shadow Minister for Alcohol Policy...
01 September 2010
Author: Matt Conlan MLA
The Henderson Government’s proposed Alcohol Management Plan for Darwin and Palmerston highlights the double standards Labor applies to grog restrictions across the Territory.
...
01 September 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
The Henderson Government’s failure to provide adequate rehabilitation services has contributed to rising recidivism rates across the Northern Territory, says acting Shadow Jus...
31 August 2010
Author: Matt Conlan MLA
The tough talk by Chief Minister Paul Henderson in relation to itinerant drinking in Alice Springs highlights the unworkability and ongoing failure of his Government’s alcohol...
30 August 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
At a meeting today of the Parliamentary Wing of the Northern Territory Country Liberals a challenge was brought to the leadership of Terry Mills and to his position as Opposit...
27 August 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
On top of this morning’s revelations regarding Trolley fines of $13,000 the cash strapped NT government has also introduced legislation increasing fines for other offences by ...
26 August 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
Media reports that the Territory Government failed to disclose that it had received an investigative report into the source of E-Coli pollution at Darwin beaches during June f...
24 August 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
The release of the Utilities Commissioner’s draft report into Electricity Standards of Service for the Northern Territory shows that the PowerWater Corporation planning is beh...
24 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Natasha Griggs has today revealed her busy timetable for direct action in Darwin and Palmerston for her first 100 days if elected on Saturday.
“I have a bold plan of direc...
20 August 2010
Author: Jodeen Carney MLA
Today I announce my retirement from Territory politics, effective from 3rd September.
Until recently, it was my intention to contest the 2012 election. However, as a resul...
19 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
Opposition Leader Terry Mills has paid tribute to Araluen MLA Jodeen Carney, who today announced her retirement from the Legislative Assembly.
“Jodeen’s showed that you can...
19 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Media Release
The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP
Shadow Minister for Finance and Debt Reduction
Federal Member for Goldstein
Labor’s spin machine is out of control, peppering...
19 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Media Release
The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP
Shadow Minister for Finance and Debt Reduction
Federal Member for Goldstein
Labor’s spin machine is out of control, peppering...
19 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Media Release
The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP
Shadow Minister for Finance and Debt Reduction
Federal Member for Goldstein
The Hon Peter Dutton MP
Shadow Minister for Health...
19 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The Country Liberals have moved to toughen penalties for torching a motor vehicle in the Northern Territory.
Opposition Leader Terry Mills said if amendments to the Territo...
19 August 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
The 10 year wait for the Henderson Government to ratchet up plans for development of the proposed city of Weddell appears not to have been complemented by behind the scenes ac...
18 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Natasha Griggs today welcomed the Coalition’s commitment to fund the installation of a shade cloth at Garanmanuk Park if elected on Saturday.
A petition addressed to the Ma...
18 August 2010
Author: Rick Setter
Reports in yesterday’s Alice Springs News and subsequent media today that Leo Abbott told a Country Liberals’ Pre-selection Committee meeting he had breached a Domestic Violen...
18 August 2010
Author: Adam Giles MLA
The Labor Government has rejected a bid for meaningful road safety reform in the Northern Territory.
Shadow Transport Minister Adam Giles said his disappointment at the def...
18 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Natasha Griggs has today welcomed the NT Environment Centre’s support for the Country Liberals’ bold plan of action for the protection of Darwin Harbour.
“I welcome the imp...
17 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
Opposition Leader Terry Mills says the Chief Minister should detail the facts behind the Domestic Violence Order against the Member for Solomon, Damian Hale.
Mr Mills said ...
17 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Damian Hale has this morning refused to commit to a timeline for his GP Super Clinic promise.
“This is yet another cruel hoax from Mr Hale and Labor and another failure to ...
16 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The Country Liberals’ parliamentary wing has united behind Opposition Leader Terry Mills’ push to disendorse Leo Abbott as the party’s candidate for Lingiari.
“The party wi...
16 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Country Liberals’ Candidate for Solomon Natasha Griggs today announced her bold plan of action to protect Darwin Harbour and take Darwin into the 21st Century.
“The Darwin ...
15 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
STATEMENT FROM TERRY MILLS
The Country Liberals management committee has rejected a move to disendorse the Party’s Lingiari candidate, Leo Abbott, for breaching a Domestic Vi...
15 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
The Country Liberals management committee has rejected a move to disendorse the Party’s Lingiari candidate, Leo Abbott, for breaching a Domestic Violence Order.
“Domestic v...
15 August 2010
Author: Rick Setter
Leo Abbott will remain the Country Liberals Candidate for Lingiari following an executive meeting held today.
Acting Country Liberals president Richard Teo said Leo’s candi...
15 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Country Liberals’ Candidate for Solomon Natasha Griggs today welcomed the Coalition’s announcement to take real action and provide a grant of up to $25 million for an Australi...
14 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Natasha Griggs today welcomed the Coalition’s announcement of four important Green Army projects totaling $500,000, made today by Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Ac...
13 August 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
The Henderson Government has killed off a Country Liberals push for an independent investigation into inappropriate invoicing practices as part of the SIHIP scheme.
Shadow ...
13 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
“I have called for the Country Liberals’ Management Committee to disendorse Leo Abbott as the candidate for the Federal electorate of Lingiari.
“The move follows an admissi...
13 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
“Damian Hale has failed to deliver on his promises for three years now - nothing's going to change.
“Damian Hale promised to deliver a 24-hour Super Clinic three years ago ...
13 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
Taxpayers have had to foot the bill for substantial cost blow-outs under the Federal Government’s Primary Schools for the 21st Century Program.
Opposition Leader Terry Mill...
12 August 2010
Author: Willem Westra van Holthe MLA
The Henderson Labor Government’s failure to plan for growth in Katherine is stifling the town’s rental market.
Member for Katherine, Willem Westra van Holthe, said the late...
12 August 2010
Author: Jodeen Carney MLA
The Henderson Government should outline the future of its proposed workers accommodation village in Alice Springs.
Member for Araluen, Jodeen Carney, said the Chief Minis...
12 August 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
The Chief Minister’s claim that rental vacancy rates in Darwin have increased isn’t supported by the facts.
“Yesterday and again today in Parliament, Paul Henderson incorre...
12 August 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
Education Minister, Chris Burns set a personal best in the Assembly this week by misleading the House twice in two days.
Shadow Assisting on Education, Peter Chandler, said...
12 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Damian Hale has yet again demonstrated why he is a lazy MP who is taking Territorians for granted.
“Territorians could be forgiven this week for feeling a sense of déjà vu...
11 August 2010
The Member for Solomon, Damian Hale, should immediately post his election campaign media releases on his website and stop hiding the details of Labor’s announcements from Terr...
11 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The Henderson Government has rejected a Country Liberals’ plan to establish an anti-corruption watchdog in the Northern Territory.
Opposition Leader Terry Mills said he was...
11 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The Henderson Government tonight delivered a significant blow to the Member for Solomon’s push to relocate 400 houses away from the Winnellie RAAF Base.
The Government supp...
11 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The absurdity of the Federal Government’s plan to relocate almost 400 houses from RAAF Base Darwin – and the Henderson Government’s meek acceptance of this shonky scheme – ign...
10 August 2010
Author: David Tollner MLA
The Member for Nightcliff and Assembly Speaker, Jane Aagaard, should outline her plans for future involvement in the Northern Territory Parliament.
Member for Fong Lim, Dav...
10 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The Chief Minister’s callous indifference to the plight of Territorians on priority housing waiting lists gives little hope the Government is actively trying to solve the chro...
10 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Natasha Griggs today welcomed the Coalition’s announcement of $3 million for a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner, made by Deputy Leader of the Opposition Julie Bishop...
09 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Top End groups leading the fight against the spread of cane toads would be among those to benefit from a $1 million program announced by the Coalition in Darwin today.
The...
09 August 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
The Henderson Government is falling well behind in a number of key National Partnership Agreements it signed with the Commonwealth in the areas of health, education and housin...
09 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Julia Gillard is obviously out of touch with the Territory and uninformed on Damian Hale’s broken promise from 2007 to fix Darwin’s housing affordability crisis.
“Mr Hale ...
08 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
The cost of the Greens-Labor preference deal has now become apparent to fishers in the Northern Territory, says Natasha Griggs, Country Liberals Candidate for Solomon.
“Th...
06 August 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
Eight months since the Chief Minister announced the private sector would build a workers’ village in Darwin, the plan now appears to be in tatters.
Shadow Housing Minister ...
06 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
The Member for Solomon, Damian Hale, is deliberately misleading Territorians about the Coalition's plan to excise residential housing from the Winnellie RAAF Base.
The Cou...
05 August 2010
REAL ACTION FOR DEFENCE HOUSING IN DARWIN
The Coalition will take firm action to ease housing affordability pressures in Darwin by releasing vacant houses located on Defenc...
05 August 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
Long term Darwin residents were stopped by security guards from looking over the Myilly Point escarpment onto Little Mindil during Saturday night’s Darwin Cup Ball at Sky City...
05 August 2010
Author: Leo Abbott
People could be forgiven for experiencing a sense of deja vu following the Federal Government’s announcement that an Indigenous boarding facility will be built at Garrthalala ...
05 August 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
Further evidence of pollution at Mindil Beach this week shows that daily sampling at Darwin beaches is critical, says Shadow Environment Minister Peter Chandler
“Last wee...
05 August 2010
Author: Jodeen Carney MLA
The Labor Party is deluding itself if it seriously expects Alice Springs residents to believe its double speak about violent crime and alcohol.
Shadow Justice Minister Jode...
05 August 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The Government should immediately release details of its proposed alcohol restrictions for community consultation.
Opposition Leader Terry Mills said withholding details of...
05 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Natasha Griggs today welcomed the announcement by Shadow Minister for Youth and Sport Steven Ciobo that a Coalition Government would commit over $1.5 million to build an all-w...
04 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Natasha Griggs today welcomed the announcement by Shadow Minister for Tourism Steven Ciobo that a Coalition Government would deliver a Caribou transport aircraft to its new ho...
04 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Natasha Griggs today welcomed the announcement by Shadow Minister for Tourism Steven Ciobo that a Coalition Government would deliver a Caribou transport aircraft to its new ho...
04 August 2010
A $350,000 grant for Tourism Top End will provide a much needed boost to local tourism, says the Country Liberals candidate for Solomon Natasha Griggs.
Ms Griggs was pleas...
04 August 2010
Author: Willem Westra van Holthe MLA
“The Northern Territory Government sits on its hands while thousands of Territory cattle disappear over the border into other states,” says Shadow Minister for Primary Industr...
04 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
The Labor Party should get behind the Country Liberals’ plan to save almost 400 houses at the Winnellie RAAF Base.
Country Liberals’ candidate for Solomon, Natasha Griggs,...
03 August 2010
Author: Willem Westra van Holthe MLA
Almost 5 years since the Katherine Hospital Board last met, the Northern Territory Government continues to move at a glacial pace to implement a new one.
Member for Katheri...
03 August 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
It’s obvious that Damian Hale is running scared on the RAAF base housing issue, as he’s resorted to simply making things up and misrepresenting Territorians.
“I’ve been cam...
03 August 2010
Author: Leo Abbott
The Coalition’s commitment to boost health services in regional Australia with a $27 million fund is just what the doctor ordered for the Territory, Country Liberals Candidate...
31 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s announcement that the Coalition will excise the RAAF base in Winnellie and offer up the houses for private sale is a significant outcome for th...
31 July 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
PowerWater should immediately release the findings of a tidal survey done to determine projected discharge flows from the Larrakeyah outfall.
Shadow Environment Minister, P...
30 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Damian Hale has again demonstrated why he is incapable of adequately representing Territorians.
“This morning Mr Hale failed to turn up to the ABC studios for a prearrange...
29 July 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
The Henderson Government’s housing policy failures are a key factor in the Territory’s high inflation outcomes in the June quarter.
Shadow Treasurer, John Elferink, said re...
29 July 2010
Author: Willem Westra van Holthe MLA
Last night’s meeting between the Mataranka community and PowerWater representatives to resolve power supply issues in the town was disappointing.
Member for Katherine, Will...
29 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Natasha Griggs today met with community representatives from Bagot to discuss bringing down the wall that exists around the indigenous community.
“The Bagot community is pa...
28 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
The Greens should show they’re fair-dinkum in their opposition to a nuclear waste facility in the Northern Territory, and support for Darwin Harbour by not preferencing Labor ...
28 July 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
Water samples in Darwin Harbour should be collected daily in the lead-up to the Beer Can Regatta at Mindil Beach on August 8th.
Shadow Environment Minister, Peter Chandler,...
28 July 2010
Author: Leo Abbott
Country Liberals Candidate for Lingiari Leo Abbott has welcomed today’s announcement that a Coalition Government will cut the company tax rate by 1.5%.
From 1 July 2013, al...
28 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Damian Hale has revealed that he will make an announcement about Darwin’s crippling housing affordability crisis during the current election campaign.
“Here’s some breaking...
27 July 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
The Country Liberals will amend the Territory’s Criminal Code to make torching a motor vehicle an arson offence.
Deputy Opposition Leader, Kezia Purick, said the Country Li...
27 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Trade Training Centres in schools are yet another broken promise of the Rudd/Gillard Labor Government.
“Before the last election Mr Hale and the Labor Party promised one TT...
27 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Trade Training Centres in schools are yet another broken promise of the Rudd/Gillard Labor Government.
“Before the last election Mr Hale and the Labor Party promised one TT...
27 July 2010
Author: Ross Bohlin MLA
The decision by Major Events to hand-over control of the Arafura Games to the Territory’s Department of Sport requires further explanation.
Shadow Minister for Sport and Re...
27 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
It appears Damian Hale is happy to break his 2007 crime prevention election promises and do nothing to restore safety in Darwin and Palmerston’s suburbs.
“Mr Hale has ignor...
26 July 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
Last night’s explosion at the Casuarina sub-station shows the Government’s efforts to fix the Territory’s power facilities are failing.
Opposition Leader Terry Mills said 1...
26 July 2010
Author: Willem Westra van Holthe MLA
The Federal election campaign should not be used as an excuse to withhold the release of the Montara oil spill inquiry report, says Shadow Resources Minister Willem Westra van...
26 July 2010
Author: Jodeen Carney MLA
Shadow Attorney General, Jodeen Carney, has praised the appointment of Justice Trevor Riley as the Northern Territory’s new Chief Justice.
“Justice Riley is eminently quali...
22 July 2010
The head of the Young Country Liberals’, Rhianna Harker, will contest the party’s second Senate spot at next month’s Federal election.
Country Liberals director, Peter Alle...
22 July 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
The Planning Minister should immediately release for public scrutiny the Business Industry Reference Group report into the state of the Territory’s building industry.
Shado...
21 July 2010
Author: Willem Westra van Holthe MLA
News today that the MacDonnell Shire has agreed to continue providing services to MutIitjulu is welcome, but provides little comfort to the community’s 400 or so residents.
...
21 July 2010
Author: David Tollner MLA
The Henderson Government’s failure to release enough land to meet the Territory’s residential housing demand is hurting the economy, says Shadow Business Minister David Tollne...
20 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Country Liberals Candidate for Solomon Natasha Griggs will host a public rally tomorrow to save 395 houses on RAAF Base Darwin at 5.30pm at the Winnellie Shopping Centre, Stua...
20 July 2010
Author: David Tollner MLA
The Henderson Government’s failure to release enough land to meet the Territory’s residential housing demand is hurting the economy, says Shadow Business Minister David Tollne...
20 July 2010
Author: Adam Giles MLA
Claims by the Territory and Commonwealth governments that they have built six SIHIP houses in Gunbalanya are misleading, deceitful and cast serious doubt about the Labor Party...
20 July 2010
Author: Leo Abbott
The urgent housing needs of the Alice Springs community have once again been ignored by Federal Labor, says Country Liberals candidate for Lingiari, Leo Abbott.
“Alice Spri...
19 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Federal Labor’s regional housing initiative won’t deliver a single affordable house for the residents of Palmerston, says the Country Liberals’ candidate for Solomon, Natasha ...
19 July 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The Health Minister must explain why senior Department of Health and Families official, Alan Wilson, has resigned just 12 months after taking the job.
Opposition Leader, Te...
19 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Reports that the Federal Government is considering shifting Defence families from the Berrimah base to make way for asylum seekers prove that Labor’s failure on border protect...
19 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Country Liberals Candidate for Solomon Natasha Griggs said she was delighted Damian Hale had finally responded to public outcry about scores of houses earmarked for demolition...
17 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
The Country Liberals candidate for Solomon, Natasha Griggs, has welcomed the Prime Minister’s decision to hold an election on August 21st.
Ms Griggs said she had worked har...
17 July 2010
Author: Leo Abbott
The Country Liberals candidate for Lingiari, Leo Abbott, says voters have a chance to bring about real change when they go to the polls on August 21st.
Mr Abbott said the c...
17 July 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
The Henderson Government’s failure to post updated water quality data today highlights issues of transparency within this administration.
“Figures released yesterday (see a...
16 July 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
The release of beach water quality monitoring data from the Environmental Health Unit highlights a concerning turn of events says Shadow Minister for the Environment Peter Cha...
15 July 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
The economic statement released yesterday by the Commonwealth Treasurer shines the light on the fiscal position of the Henderson Labor Government, said Shadow Treasurer John E...
15 July 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
Opposition Leader, Terry Mills, has welcomed today’s release of Inpex’ draft Environmental Impact Statement and urged the community to become involved in the EIS process.
“...
15 July 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
The number of Territorians being hurt by the Labor Government’s failure to introduce home indemnity insurance continues to grow.
“A leading Top End builder is no longer reg...
14 July 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
The continuing revelations about E. coli outbreaks contaminating Darwin harbour beaches is of serious concern to the Country Liberals said Shadow Minister for the Environment ...
14 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Country Liberals Candidate for Solomon Natasha Griggs today called on the Labor Party to pull its television advertisements which falsely claim that Tony Abbott stripped $1 bi...
14 July 2010
Author: Peter Chandler MLA
Today’s release of outfall discharge figures the Chief Minister claimed would ‘categorically prove’ sewerage is not responsible for recent Ecoli and Enterococci outbreaks in D...
14 July 2010
Author: David Tollner MLA
The Henderson Governments claim it is fulfilling an election commitment to buy back alcohol licenses by compulsory acquisition of 3 liquor licenses in Alice Springs is disturb...
14 July 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
Last week’s revelation that private accommodation built to house Top End workers had been turned over to asylum seekers increases pressure on the Henderson Government to fulfi...
13 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Government schools in Darwin and Palmerston will benefit from the Coalition’s Real Action Plan to Stop Labor’s School Halls Waste, Country Liberals Candidate for Solomon Natas...
12 July 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
It is concerning to see in ABS Housing Finance figures for the Northern Territory released today that owner occupation commitments are at the lowest level for May in over ten ...
12 July 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The Chief Minister’s failure to negotiate fishing access for anglers affected by the High Court’s Blue Mud Bay decision will hit home from tomorrow.
Opposition Leader, Terr...
12 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
The Country Liberals Candidate for Solomon Natasha Griggs has organised a public rally to give people a chance to show their support for the campaign to save 395 houses at RAA...
11 July 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
Planning in the Northern Territory continues to suffer under the Henderson Labour Government as the anniversary of another fanfare announcement passes without any action, Shad...
09 July 2010
Author: Willem Westra van Holthe MLA
Three weeks since the Commonwealth Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson received the Commission of Inquiry Report into the Montara Disaster and 10 days since the ...
09 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
The revelation that asylum seekers are now being housed in demountables near Darwin Airport is yet another sign that the Labor Government has no idea how to fix its failed bor...
09 July 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
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JULY 8th 2010
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08 July 2010
Author: Willem Westra van Holthe MLA
The announcement today that the MacDonnell Shire has withdrawn its services to the Mutitjulu community is another damning indictment of the Territory Government and its failur...
08 July 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The headline Labour Force statistics released today are cold comfort for the thousands of Territorians that have given up looking for work, Leader of the Opposition Terry Mill...
08 July 2010
Author: Leo Abbott
Prime Minister Gillard’s comments on Darwin radio about the national nuclear waste repository confirm that the Labor Government will say and do anything to get re-elected.
...
07 July 2010
Author: Leo Abbott
Please note Leo Abbott's mobile number is 0457 295 493....
07 July 2010
Author: Kezia Purick MLA
Today’s announcement of yet another community consultation process for the review of the Environmental Assessment Act is glaring proof of a Territory Labor government acting w...
06 July 2010
Author: Adam Giles MLA
The Country Liberals welcome the celebrations starting today for the National Aborigines and Islander Day Observance Committee or NAIDOC week said Shadow Indigenous Policy spo...
05 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Today’s Federal Government announcement of $1 million to fund a “plan” for Darwin Harbour is a missed opportunity on taking direct action to improve the harbour’s health.
C...
05 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Environmental groups in Darwin and Palmerston are encouraged to put forward their ideas for projects under a $400m Coalition initiative supporting direct action on the environ...
04 July 2010
Author: Willem Westra van Holthe MLA
The announcement by the Commonwealth that it will backflip on its unpopular Resource Super Profits Tax is welcomed by the Country Liberals.
“The super tax has a new name, i...
02 July 2010
Author: John Elferink MLA
Construction spending continues to falter as the pipeline is empty of new projects in the Northern Territory, Shadow Treasurer John Elferink said today.
“The release of ABS...
02 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Mental health professionals and services in Darwin and Palmerston will get greater support from a major expansion of frontline mental healthcare services under a Coalition Gov...
01 July 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The announcement of a new literacy and numeracy strategy by the Northern Territory Government today supports the premise that the current education system is failing to delive...
01 July 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
The announcement of a new literacy and numeracy strategy by the Northern Territory Government today supports the premise that the current education system is failing to delive...
01 July 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Country Liberals Candidate for Solomon Natasha Griggs has launched a petition in a bid to save 395 houses on the RAAF Base in Darwin, which will be decommissioned under a Fede...
30 June 2010
Author: Adam Giles MLA
The Northern Territory Government’s Public and Affordable Housing Minister Chris Burns lost his way today when attempting to attack Country Liberal statements on the SIHIP deb...
30 June 2010
Author: David Tollner MLA
“In an indication of desperate attempts to grasp at straws and blame anybody else but themselves, the collapse in private capital formation in the Northern Territory in recent...
30 June 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
The Federal Member for Solomon Damian Hale is clueless about what’s happening in his electorate if the fate of nearly 400 houses at RAAF Base Darwin is anything to go by, Coun...
30 June 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Country Liberals Candidate for Solomon Natasha Griggs today labelled Damian Hale’s claims she was ‘running away’ from a debate with him as factually incorrect and childish.
...
30 June 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
Country Liberals Candidate for Solomon Natasha Griggs said Damian Hale should spend more time focusing on doing his job rather than challenging her to a debate before the elec...
29 June 2010
Author: Adam Giles MLA
Further to yesterdays announcement of the Willowra Government Business Manager, Ralph Dien, leaving the post, it has come to light that one of the key issues in the separation...
29 June 2010
Author: Adam Giles MLA
Northern Territory Country Liberals Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs Adam Giles today thanked out-going Willowra Government Business Manager Ralph Dein for his attempts ...
28 June 2010
Author: Adam Giles MLA
On the same day that a series of rock attacks on Darwin’s taxis brought light upon the level of crime and violence directed towards commercial passenger vehicle drivers in the...
28 June 2010
Author: Willem Westra van Holthe MLA
The Country Liberals Shadow Minister for Local Government Willem Westra van Holthe today called upon the Northern Territory Government to table in Parliament the Deloitte Audi...
25 June 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
Todays announcement that Julia Gillard has taken over from Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister provides a telling insight to faction politics in the Labor party at a Federal level an...
24 June 2010
Author: Natasha Griggs
The Federal Government’s plan to decommission nearly 400 houses on the RAAF base in Winnellie is short-sighted and ignores the housing crisis in Darwin and Palmerston, Country...
23 June 2010
Author: Terry Mills MLA
As a continuing example of the desperation of a dysfunctional Northern Territory Government, Minister Chris Burns claims that a Country Liberals Government would slash public ...
23 June 2010
