CLP Member for Barkly Steve Edgington has resigned as the Opposition’s spokesman on domestic violence, following revelations he hired a staffer with a long history of contravening domestic violence orders.
Steve Edgington defends staffer’s DV history, then suspends him
The CLP’s spokesman on domestic violence Steve Edgington has defended his staffer after The Australian revealed the staffer’s “serious domestic violence” history, which has seen him face NT courts 27 times in the past four years, including for breaches of bail and contravening a domestic violence order, but later said he would be suspended until his criminal history could be verified.
Police Minister who shared racist Facebook posts calls Anti-Discrimination Commission on cops
UPDATED: Police Minister Brent Potter says he and the Attorney General have called in the NT Anti-Discrimination Commission to investigate racist award certificates handed out by NT Police TRG members, but says there is no hypocrisy in him criticising the police members’ actions despite posting racist, homophobic and misogynistic material on social media around the same time the TRG awards were produced.
‘Straight out of the Nazi playbook’: Veteran ‘slandered’ by Chief Minister for raising concerns about Potter speaks out
Chief Minister Eva Lawler pulled a stunt “straight out of the Nazi playbook” when she personally attacked an ADF veteran for calling on Veterans’ Affairs Minister Brent Potter to resign over claims that his hateful social media posts were the product of his ADF experience, the veteran says.
‘Absolutely, he was a Nazi’: Chief Minister points finger back at Police Minister for spreading Nazi misinformation
Chief Minister Eva Lawler spent yet another day defending her Police Minister and his apparent denial of Nazism, this time in front of federal Labor ministers, while also committing to continue to block the ICAC from investigating alleged corruption in Cabinet and defending herself against the CFMEU’s claims that her “poor leadership” has led to the party “dying on the vine”.
Chief Minister’s Office secretly attempted to deny Nazi history in effort to excuse Potter’s posts
The Office of the Chief Minister secretly briefed journalists in an effort to deny the significance of a Nazi general Police Minister Brent Potter quoted on Facebook, with Eva Lawler’s communications unit now claiming the attempted spread of Nazi misinformation was the result of a “typo”.
ICAC admits investigations moving at ‘glacial pace’, says Cabinet continues to hinder corruption probes
The Labor Government has blocked the ICAC from accessing Cabinet documents at least five times over the last two years despite concerns the ministers had been misled and that misconduct had transpired, a new report shows, which also highlighted that other matters involving criminal conduct had been referred to the NT Police six times this financial year.
Lawler faces more criticism for keeping Potter in Cabinet, claims everyone racist but nuns
Chief Minister Eva Lawler spent another day defending her “idiot” Veterans’ Affairs and Police Minister Brent Potter, casting aspersions on the integrity of everyone in Parliament, after cutting press conferences short on consecutive days amid questions over why he remains in Cabinet after his racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic and misogynistic social media posts were made public.
‘I do not accept your apology’: Former Darwin RSL VP calls for Potter to resign as Veterans’ Affairs Minister
A former Darwin RSL vice-president says Brent Potter needs to resign as Veterans’ Affairs Minister following his blame-shifting apology for racist Facebook posts, with the veteran stating in a scathing letter to the Minister that “racism, bigotry and sexism is not the Australian way” and that “being an idiot does not excuse your actions”.
The Curious Case of Territory Labor’s political Benjamin Button with major frat-boy energy
ANALYSIS: It isn’t just that Potter exudes toxic frat-boy energy with strong Manchurian candidate vibes that’s unnerving, it’s his documented conduct since starting on the fifth floor that causes the most concern. The racist and derogatory posts are the latest hypocrisy, that fill in a few missing years, and present the man in full.
MLA calls for review of past disciplinary action against cops and public servants in light of CM’s support for Potter
UPDATED: Disciplinary action carried out against police officers and public servants needs to be immediately reviewed, an independent MLA says, following the Chief Minister’s precedent-setting lack of action against Police Minister Brent Potter, who posted racist and misogynistic social media material that he hid from the public ahead of his 2022 by-election.
Potter won’t resign, apologises for offensive social media material but says Labor knew about posts
Police Minister Brent Potter has refused to resign following revelations he shared racist, homophobic and misogynistic posts on social media, saying he has “been on a journey” since posting the material and that Territory Labor knew about the posts before they preselected him in 2022.