NT Young Labor president Harvie Stiller has been involved with the Labor Party since at least 2019, contrary to media reports, and was photographed with federal leader Anthony Albanese just days after appearing in a video that showed him snorting a white substance, the NT Independent can reveal.
Independent MLA Robyn Lambley has blasted Territory Labor, implying the party is run by drug users and perverts after video emerged of the NT Young Labor president snorting a white substance, which the Opposition said was the latest example of a “toxic culture” in the party.
WATCH THE VIDEO: The president of Territory Labor’s youth wing has resigned from his job in Federal MP Luke Gosling’s office after a social media video surfaced showing him snorting a white substance that appears to be cocaine, the NT Independent can reveal, raising further questions about an alleged drug culture inside the Territory Labor Party.
EXCLUSIVE: A Territory Labor-aligned marketing company that helped run Michael Gunner’s 2020 election campaign was awarded $60,000 of public money in the lead up to the election through a COVID-19 stimulus program it was originally rejected for, documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show.
The Country Liberal Party remains an “old boys club”, with female members being threatened and formal complaints about bullying not being addressed more than a year after they were made, party members have told the NT Independent.
The Chief Minister’s Office has blocked a Freedom of Information application into its handling of the ‘cocaine sex scandal’, which sought documents relating to when the Chief Minister first became aware of an email that detailed explicit messages and allegations about a senior staffer, an MLA and a sex worker.
The Country Liberal Party faces being stripped of its federal party status by the Australian Electoral Commission following the resignation of Senator Sam McMahon, despite the party president’s claims of being affiliated with the Nationals.
Senator Sam McMahon has resigned from the Country Liberal Party and could sit as an independent in the Senate until the next federal election.
Parts of a secret review of the NT ICAC Act commissioned by the Gunner Government have been released through a public “discussion paper”, including recommendations that politicians not be investigated by the ICAC for unsatisfactory conduct and that individuals found to have engaged in misconduct not be publicly named.
UPDATED: The Country Liberal Party says its vice president has been ‘reprimanded’ after telling a group of vaccine protesters that the party’s “strategy” is to support the vaccine mandate but that many members don’t believe in it, then encouraged the crowd to run for the CLP at the next election to “kick all of these fools” out of Parliament.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has refused to answer written questions from an independent MLA about when he became aware his brother-in-law and former deputy chief of staff approved the use of taxpayer money for Labor’s 2020 election campaign travel, in contravention of rules meant to protect against the misuse of public funds.
NT Police are grappling with a critical staff shortage in Alice Springs due to resignations and increased demands on officers during the recent COVID-19 surge, sources with knowledge of the situation said, that has seen senior crime detectives put on the beat at bottle shops and regular operations reduced.
