NT Police assistant commissioner Michael Hebb’s abrupt resignation has been revealed as relating to a relationship he was carrying out with a female staff member.
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Gunner’s leadership questioned over persistent cover-up allegations
Chief Minister Michael Gunner continues to remain silent over the extent of his Labor government’s involvement in attempting to cover up the ‘cocaine sex scandal’ that continues to plague his leadership – even as fresh evidence has emerged in recent days appearing to implicate his team.
ABC interview segment with ‘cocaine sex scandal’ woman altered at Labor MLA’s request: texts
EXCLUSIVE: A portion of an ABC Radio interview segment involving the woman at the centre of the Labor cocaine sex scandal that detailed politically damaging sexual comments, did not air because Labor MLA Mark Turner ordered that it be cut, new text messages reveal.
‘Do you mind if I make a few calls?’: Text messages reveal attempted ‘cocaine sex scandal’ cover-up
EXCLUSIVE: Newly obtained text messages between disgraced Labor backbencher Mark Turner and the woman with whom he and a senior adviser to the Chief Minister were carrying out extra-marital affairs have raised fresh questions about Labor’s involvement in attempting to cover-up the “cocaine sex scandal”.
‘The Gunner Government is in freefall’: Labor uses majority to reduce oversight, kill disciplinary hearing amid scandal
The Gunner Government used its majority Tuesday to firstly kill the referral of a Labor staff member to the Parliament’s disciplinary committee and then to reduce the number of non-government members scrutinising its spending, all while fighting off continued allegations it covered up a sex and drugs scandal.
Senior Gunner Government adviser sacked for ‘dishonesty’ revealed as NT Labor powerbroker
EXCLUSIVE: The senior adviser to the Chief Minister who resigned last week over his role in the sex scandal engulfing the Gunner Government is Territory Labor powerbroker Kent Rowe – who ran the NT Labor Party for the better part of the last decade – and who sent a picture of his penis to a local “bondage mistress”, messages reveal.
Gunner blames ‘server fault’ for damning email delay, did not seek messages
Chief Minister Michael Gunner says a “server fault” was to blame for his office not receiving a crucial email from the NT Independent last Monday that revealed explicit messages between ousted MLA Mark Turner, a fifth floor staffer and a woman with whom both men had carried out extra-marital affairs.
‘We would have handled this differently’: Gunner’s attempt to shift blame for scandal contradicted by email records
Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s claims that he and his “team” were unaware of explicit text messages between ousted Blain MLA Mark Turner and his mistress until hours before Mr Turner admitted the affair are untrue, the NT Independent can confirm.
‘Witness tampering’ allegations made against Labor over sex scandal cover-up
The Opposition has accused the Gunner Government of “witness tampering” and “perverting the course of justice” after the NT Independent revealed Labor backbencher Mark Turner attempted to persuade his lover to make a false public statement about their affair, and suggested the cover-up of the sex scandal has put Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s leadership in jeopardy.
Blain MLA Mark Turner sacked, senior staffer resigns in fallout from Labor cocaine sex scandal
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has expelled Blain MLA Mark Turner from the Labor parliamentary caucus and said a senior staffer has resigned, following days of growing pressure on Mr Gunner to take action.
Labor MLA tried to get woman to issue false statement about affair before confessing, texts reveal
EXCLUSIVE: Labor MLA Mark Turner sent a statement to the woman with whom he was having an affair to publicly release that recanted her story about the consensual affair hours before his late night parliamentary confession, new text messages reveal. It also appears Mr Turner was working with Labor to draft the false statement.
CLP calls for Gunner to resign over sex scandal as explicit messages given to police
Chief Minister Michael Gunner must resign over his refusal to address allegations of a Labor MLA and staffer’s involvement in a cocaine-fuelled sex party, the CLP Opposition says, calling the lack of action “a cover-up”.