A long-time public servant IT specialist, part-time musician and fishing enthusiast has been elected the CLP’s third president in two years at the party’s Central Council meeting over the weekend in Alice Springs, which comes amid party turmoil that saw its now outgoing president suddenly withdraw from seeking re-election at the last minute.

Nathan Land, son of former City of Darwin councillor Noel Land, won the party ballot on Saturday, following the sudden resignation of outgoing president and former Solomon MP Natasha Griggs, whose resignation was hastened by a challenge from senior party figure and Litchfield branch member Danny Skewes, a critic of CLP leader and Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro who moved an internal no-confidence motion against her ahead of the 2024 election.

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