Embattled Labor MLA Manuel Brown has been sacked as the Opposition whip by Leader Selena Uibo for telling one of his many lies, but he remains in caucus and on a parliamentary committee that pays him an extra $18,000 on top of his $180,000 salary, while also collecting a questionable $450 a day to be in Darwin, which comes as calls mount for his outright resignation from Parliament.

Mr Brown will lose roughly $27,000 after being booted as whip, but Ms Uibo would not explain on Tuesday why he will continue to collect the extra $18,000 to sit on the standing orders committee.

He also collects a $94,000 electorate allowance on top of his now $198,000 salary, as well as recently receiving another $60,000 vehicle allowance a year.

Ms Uibo also refused to say Tuesday how much Mr Brown has collected in total from his $450 per day travel allowance for the last financial year, while questions remain over whether he was entitled to claim that fee if his primary residence is the home he owns in Palmerston that he said he spends at least half of his time at rather than in his electorate of Arafura.

Mr Brown attempted to quell the current scandal around his speeding tickets, licence suspension and children using his vehicle on Monday, but the press conference raised more questions than answers and revealed for the first time that Mr Brown had allowed his 12-year-old son to drive his car as well as his 14-year-old daughter, which he claimed was on a remote outstation.

Ms Uibo said on Mix 104.9 Tuesday that she was not aware that two of his children had used the car until it came out at the press conference. It remains unclear if the children used the government-issued vehicle that he had racked up the speeding fines in or his “private” vehicle that he receives the $60,000 vehicle allowance for, which would still make it for all intents and purposes a taxpayer-funded vehicle.

“With Manuel answering some direct questions that two of his children have driven a personal vehicle out bush…the decision that I’ve made as leader, and some of the levers that I can pull in my role as the leader of the Labor Party, is to remove Manuel from the Opposition whip position. It’s a remunerated position,” Ms Uibo said.

The whip is responsible for keeping the party in line and ensuring votes on legislation and other matters are in keeping with the party’s goals and objectives.

Ms Uibo did not respond to the NT Independent’s questions later about why she would remove him from that role but not the remunerated committee role.

Ms Uibo continued to claim on radio that Mr Brown has been “very upfront, he’s been open” about his dealings, which contradicted her previous claim just minutes earlier that he had not told her that his two children had used his vehicle. He also did not inform Ms Uibo about the speeding ticket he received in February, shortly after his licence was reinstated from a three month suspension about which neither had informed the public.

It was also revealed at the press conference on Monday that Mr Brown lied about performing first aid on a woman he killed in Katherine in 2009 after speeding through a stop sign.

The press conference also raised questions about his primary place of residence.

MLAs from areas outside Darwin can claim $450 a day in tax-free travel allowance when in Darwin on official parliamentary business, given that their primary residence is outside the Darwin region, whether they own a home here or not. But Mr Brown admitted that he spends at least half his time at a Palmerston residence he co-owns with his wife, which could mean he was not entitled to the $450 travel allowance. The Opposition refused to explain that on Tuesday and Mr Brown refused to have his travel allowance reviewed.

Ms Uibo said there needed to be a “strong consequence” for Mr Brown and that removing him as whip accomplished that. She further claimed that she would not “run and hide and pretend [issues] don’t exist and bury our head in the sand”, but refused to answer the NT Independent’s questions.

Uibo’s ‘days are numbered’ as leader: Cahill

CLP Minister and Member for Port Darwin said removing Mr Brown as Opposition whip did not go far enough and referenced Labor MLAs in the previous government who had been thrown out of caucus for “a lot less”.

“Here we have someone getting a slap on the wrist and being told they can’t be Opposition whip anymore – I think that sends a very, very poor message to the Territory,” Ms Cahill said on Mix 104.9.

“It’s hypocritical and it just shows that…respect and integrity are absolutely something that is missing from this current Labor Party.”

She pointed out that nearly two weeks ago, Ms Uibo denied emphatically on radio that Mr Brown let any child drive his car.

“There’s no question the Labor Party has lost their integrity over this one,” she said, adding that Ms Uibo’s days as leader “are numbered without question”.

Ms Cahill called for a review of Mr Brown’s travel allowance claims, suggesting it was “not okay” to claim the money if his primary residence was in Palmerston and not in the Arafura electorate.

Former chief minister Ian Tuxworth resigned in the 1980s after being caught claiming travel allowance while he was in fact living in Darwin.

CLP Senator Jacinta Price was asked about the Manuel Brown scandal at a press conference on Tuesday and said Territory Labor was acting like a “disgraceful bunch”.

“If Manuel Brown had a decent bone in his body, he would resign,” she said.

“He should resign entirely and let a by-election take place…this is beyond words.

“This is absolutely taking the mick out of Territorians and the taxpayer and every law-abiding citizen in the Northern Territory. It’s utterly disgraceful. Selena Uibo…needs to get her team in order.”