Chief Minister Eva Lawler says Labor will not reimburse taxpayers for the public money it used to fly former chief minister Michael Gunner to remote communities in marginal electorates on polling days in the lead up to the 2020 election because it was all too “ambiguous” and refused to condemn the conduct that was the focus of a three-year ICAC investigation.
ICAC Michael Riches released his report in Parliament on Wednesday night which followed an NT Independent investigation that revealed in November 2021 that Mr Gunner’s office had orchestrated more than $40,000 in taxpayer money spent on flights during the election caretaker period against established protocols.
No responsibility taken over something that was a breach of procedures. How can you trust a Chief minister that has no regard for laws and procedures and a history of legislating to protect herself and her party.
Another nail in the labor government’s coffin…. this woman(?) is NO BETTER than the other bandits before her…. where’s Paul Henderson? where’s Clare Martin? Hanging their heads in shame OR did they set the precedents for ‘ripping of the taxpayer’ shame! Shame! Shame….
You would have to be a sandwich short of the picnic like Lawler to believe this BS. close down the ICAC and sack this dill he couldn’t run a chook raffle in a pub.
Labor won power claiming to be open and transparent but they in fact closed and opaque.
This is a routs scandal that should have been sorted out by ICAC but there is nothing ‘Independent’ in ICAC because they have been begging Labor for more funding.
ICAC is a joke and this whole sorry scandal reflects poorly of the NT.
Eva Lawless has more excuses than a pregnant nun. What I find truly offensive about her comments is her expectation that Territorians will stupidly believe her.
Saying you believe in transparency but announcing a huge long term gas deal entered behind closed doors for a secret price…. will the voters buy it?