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Lawler faces more criticism for keeping Potter in Cabinet, claims everyone racist but nuns

Lawler faces more criticism for keeping Potter in Cabinet, claims everyone racist but nuns

Chief Minister Eva Lawler spent another day defending her “idiot” Veterans’ Affairs and Police Minister Brent Potter, casting aspersions on the integrity of everyone in Parliament, after cutting press conferences short on consecutive days amid questions over why he remains in Cabinet after his racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic and misogynistic social media posts were made public.

‘I do not accept your apology’: Former Darwin RSL VP calls for Potter to resign as Veterans’ Affairs Minister

‘I do not accept your apology’: Former Darwin RSL VP calls for Potter to resign as Veterans’ Affairs Minister

A former Darwin RSL vice-president says Brent Potter needs to resign as Veterans’ Affairs Minister following his blame-shifting apology for racist Facebook posts, with the veteran stating in a scathing letter to the Minister that “racism, bigotry and sexism is not the Australian way” and that “being an idiot does not excuse your actions”.

More social media posts revealed: Potter shared misogynistic, homophobic and anti-Labor posts

More social media posts revealed: Potter shared misogynistic, homophobic and anti-Labor posts

EXCLUSIVE: NT Labor Police Minister Brent Potter shared misogynistic, homophobic and extreme-right political posts on social media, in addition to racist and anti-Semitic material, including one post containing a derogatory slur against gay people, another that promoted “toxic masculinity” and multiple posts from conservative media websites as late as 2019, in which he mocked Federal Labor and former Victorian premier Dan Andrews.

‘He is finished’: Calls for Potter to resign over racist social media posts, as Chief Minister backs him

‘He is finished’: Calls for Potter to resign over racist social media posts, as Chief Minister backs him

The fallout from revelations that Police Minister Brent Potter shared racist posts on social media came quick on Wednesday, with an independent MLA calling for Mr Potter to resign over his “sickening” behaviour, while Chief Minister Eva Lawler backed her minister, despite claiming in a statement that “there is no room for racism in the Territory”.

REVEALED: NT Labor Police Minister praised Nazis and Putin, shared racist posts on social media

REVEALED: NT Labor Police Minister praised Nazis and Putin, shared racist posts on social media

EXCLUSIVE: Police Minister Brent Potter’s deleted Facebook posts, in which he quoted Nazis, praised Vladimir Putin, permitted the casual use of the n-word amongst family members and shared a link to a video about how to “destroy” the Black Lives Matter movement, have called into question recent public statements that he “does not tolerate racism”, amid accusations of its widespread prevalence in the NT Police force.

‘Consequence-free zone’: Calls for Potter to resign over Labor’s latest shares scandal, as CM backs her minister

‘Consequence-free zone’: Calls for Potter to resign over Labor’s latest shares scandal, as CM backs her minister

Calls for Labor Minister Brent Potter’s resignation mounted Wednesday following revelations in the NT Independent that he privately purchased shares in the government-backed $1.8 billion Seafarms major prawn harvesting project while a senior adviser to the minister responsible, which critics called the latest “appalling” example of the severe lack of integrity surrounding the current government.

REVEALED: Potter bought shares in ‘major project’ while ministerial adviser

REVEALED: Potter bought shares in ‘major project’ while ministerial adviser

EXCLUSIVE: Labor Minister Brent Potter privately purchased shares in an NT Government-backed “major project” while employed as a senior adviser to the minister responsible for the project in 2021, which a leading integrity expert said was “just wrong” and raised serious concerns about the potential use of sensitive government information for personal financial interests.

Senator tells CLP she is ‘not safe’ in own party, after president Shane Stone attempted to install mate with conviction

Senator tells CLP she is ‘not safe’ in own party, after president Shane Stone attempted to install mate with conviction

EXCLUSIVE: CLP Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price told a meeting of party members on Saturday that she was concerned for her safety after allegedly receiving “threatening and harassing” messages from a party operative who was convicted of threatening to kill NT Police officers and their family members 20 years ago – a man party president Shane Stone unilaterally attempted to reinstate as a member.

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