Territory Alliance leader Terry Mills has lost his seat and the party’s future is now in doubt after suffering an electoral drubbing at Saturday’s polls.
‘I’m angry I’m on the electoral roll’: The saddest election in the NT’s history is wearily observed
OPINION: Nobody wants to admit they voted in this sad election, especially in Humpty Doo where voters are hiding out waiting for the whole sordid affair to be over with, David Wood reports.
No sausages, little hope: Voters slow to turn out to polls for 2020 NT Election
It is Australia’s first major mid-pandemic election, with no scent of grilled meat and onions in the air to catalyse a sense of excitement, leaving plenty of space for the palpable despondency to shine through at polling stations across the NT today.
NT election: Roll up. Roll up. To the nowhere-near-the-greatest show on Earth
Shots have been fired, policies debated, and positions confirmed in a luke warm lead up to the 2020 NT election – now just hours away. As the votes roll in, we’ll be posting updates to our live blog and adding the sadly lacking spice from about 5pm.
NT Election 2020: Low voter turnout in Indigenous communities as political divide grows
Hopes the Northern Territory’s larger remote Indigenous communities would flip a course of record low early voting have been dashed, one day out from the election, the NT Electoral Commissioner says.
NT election: is China’s Belt and Road Initiative the answer to a struggling economy?
OPINION: While the COVID-19 pandemic is dominating domestic politics there are other issues at play in this weekend’s NT election. One of the thorniest issues is whether the NT government will sign a MOU to join China’s controversial Belt and Road Initiative — and whether the NT could become over-reliant on China, writes CDU’s John Garrick.
TIO Stadium fiasco: NT Government says AFL games will proceed despite lack of proper permits
In an extraordinary public statement, the NT Government has admitted TIO Stadium does not have a proper occupancy permit but says the AFL games scheduled for this weekend will go ahead anyway, raising new concerns.
NT political parties avoid costings of pre-election pledges
Territory Alliance and Labor will head to Saturday’s polls without having their pre-election commitments costed by the NT Treasury, while the CLP have missed the initial costings deadline.
Darwin AFL games in doubt as TIO Stadium’s lack of permits revealed
TIO Stadium is not properly certified and does not have an overall occupancy permit, according to internal government documents obtained by the NT Independent, which has raised questions over whether this weekend’s AFL matches will need to be cancelled.
The Gunner Government’s Greatest Hits: Volume 1
The NT Independent has painstakingly curated a list of tunes to sit back and enjoy while you relive some of the head-scratching moments of the Gunner Government’s last four years in office. Get all your favourite hits in this one collection … there’s no minimum to buy. Cancel anytime.
What’s happening in the bush? NT Election 2020 sees rise of independent Indigenous candidates
As the 2020 NT election heads into its final stretch, the focus has remained on the urban centres. But the bush has been where previous NT elections were won and lost. According to GetUp’s team on the ground, Indigenous Territorians are fed up with the major parties’ broken promises.
Territory Election 2020: where the major parties stand on fracking and renewables
The future of the Northern Territory economy is central in the posturing ahead of this week’s election, with a need to get away from boom and bust cycles renewable energy and fracking are controversial elements of the overall debate. Roxanne Fitzgerald looks at the political policies and the commentary around them.