The Independent Commissioner Against Corruption is currently assessing alleged breaches of the Electoral Act in the lead up to the August 22 election that the NT Independent can reveal includes allegations the Territory Labor Party set up a taxpayer-funded email address for campaign purposes.
The NT Electoral Commission is investigating “offensive” social media posts directed at CLP Fannie Bay candidate Tracey Hayes that it says appear to have been “posted using an alias” that could attract hefty fines under the Electoral Act.
The NT Independent is providing all the parties’ policies in one handy spot for your ease of reference ahead of the August 22 NT general election. Today, we’re looking at where the parties stand on the economy and jobs.
The preference deals between the Territory's political parties and independents have produced a few head-scratchers this election, including the CLP preferencing disgraced former speaker Kezia Purick, the Greens preferencing Labor in Johnston and Daly despite Labor's...
Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s repeated politicisation of the coronavirus pandemic is the focus of a fresh complaint filed with the ABC after the public broadcaster aired a Labor political ad which is alleged to have breached its editorial policies.
Darwin’s $400 million ship lift project will see calls for expressions of interest this week after negotiations originally began in 2016 under the Giles government – and two years after the Auditor General found there has never been a cost-benefit analysis done on the project.
The Northern Territory’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption will be allocated more money to clean up corruption in the NT and the Territory’s shameful Freedom of Information (FOI) processes will be overhauled under a Territory Alliance government, the party has pledged.
Crime in the Northern Territory is at the forefront of voters’ minds in the lead up to this August’s NT general election. Public opinion polls have consistently shown crime as the biggest issue concerning Territorians. Here are the NT’s political parties’ policies on reducing crime.
The Country Liberal Party will preference disgraced former speaker Kezia Purick in the seat of Goyder in the upcoming general election, the NT Independent can reveal.
A petition spearheaded by the NT’s peak real estate body calling for a reversal of legislation that would allow tenants to keep pets on a property has come under fire, after the majority of signatories have been identified as overseas parties from far-flung countries such as Namibia and Guyana.
As the NT’s major parties and independents scramble to hammer out preference deals, the NT Electoral Commission has held the election ballot draw to determine the order of names on each ballot for the NT 2020 general election.
Former Labor treasurer and party president Syd Stirling is one of two men who were paid an average $318 an hour to run the NT Remuneration Tribunal – the committee that recommended scrapping politicians’ requirements to publicly report their travel expenses to the public.
