Outgoing Territory Alliance leader Terry Mills said the party’s backflip on fracking did not cost them the election, adding that he preferred losing his seat and the potential death of his party, over what he called “just fading away”.
Labor to retain majority government, eyes 15 seats
The Gunner Government will form a majority, with the Labor party leading in 15 seats after recounts and revised two-candidate preferred counts on Monday, with 13 seats confirmed. The CLP will form official Opposition with an expected seven seats.
Senator calls on PM to support retention of two NT seats
Malarndirri McCarthy is tabling a petition in the Senate today to keep two Northern Territory House of Representatives seats and is calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to support her private bill to allow it to pass through the lower house.
Monday vote counts to determine fate of NT election
While Labor is still expected to claim the 13 seats needed for a majority government, key seats are still up in the air and some of Michael Gunner’s hand-picked cabinet ministers may be looking for new jobs by the end of the day.
Labor wins NT election, but size of majority remains uncertain
The Gunner Labor Government has been re-elected but by late Saturday night it remained unclear how big its expected majority will be.
CLP may take back Brennan from ALP
The CLP may capture the Palmerston seat of Brennan from Labor but with a lot of the vote still to be counted.
NT election 2020: All the voting for all the seats
The results for all the seats and all the candidates, including two candidate preferred, for the NT election up to midnight Saturday.
Future of Territory Alliance uncertain as Mills loses seat
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.