Four years after finding deliberate non-compliance of campaign financial disclosure laws by the NT’s political parties and donors, the NT Electoral Commission has again ordered an audit of the major political parties, independents and other election participants to ensure they properly disclosed their donations and expenditure at the 2024 NT election.

It comes amid questionable expenditure figures provided to the NTEC last week by both Labor and the CLP, that showed Labor spent more than $1 million on its campaign, with half of that spent on “staff expenses” and non-print ad design costs.

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