NAAJA v NT – a wider perspective
Further to my post on Tuesday, the result in yesterday's High Court decision in NAAJA v NT [2015] HCA 41 will not have made either...
Giles and the Country Liberals – a Jekyll and Hyde government?
There are just over 9 months until the 2016 Territory election next August, unless there’s a successful “no confidence” motion in the Legislative Assembly in...
Sentenced to a Job – is it working?
Sentenced to a Job is a prison-based program in the NT first planned under Labor but implemented and developed under the current Country Liberal government. ...
Sitting on the dock of the bay
NT Chief Minister Adam Giles announced yesterday that his government had signed a deal to lease the Darwin Port to the Chinese-owned Landbridge Group for...
The elephant in the room for NT statehood
Statehood for the Northern Territory is in the air again, with COAG having recently voted to support a statehood process (albeit with no assurances as...
How not to wedge an opponent – a beginner’s guide
The Northern Territory Country Liberals’ early start to election campaigning looks to be just as chaotic as the rest of its term of government. The...
Elferink ups the ante, Delia folds
Delia Lawrie's announcement today that she was resigning as NT Labor Opposition Leader isn't really surprising in light of yesterday's news that Attorney-General John Elferink...