Eva Lawler has been officially sworn in as the Northern Territory's thirteenth Chief Minister following the resignation of Natasha Fyles earlier this week.
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00:00 Eva Lawler has just held her first press conference since being sworn in as Chief Minister Across
00:06 the Road at Government House.
00:08 Now one of the first things that she has vowed since taking up the highest post in the Northern
00:12 Territory is a review of what ministers can own in terms of shareholdings.
00:17 We do need to do better.
00:18 So there's work to be done there and we'll get on with that work and as soon as that
00:22 work's done we'll actually apply that work immediately.
00:26 That follows Natasha Files' resignation as Chief Minister over a scandal of her earning
00:31 $2,000 in shares in mining company South32.
00:35 Now in the reshuffle of the ministry, Eva Lawler has announced that Mark Monaghan will
00:40 be moving from Speaker into Cabinet.
00:42 He'll be taking up a number of positions.
00:44 Meanwhile her new deputy will be Chansey Paik.
00:47 He will resume his duties as Attorney-General.
00:50 Eva Lawler will also continue to serve as Treasurer of the Northern Territory.
00:55 This reshuffle comes just eight months out from the next election where it's expected
00:59 that Labor will have a tough fight to retain power in the Northern Territory.
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