Polls are now open for the Northern Territory election, as politicians and candidates begin frantic campaigning at election centres to secure every vote. Issues like crime and the cost of living are the big issues on the minds of voters, but it was the state of the territory's councils that became a key issue today.
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00:00A LORD MAYOR'S INTERVENTION.
00:04We're not in the 50s, we're in 2024 and local government does nearly as much as the state
00:09government does.
00:10CONVAT SCARLIS ACCUSING BOTH PARTIES OF NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH DETAIL AROUND THEIR PLANS
00:16FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFTER THE ELECTION.
00:19If we really want an effective, functional local government in the Northern Territory,
00:25it has to be supported by both parties.
00:28BOTH LEADERS OUT TO MARK THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING, DEFENDING THEIR PLANS ON THE
00:33ISSUE.
00:34I get criticised for, you've been in government for 8 years, what are you doing?
00:37We're doing what we're continuing to do with local government in the Northern Territory.
00:41Legand understands that the CLP is focused on totally reforming the delivery of local
00:46government in the bush.
00:48FROM THE TWO WOMEN VYING TO BE CHIEF MINISTER, TO THE WOMAN WHO USED TO BE.
00:52NATASHA FILES AMONG CANDIDATES MANNING THE PRE-POLL, TRYING TO SHEPHERD EARLY BIRDS TO
00:57THEIR FLOCK.
00:58I don't think Territorians have forgotten what the CLP did do and the sell-offs of assets
01:03and the cost of living increases under them.
01:05I've had lots of residents, long-term residents, including long-term Indigenous residents,
01:10who said, look, we always voted Labor, we probably always were, but not this time.
01:15ALSO IN THE MIX, MINOR PARTIES AND INDEPENDENTS.
01:17It's time for change and people are just saying they're sick of Labor, they don't trust Liberals
01:22and they're going, they're going to vote for an Independent, so we're really excited.
01:25We need change in the Territory and people are seeing the Greens as the change that we
01:29need because we don't take corporate donations.
01:32BALLOTS ARE NOW BEING CAST AT EARLY VOTING CENTRES LIKE THIS ONE HERE IN DARWIN'S NORTHERN
01:36SUBURBS WITH VOTERS KEEN TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON THE BIG ISSUES AFFECTING THE TERRITORY.
01:42High rate of decline.
01:43Climate and particularly using, yeah, land resources for the right reasons, yeah.
01:50I work in healthcare, I'd really like to see more put into that space.
01:54VOTERS NOW HAVING THE FINAL SAY ON WHO WILL RUN THE TERRITORY FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.