New NT government promises an unwavering focus on crime and “law and order”
After a thumping victory in the weekend's election, Lia Finocchiaro is taking the reins as the new Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. She's promising a stable transition and an unwavering focus on crime and "law and order". Labor, meanwhile, is still waiting to find out just how bad its loss is, while at least one new face is confirmed on the crossbench.
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00:00Striding into a new political era.
00:05Focused on having a safe place to live, work and invest.
00:09The newly elected Chief Minister, keeping her first appearances since Saturday's landslide,
00:14focused firmly on crime.
00:16I will also hold the police portfolio so that community safety is the number one priority of our government
00:23and our police know that they will be supported.
00:26Lia Finocchiaro expected to unveil her new cabinet in coming days
00:30and call Parliament's first sittings for October.
00:33It's not something we take lightly.
00:35This is a huge responsibility and we want change for our families,
00:41just like Territorians do for theirs.
00:43With 16 seats, the CLP has an outright majority,
00:47while in a shattered Labor Party, leadership talks have started
00:51but can't progress further until the make-up of its team is clear.
00:55The party's drubbing, their worst results since the mid-70s,
00:59now fodder for national debate.
01:02When a Premier, a Chief Minister or indeed a Prime Minister
01:05can't deliver on cost of living and can't deliver on keeping the community safe,
01:10then there's a point of reckoning.
01:12And that point came for the Labor government in the Northern Territory on the weekend.
01:17People have been saying for some time that they've been feeling unsafe
01:22and that crime was out of control.
01:24So that's not surprising.
01:26The federal implications of Saturday night's results will be debated
01:30for some time to come in Canberra,
01:32but what's clear in the Territory is the CLP has won a decisive victory.
01:36Labor's seat count could fall to as low as five
01:39if Brent Potter can't stave off a challenge from the Greens in Fanny Bay.
01:43Meanwhile, former Richmond player Joel Bowden
01:46has been punted out of Parliament by Independent Justine Davis.
01:50More than ever, it's really important to have voices in there in Parliament
01:54that can hold the Parliament and the politicians and the parties to account.
01:59Some fresh faces and a new government to head up a very different Parliament.