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Labor declares by-election victory for Manuel Brown in Northern Territory seat of Arafura

The government says Maningrida-based Manuel Brown has held on to the remote Top End seat for Labor.

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NT political parties highlight key issues in Arafura by-election, on last day of polling

With polls in the Arafura by-election set to close at 6pm tonight, infrastructure and healthcare access emerge as key issues in the race.

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Remote voters head to polls after MP's sudden death

Voters are heading to the polls on the last day of a by-election in the Northern Territory electorate of Arafura following the sudden death of the incumbent.

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NT voters go to the polls in remote electorate of Arafura as parties differ over Voice to Parliament

In a by-election held in the Top End, locals are being asked to choose between one party that supports a Voice to Parliament, and another that's deeply divided over it. But what do locals really want?

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CLP members back 'school farms' policy idea for troubled young people as 'last chance opportunity' to avoid youth detention

Rank-and-file members of the Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party have passed a motion that would see children sent to farms to operate machinery and assist in the operation of a slaughterhouse as an alternative to youth detention.

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Country Liberal Senator Jacinta Price denies party split over Indigenous Voice to Parliament after Lawson Broad's resignation

The Northern Territory senator has denied her party is fractured over the upcoming referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, despite conflicting positions held by the rank-and-file, parliamentary party and outgoing president.

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Country Liberal Party president Lawson Broad quits over party's opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

The Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party president Lawson Broad says he was "strongly opposed" to the recent announcement that the party's rank-and-file members had voted to back the 'No' campaign in the upcoming referendum.

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Arafura by-election: What voters in the NT seat need to know ahead of polling day on March 18

A week out from polls closing, some voters may have already cast their ballots for the looming Arafura by-election. So who are the candidates, and what could the results mean for territory politics?

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NT Labor candidate Manuel Brown says fatal crash that led to conviction of driving without due care was 'a tragic accident'

The Labor candidate for the Arafura by-election, Manuel Brown, has responded to revelations that he was convicted of driving without due care over a fatal crash in Katherine in 2009.

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Edinburgh Labour members call on party's councillors to resign administration after budget fiasco

A local Labour party branch accused administration councillors of a "failure of leadership" after they voted for the Lib Dem budget which included 'red line' issues.

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NT opposition leader urged to oppose Indigenous Voice by senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

The CLP's leader in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Lia Finocchiaro, has previously indicated her parliamentary team could vote in favour of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament even if the rank-and-file members oppose it.

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Rank-and-file of NT's Country Liberal Party support motions backing No campaign of Voice to Parliament

The rebuke presents a challenge to the party's leader in the NT Legislative Assembly, Lia Finocchiaro, who last week said she supported the concept of the Voice but wanted more detail from Canberra.

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Territory Labor, CLP announce Tiwi Islands candidates for NT's Arafura by-election after former member's sudden death

Labor is pushing to retain a seat in NT Parliament as the race for the huge remote electorate of Arafura gets underway ahead of the former member's funeral.

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NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles pressures Country Liberals on Voice to Parliament before Arafura by-election

The Northern Territory's opposition will abstain from a motion expressing support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which the government has brought forward ahead of the upcoming Arafura by-election.

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Northern Territory Country Liberal Party introduces bill to allow police to arrest and fine people for drinking in public

Public drinking was decriminalised in the NT in 2019 in accordance with recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Now the CLP wants to change that.

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Laws reinstating alcohol bans in town camps, Aboriginal remote communities pass Northern Territory parliament

The legislation passed parliament on Tuesday night only hours after it was introduced and is expected to take effect by the end of the week.

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NT opposition to bring no-confidence motion against Fyles Labor government

Tensions are rising in Northern Territory politics as the government prepares to bring new alcohol ban laws to parliament.

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Alice Springs mayor Matt Paterson calls for federal police, ADF assistance amid crime crisis

A police operation to stamp out crime in the Central Australian town has seen more than 300 people arrested since November – but mayor Matt Paterson says it's not enough.

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Now that the Territory rights bill has passed, will voluntary assisted dying once again be legalised in the NT?

The Northern Territory sparked global controversy in the 1990s when it became the first place in the world to legalise euthanasia. Then, the federal government overturned it. But that all changed yesterday.

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Lia Finocchiaro says CLP yet to reach Voice to Parliament position, despite Jacinta Price announcing opposition

Country Liberal Party Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price supported the Nationals' declaration that they would oppose the Voice earlier this week.

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Senator Jacinta Price votes against Territory Rights bill, citing distrust of NT government, concern for children

Jacinta Price has been slammed by politicians on both sides for voting against a bill which would overturn a ban stopping territory governments making laws on euthanasia.

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Northern Territory parliament passes anti-discrimination law reform amid fierce backlash

The reforms have come under fire from a range of faith groups but have been praised by members of the LGBT community.

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The NT's anti-discrimination laws are being updated for the first time in 30 years. Here's what you need to know

A bill to amend the Northern Territory's Anti-Discrimination Act for the first time in decades is expected to return to parliament today. Here's what you need to know.

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Sachin Pilot loyalists flex muscles ahead of Congress Yatra, want Ashok Gehlot replaced as CM

JAIPUR: A Rajasthan minister and another leader on Monday sought the removal of Ashok Gehlot as chief minister, a sign of the Sachin Pilot group in the party's state unit flexing its muscles days before Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra enters the Congress-ruled state.

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Country Liberals attend anti-crime rally despite racist comments on organiser's social media account

The Northern Territory's opposition leader has attended an anti-crime meeting near Darwin which Labor ministers refused to attend because of racist comments on the organiser's social media account.

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