The Country Liberals have joined the ranks of conservative state governments across Australia by winning the Northern Territory election.

Surprisingly, the election looks to have been decided by the bush seats, which are unhappy with the Federal Governments intervention. You would have to say that Ms Gillard and her policies must have played a part as well. Wouldn't you?

Bess Price is a good chance of winning the seat of Stuart which is on a knife edge. Good luck Bess. What a novelty it would be to have Bess in the NT Legislative Assembly!!! Refreshing.

Congratulations to the CLP and Territorians for making the right choice.

Lynn

Well it looks like the Aboriginal vote has decided the NT election, which is very interesting. No seats have changed hands in the Darwin metro area.

The Labor cronyist NT public service is due for a good clean out. Some good public servants will be lost though, including former colleagues and bosses.

John Smith wrote on Aug 25^th, 2012 at 10:23pm:

You would hope so, but it is federal labor that the people want gone more than state.

Still a few more Labor losses Left, before the tide turns!

Labor must remove Gillard and the yuppie socialist liberals of face nation wide liquidation - we shall not falter we shall not fail in our quest to defeat the forces of anti worker liberalism and restore our legitimate homegrown domestic economy and jobs...

Shane B wrote on Aug 25^th, 2012 at 10:21pm:


You up in the Northern Territory, Shano?

You ever met a colleague up there by the name of Matty?

Top bloke.

Lynn wrote on Aug 25^th, 2012 at 9:57pm:


Hmmm. They arent going to be happy with that government either. They all (govts) seem to be bringing in racist policies lately.

SOB

Armchair_Politician wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 6:25am:



Only for one term. They are all the same, so people vote them out, then vote them out again in a never ending effort to get a decent government.

They replace bad with bad. So be it!

Armchair_Politician wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 7:00am:



And Johnny had to go.

Which he did.

Convincingly.

He is a terrible war criminal.

Armchair_Politician wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 7:23am:

Naughty boy. They love to use gillard's BS statement to stop debate, well try, but will hate the fact that that same quote can be used forever more and against their only drum up of information.

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 6:35am:


except of course the opposite is true. Australia has remarkably stable govt with govts falling in one term almost unknown.

gold_medal wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 8:14am:


since we are talking about a future event, One can only give their opinion .... you are no more a psychic than I am so for you to pretend that you know the result reeks of stupidity .

Lynn wrote on Aug 25^th, 2012 at 9:57pm:


Amusingly, the ALP Chief Minister didn't want the redhead anywhere near his campaign fearing she would cause more problems for him. Imagine what the ALP's loss would have been had the redhead made a few appearances in the suburbs of Darwin.

Parenthetically, the issue of a person's record came to light last night as I listened to the ABC radio coverage of the NT election. One of the candidates (non ALP) had spent time in the slammer for a crime. The ALP jumped on it and made it a big deal saying a person's previous record should be disclosed to enable voters to make a clear choice. It came to light that one of the ALP's candidates had a conviction for assault some years ago but it was covered over by the ALP boffins.

How very open and transparent our major political parties are. What a bunch of shysters.

Lynn wrote on Aug 25^th, 2012 at 9:57pm:




ON YA Bess.. she is one of the most sensible persons I have had the pleasure to listen too.

Armchair_Politician wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 7:23am:




its all they have AP.. I laugh.. look at the phony tony threads they have..its all hatred on a keyboard..nothing of substance..can you imagine this lot on facebook...all nasty and taunting..and big girly stuff. I feel sorry for them to be honest...

and if anyone should be charged with war crimes I look at Whitlam when they sided with Indonesia even after they murdered our journalists. they didnt blink an eye did they??

left East Timor to the devil.

hindsight is a fantastic thing I have heaps of it...

John Smith wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 8:31am:


you do know this is a TWO-TERM labor govt? I dont credit you with much, but the ability to count to two doesnt seem that hard.

Maqqa wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 11:51am:


and the polls point to an easy coalition win. But labor supporters dont beleive in polls - even after they get crushed at elections.

Maqqa wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 1:39pm:

Just like how they see labor corruption. It just isnt happening, hasnt happened, never will happen. lol.

gold_medal wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 1:13pm:


i know its difficult for you ...but how many terms has Gillard served?

John Smith wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 4:40pm:


well lets put it in terms you might understand...

TWO TERMS as PM.

and the discussion was on GOVTS not PMs. Gillard was Pm for portion of the first term and so far, all of the second term.

So, you are wrong both ways of describing it.

No words can descrive the sheer jubilation, pride, joy and contentment that I feel at present. I am so happy that my Territorians have voted out this inept and incompetent government. Henderson was a tool and a gutless wonder who went along with anything that Gillard said. He NEVER stood up to her and he didn't even have the guts to campaign as a Labor politicians, which is what he is.

Good riddance. Just another appetiser for the federal election. So much for the election being a nail-biter. The CLP had won within 2 hours and received over 50% of the prmary vote alone. The only question now is how much the margin will be. 16-8, 15-9 or 14-10? Hopefully Bess Price and Frances Xavier manage to pull off Stuart and Arafura, respectively.

matty wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 5:11pm:




hey matty welcome back... are you back in OZ.?

we share your jubilation...

yes got my money on Bess.. on ya girl!

Actually, i am glad the CLP got in.   I lived in Darwin for over two years and I reckon it is a difficult place for any government.  The NT suffered from federal intervention from both Libs and Labs - to try and correct aboriginal problems that are just uncorrectable.  We had the ridiculous banned drinker register, if you bought two by 4 litres of cask wine you had to fill in a form.  I hope the CLP can do more - I doubt it - but have a go anyway.  i am guessing little will change.   The NT receives more than it's fair share of Australian GST and Tax money - the most of which is for failed indigenous programs.

I wait with eager anticipation to see what the CLP do.  i can guess what it will be.  nothing more than what has been tried to be done already

lisa.greek wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 6:35pm:


Yeah, it's working out so well for Queensland. Looks like they're already counting the days to the next election.

Karnal wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 5:59pm:


Thoughts? You're as wacky as ever, Karnal.

Gist wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 6:37pm:


Based on what? The LNP have a 71 seat majority! Labor won't see government for decades and decades to come. I'ts not Newman's fault that Labor left the state bankrupt. I am not too familiar with QLD, but I know he was left in a bad way, to say the least. Abbott will have a tough job of fixing up Labor's mess when he gets in next year.

Gist wrote on Aug 26^th, 2012 at 7:38pm:


Then why do the still have an absurd (in a good way) lead in the polls? It's like O'Farrell. So many have gone on about how he's been a dissapointment and they regret voting for him, but the last time that I checked, the Coalition is still leading about 63-37 in NSW, one year after the election!