The election result in the bush seat of Lingiari remains on a knife's edge, as Labor tries to fend off a concerted effort by the Country Liberals to claim ...
- $14 million to reduce crime in Alice Springs - $14 million to reduce crime in Alice Springs He previously ran for the CLP in the 2020 NT election, but fell just short of victory in the seat of Araluen. Mr Ryan is a former mayor of Alice Springs and was the long-term president of the Local Government Association of the Northern Territory. In a speech to the CLP faithful in the Red Centre, Damien Ryan also acknowledged the narrow margin. The election result in the bush seat of Lingiari remains on a knife's edge, as Labor tries to fend off a concerted effort by the Country Liberals to claim the vast Northern Territory electorate for the first time.
While some election candidates are already booking flights to Canberra, others are packing up their corflutes and contemplating their next political move.
"That is going to take the best part of two weeks for all of the declaration counts to be concluded." It'll be the first time two Indigenous Territorians have represented the NT in the Senate. Who'll represent the NT in the Senate? In other results in Lingiari, the Greens' Blair McFarland is third on first preferences with about 10 per cent of the vote, while One Nation's Tim Gallard is fourth with just over 5 per cent. While there are still postal, absentee and interstate ballots to be counted, Mr Green believes the CLP won't get enough of the remaining votes to reel in Labor's lead. What's the state of play in Lingiari?