Lia Finocchiaro
Opposition Leader
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Backing Small Business With Big Savings
Joint Media Release from the Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro and Shadow Minister for Business, Jobs and Training Marie-Clare Boothby Small businesses in the Territory will save tens of thousands of dollars a year on tax under a CLP government. The CLP will: Raise the payroll tax-free threshold for the first time in 13…
Labor Cannot Be Trusted To Deliver The Ship Lift
Media Release from Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro After 8 years of delays, Eva Lawler cannot be trusted to deliver Darwin’s Ship Lift. Labor is all talk and no action – this is the 40th Labor press release on the ship lift and not even one sod has been turned. This is just more…
Labor’s Immediate Action 411 Days Later
Media Release from Shadow Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Marie-Clare Boothby It has been 411 days since this Labor Government promised to deliver immediate action for more security at bottle shops and improve community safety. On 22 March 2023, following the tragic death of bottle shop worker Declan Laverty, the Labor government announced ‘an immediate…
Real Consequences and Pathway Out of Crime
Media Release from Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro and Shadow Minister for Justice Steve Edgington Under a CLP Government, there will be real consequences for crime, with a suite of new initiatives unveiled as part of its Plan for a Safe Territory, which will reform corrections in the Northern Territory. Key to the plan is a…
Alice Springs No Better Off Since PM Last Visit
Media Release from Shadow Minister for Territory Families and Shadow Minister for Youth Josh Burgoyne One year on from the Prime Ministers fly-in-fly out visit Alice Springs continues to call out for change. In just the last month we have seen riots on our streets which resulted in the youth curfew. $250 million dollars was…
Bottle shops Workers Not Safe Under Labor’s Crime Crisis
Media Release from Shadow Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Marie-Clare Boothby The Lawler Labor Government has completely failed in its plans to keep bottle shop workers safe. When Declan Laverty was murdered over a year ago, Labor pledged to implement comprehensive training in de-escalation techniques to manage anti-social behavior. They also promised to grant security…