00:00Well, the dust is beginning to settle from the Northern Territory's election over the
00:05weekend which saw the country Liberal Party soar to a landslide victory.
00:09They've got at least 16 seats, potentially more, while Labor has been reduced to just
00:14four or five.
00:15Now, the country Liberal Party leader, Lillia Finocchiaro, has wasted no time in getting
00:19to work, meeting with the Police Commissioner Michael Murphy and a senior public servant
00:24to set out her vision for the next four years, which will be sure to be filled with a tough
00:29on crime agenda.
00:30That's the main issue that saw the country Liberal Party really soar to success this
00:34election.
00:35Over the next couple of weeks, she'll be preparing legislation to go for the first
00:38sitting of Parliament, including something called Declan's Law, which is bail reforms
00:42and plans to reverse the age of criminal responsibility back down to 10 years old.
00:47But after that, the Northern Territory does have a lot of really strong, challenging issues
00:52for any government to tackle, including record levels of debt, a stagnating economy and also
00:58challenges with remote education, health and housing.
01:03So it remains to be seen how the CLP will tackle those throughout their four years in
01:08government now.
01:09There are still some seats where we're waiting to see results, for example, Fanny Bay, which
01:14could go to the Greens, potentially, which would give them their first ever seat in the
01:18Northern Territory Parliament.
01:20We have in some places seen something comparable to a teal wave, particularly Justine Davis
01:26is an independent who has won in the Northern Darwin seat of Johnston from Labor, and she's
01:34supported by ACT Senator David Pocock, and will be joining Yingya Gwila in North East
01:39Arnhem Land and Robin Lamley in Central Australia as independents in the Northern Territory
01:44Parliament.
01:45So we're still waiting to see exactly what the results are after the election, but it
01:52so far looks to be a CLP landslide victory, and we know that Labor's been decimated down
01:57to just four or five seats.
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