00:01The next member for Mulcah, Yirwar McGrath!
00:09From poverty to the Territory Parliament, Yirwar McGrath gaining a new title.
00:16Yirwar, um, MLA for Mulcah.
00:20That sounded weird, man.
00:22The former NT Young Australian of the Year and trailblazing nurse
00:26rising from a tough upbringing to win the Mulcah by-election in Arnhem Land on Saturday.
00:32I grew up here in poverty as an orphan child, overcrowding house to house,
00:39not knowing when the next meal is.
00:41There was elation at Labor's after-party in Nulamboy,
00:45its candidate winning 78% of the vote against his independent challenger
00:50and gaining the party another seat in Parliament despite recent internal turmoil.
00:55Having six members now in the Labor caucus and the NT Parliament
00:59will show that we're a force to be reckoned with.
01:01I'm not too naive. It's going to be a lot of work ahead.
01:06Um, and I also understand that I won't change everything tomorrow,
01:13but I'm here to give it a crack.
01:16On the streets of Nulamboy, locals backing their new representative.
01:19We need to stand for our land and our rights, and he's standing for our rights.
01:29More future for the next generation, and we have to have more laborers
01:36that are going to fight for our rights.
01:38After a long few weeks, unsuccessful challenger Andrew Blamey kicking goals with the family.
01:44After running a similar campaign on housing, health, and Nulamboy's post-mining transition
01:50with Rio Tinto's exit just a few years away.
01:54Him and I share a lot of the same values and the same goals for the region,
01:58and I just really hope that it's a success for him.
02:00The CLP was a no-show at this by-election, choosing not to contest the seat it hasn't held since
02:071980.
02:08Instead, the party faithful gathered in Darwin for an annual conference
02:12where former Prime Minister Tony Abbott was guest speaker.
02:16As with Vice President, I think the team should walk back to that.
02:16From the National Devils special up.
02:17For which means Russia willity be the Anj1U.
02:18So how do we do these now?
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