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Making justice policies against expert advice may solve short-term political problems but eventually they have to work – or be considered failures

The Northern Territory is a different place. On the day prior to this election, Speckles the Adelaide River crocodile was asked to predict the result of the election. He had replaced the previous crocodile, a spiv who got the 2016 and 2020 elections wrong.

On the eve of the election, Territorian concerns about crime have again led the parties to make a swag of promises on policing.

The Northern Territory is going to the polls this weekend. The incumbent Labor government is under serious challenge from a rejuvenated Country Liberal Party (CLP) opposition, led by Lia Finocchiaro. This is an election mainly about crime and the state of the economy, and neither issue is good for Labor.

Scare tactics or the cost of doing business? An NT Treasury report shows the CLP policies could cost frontline workers.

Chief Minister Eva Lawler and Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro have faced off in a final debate before the Northern Territory election.

The extensive fallout from the rape of then Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins in a ministerial office continues to reverberate through both the legal and political systems, long after that fateful night in Parliament House in 2019.

The chief minister and opposition leader have traded barbs just four days before polls close.

Labor's campaign to win a third consecutive term in the Northern Territory is being led by a former school principal who has spoken of her dislike for politics.