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Labor can be confident of holding only five seats in the territory’s 25-member Parliament. But what does the defeat mean for the party’s prospects elsewhere?

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

The campaign may have been underwhelming, but the outcome of Saturday’s vote in the Territory is tantalisingly unpredictable

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.