Warren Snowdon (Lingiari, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for External Territories) Share this | Hansard source

It's great, isn't it really? Just watching him!

But I wanted to make a contribution which in part celebrates a very important thing, and that is the election of the Labor government in the Northern Territory. It has a particular interest in looking at the budget I might say—particularly the proposals by the Prime Minister. Another spur of the moment thing, you know? The lights are on—I am not sure who is at home. But, nevertheless, he pledged to introduce a GST floor—a threshold to ensure that no state receives less than a certain share of revenue from the tax.

That is going to be of particular interest to people in the Northern Territory, and no doubt the new Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Michael Gunner, will have a particular interest, as will his Treasurer. The new Treasurer for the Northern Territory is Nicole Manison MLA.

I wanted to talk briefly about this election, not to gloat so much—although I would like to—but just to make the observation that—

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