NT Election Loss Spells Troubled Times Ahead for Labor Federally: Expert

While the Northern Territory (NT) election result at the weekend hit the Labor Party hard overall, suburban voters very likely delivered the death blow. Labor had led the NT for two terms before a 10 percent swing to the Country Liberal Party (CLP) on the weekend flipped the script. The CLP is now on course to possibly claim 16 seats from seven, while Labor has fallen from 14 to perhaps four or five. Political expert and Griffith University academic Paul Williams said a large portion of the “enormous” swing against Labor came from suburban voters fed up with two key issues plaguing Australia nationally: living costs and crime....