SATURDAY AUGUST 22 2020 D-DAY: TERRITORY ELECTION 2020 05

Analyst says Purick may become Labor kingmaker

The moment of truth has arrived for CLP leader Lia Finocchiaro, Labor Chief Minister and leader Terry Mills. Pictures: GLENN CAMPBELL, MITCH DRESCHER

MADURA McCORMACK traditional in the Territory, be a swing against Labor, but “hubris and complacency” for CLP is notionally expected to or not a coalition is on the Political Reporter remains unpredictable. not enough to deliver govern- believing the coronavirus pick up seats based on redis- cards should the results come But Charles Darwin Uni- ment to CLP,” Prof Gerritsen health response alone would tributions alone, though lead- down to the wire, with Mr VOTERS will by Saturday versity Professor Rolf Gerrit- said. Territory Alliance, via its be enough for the party to win er Lia Finocchiaro is banking Mills adamant he was treat- night reveal if they have sen anticipates Territory leader Terry Mills, remains its election, Chief Minister on Territorians trusting the ing the election as though he largely opted to keep the sta- Labor may see its majority resolutely ambitious that vot- Michael Gunner said he had party they abandoned in 2016 was “playing to hit a six”. tus quo or chosen to install dwindle and pick up 13 or 12 ers have enough confidence “no regrets” about NT Labor’s to get the jurisdiction’s econ- “I’m not thinking of any the NT’s first female CLP seats. in the NT’s newest party to campaign. “The question for omy back on track. other alternative here,” he chief minister or a former If it’s the former, Prof Ger- give them a go to “reset Territorians is, who do they “We believe in the future said. “We believe that Terri- chief minister to the top job. ritsen says the incumbent governance”. trust to lead that, to help them of the Territory,” she said. torians are genuinely expect- It is set to be a closely government will need to have But the NT News under- survive this?” he said. “We believe in this place, ing a change.” fought election set against the “a very nice chat” to Goyder stands Mr Mills himself, ac- “Who do they trust to help and we want to know that fu- Prof Gerritsen believes backdrop of a once-in-a-gen- MLA , who he cording to third party polling, them adapt to the world that’s ture generations aren’t bur- disenchanted “small L” liber- eration pandemic-induced expects to comfortably retain may not be safe in his own going to exist post-coronavi- dened and saddled with the als who deserted the Giles economic crisis. her seat. electorate of Blain, which he rus and how do we rebound debt that Labor has left them government in 2016 will have As the leaders of the NT’s The two other indepen- won after preferences in 2016. from that?” with. returned to the CLP, while three major parties made dent seats, Mulka and Nel- As a respected Queens- Reduced to an effective “We can turn this around.” those still disenfranchised their final pitches on the eve son, he believes could go land Labor figure blasted his party of one after the retire- Neither the CLP nor Terri- with party politics will head to of the election, the result, as is either way. “I think there will own party in that state for ment of , the tory Alliance will say whether Territory Alliance.

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