Crime crisis centre stage as Territorians head to the polls

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****** crisis centre stage as Territorians head to the polls

Voting is underway across the Northern Territory, from rugged Central Australia to Darwin and the sparse tropics, with a tight race expected between Labor and the Country ******** Party.

Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler is seeking to extend Labor’s eight year hold over the top end, with 25 seats up for grabs when counting official kicks off at 6.30pm on Saturday.

Camera IconOpposition leader Lia Finocchiaro, left, and NT Chief Minister Eva Lawler. Credit: NewsWire

Both Labor and the Country ******** Party have campaigned on a platform of being tough on ******, with stubbornly high ****** rates and disadvantage, and curfews in Alice Springs centre stage.

The week before the election, Ms Lawler said Labor would deliver a “common sense plan to lower ******” and improve community safety, including a $570 million boost to NT Police.

Opposition leader Lia Finocchiaro told SkyNews live debate earlier this week that the CLP’s plan for ****** was instead to strengthen bail laws and lower the age of ********* responsibility.

The NT’s struggling economy, high costs of living and stagnant population growth are also seen as being in the CLP’s ******* line, as it tries to show a change is needed after eight years of Labor.

The election has also thrown open the door to a number of independents, including self-proclaimed laksa queen Amye Un who claimed “Labor had to go … Only Amye Un can clean up”.

The NT as made headlines in recent years due to high ****** rates, including the imposition of night-time curfews in NT, including after two off-duty police were allegedly attacked in July.

The election also comes ahead of a contested race in Queensland later this year where Labor will again defence its record, as well as a looming federal election due to be called next year.

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