Health

What policy do you have to address the growing inadequacies of public health in the NT?

Territorians deserve a health system that works here — not one that relies on people flying interstate when they’re sick.

My priorities are to stabilise the workforce, strengthen prevention and primary care, and modernise infrastructure.

If elected, I will advocate for:

• Workforce retention first: Secure accommodation and retention incentives for nurses, doctors and allied health professionals; safer staffing ratios; more permanent roles; better mentoring for graduates.
• Stronger community care: Expand integrated GP/primary care and outreach clinics to reduce ED pressure; invest in preventative health, including mental health; explore expanded aged care facilities.
• A funded hospital renewal plan: Staged upgrades to RDH infrastructure and digital systems, with transparent timelines and public reporting.
• Accountability: Regular publication of wait-time performance and workforce vacancy data.
• Darwin Private Hospital: With the hospital currently in receivership, I advocate for the NT Government to take it over under RDH control to support the stretched public system.

As an independent, I will work with any side of politics to secure better outcomes — but I will insist on measurable targets, transparent reporting, and community input.

There are more than 3,000 jail beds but just 41 mental health beds. How will you address this?

This imbalance is a policy failure. People in mental distress end up in police cells and prisons when they need treatment.

I will advocate for a justice-to-health shift:

• More acute and step-down mental health beds
• Community-based residential supports
• Mobile mental health crisis teams (including after-hours)
• Police/clinical co-response models
• Diversion pathways for mental health and AOD
• Prevention-focused investment in housing, family supports and youth services

Our systems should reduce harm — not deepen it.

Education

How will you support educators and students to thrive?

Education is core infrastructure.

I will advocate for:

• Teacher attraction and retention: Secure housing, permanency, career pathways, reduced admin burden, more support staff.
• Safe schools: Embedded specialist support teams; trauma-informed practice.
• Attendance strategies based on relationships: Breakfast programs, transport support, wraparound services.
• Needs-based funding: Proper literacy, numeracy, wellbeing and inclusion support in every NT school.

Early Childhood

I have worked on early childhood collective impact initiatives and know this is where we get the greatest lifelong return.

I will advocate for:

• Stronger regulation and unannounced compliance checks
• Better workforce pay, training and retention
• Expanded not-for-profit and community provision
• Clear complaint pathways and culturally safe engagement

Quality and safety are non-negotiable.

Infrastructure

What projects should be prioritised?

I would prioritise infrastructure that improves daily life and long-term resilience:

• Housing: Social, affordable and remote housing; climate-smart public housing upgrades.
• Energy: Solar integration, big batteries in the Darwin-Katherine system, modernised grid infrastructure.
• Community resilience: Flood mitigation, cyclone upgrades, heat-smart facilities.
• Community spaces: Schools, sporting facilities and green spaces.

Most important infrastructure spend?

Housing is the most important investment — because without stable housing, pressure explodes across health, education and justice.

Second: energy grid modernisation — because power costs affect every household and business.

Remote Housing ($4 billion commitment)

The current commitment will only halve overcrowding — it does not go far enough.

Funding must prioritise:

• Local decision-making and community control
• Climate-smart and culturally informed designs
• Major investment in repairs and maintenance
• Local jobs and procurement
• Transparent reporting community-by-community

Environment

What will you campaign for?

The NT lacks robust biodiversity protections.

I will advocate for:

• New, enforceable Nature Laws
• Strengthened environmental assessment processes
• Legislated State of the Environment reporting
• Properly resourced regulators
• First Nations-led environmental stewardship

Fracking

I do not support further expansion of fracking in the NT.

Concerns include:

• Climate risk
• Water system risks
• Regulatory gaps
• Missed renewable energy opportunities

The NT has enormous solar potential — that is the smarter economic pathway.

Lee Point / Binybara

I do not support development proceeding in its current form.

This area is:

• A critical wildlife corridor
• Internationally significant habitat
• Culturally significant to Larrakia people

Any future development would require:

• A full independent Area Plan
• Centralised First Nations leadership
• Proper environmental and cultural assessments
• Credible evidence that no alternative sites exist
• Clear public interest outweighing irreversible loss

Integrity

The NT has some of the weakest integrity frameworks in Australia.

I will advocate for:

1. Transparency of influence

• Real lobbyist register
• Publication of ministerial diaries

2. Independent oversight

• Strengthened Auditor-General, Ombudsman and ICAC
• Proper scrutiny of major integrity legislation

3. Mandatory responses

• Time-bound responses to audit and oversight findings

4. Whistleblower protections

• Strong protections and safe reporting pathways

Oversight must be strengthened — not weakened.

Social Services

The NT relies on social services but funds them insecurely.

I will push for:

• Streamlined funding processes
• Multi-year indexed agreements
• Simplified reporting
• Co-designed commissioning
• Workforce stability and fair wages

Domestic Violence

The NT Coroner made 35 recommendations.

My position is simple: implement them fully, fund them properly, track progress publicly.

Priorities:

• Stable frontline funding
• Culturally safe responses
• Perpetrator accountability programs
• Housing pathways for victim-survivors

Youth Justice

Prevention-first investment with clear KPIs:

• Early childhood and family supports
• Diversion programs
• Youth hubs and arts/sport pathways
• Mental health and AOD support
• Housing stability
• Cultural reform in detention facilities

Raise the age?

Yes — to 14.
Backed by properly funded diversion and therapeutic services.

Spit hoods and restraint chairs?

Yes — I will advocate to end their use, particularly for children.

Any restrictive practice must be:

• Last resort
• Independently monitored
• Transparently reported
• Subject to strong oversight

Justice

Imprisonment growth shows upstream failure.

I will advocate for:

• Early family intervention
• Rehabilitation and AOD treatment
• Community corrections and reintegration
• Bail support programs
• Independent prison scrutiny
• Reduced court delays

Bail reform?

I support bail laws that:

• Protect community safety
• Uphold presumption of innocence
• Reduce unnecessary remand

No blanket, one-size-fits-all incarceration increases.

Nightcliff

Nightcliff Police Station

It should operate as a genuine community safety hub:

• Visible community policing
• Youth diversion partnerships
• DFV liaison
• Multicultural engagement

If not fully utilised, parts should be transparently repurposed for community safety outcomes.

Social Cohesion

Nightcliff is proudly multicultural.

I will:

• Conduct cross-cultural listening
• Support language access and culturally safe services
• Back inclusive community spaces
• Celebrate community contributions
• Stand firmly for respectful public conduct

Public Housing

I will advocate for:

• 70% private / 30% social-affordable mix
• Timely repairs
• Heat and energy efficiency upgrades
• Clear escalation pathways
• Tenant participation in decisions

Rising Rents

To address rental stress:

• Build more social and affordable housing
• Use government land for mixed developments
• Improve energy efficiency in rentals
• Strengthen renter protections
• Properly resource enforcement agencies
• Introduce minimum standards for cooling and repairs
• Keep housing investment local