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As Northern Territorians set off for polling booths in search of a democracy sausage, and possibly a new government, there’s a question worth asking. Could someone slapped with a trespass notice for Parliament House soon find herself sitting in it? Danggalaba, Kulumbirigin and Tiwi woman Mililma May, 25, is running as an independent in the Darwin seat of Nightcliff after being banned from parliament for protesting changes to NT youth bail laws in 2021.

” The Greens have never won a seat in the Territory but Astor Hill, their candidate for Braitling in Alice Springs, could be their best chance. It was won in 2020 by the Country Liberal Party’s Joshua Burgoyne by just 80 votes and has seen a groundswell of support for Hill. There’s also a Greens challenger in Police Minister Brent Potter’s Darwin seat of Fannie Bay: primary school teacher Suki Dorras-Walker.

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