Ian Tuxworth, NT's second chief minister, dies aged 77

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Ian Tuxworth, NT's second chief minister, dies aged 77
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Ian Tuxworth, the former Northern Territory chief minister and man who brought the Nationals to the NT, passes away.

, Mr Tuxworth told the ABC there had been a lot of misconceptions about what was going to happen to the rock, which caused divisions.

"The Territory government wanted to issue the lease and the handover to the Aboriginals at Ayers Rock under Territory law, but the Aboriginal community said 'no, we're not happy with that, we want it under Commonwealth law, so we can trust them'," he said.Mr Tuxworth said attitudes had changed in the past 30 years.

"You can spend your whole life looking in the rear-vision mirror. I don't see the point in that," he said."Whatever the contentious issues were back 30 years ago, they've been overtaken by the success of the project."

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