Mr MILLS - 2008-02-12
With the departure of the member for Barkly from Cabinet, you now have, as I see it, no minister that resides outside of Darwin. How can Territorians who live south of Berrimah be certain that they will have any form of representation in Cabinet?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question and point out that, amongst his opposition, there is not one member that represents anybody in Darwin. On our benches, we have 19 members of parliament who represent the vast majority of people in the Northern Territory. From every region, from every part of the Northern Territory, we have representation on this side of the House. When we look to the other side of the House, there is absolutely no representation from our capital city. Therefore, regarding any discussion about representation and how representative our respective benches are of the Northern Territory, again, I ask the Leader of the Opposition to look around him.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question and point out that, amongst his opposition, there is not one member that represents anybody in Darwin. On our benches, we have 19 members of parliament who represent the vast majority of people in the Northern Territory. From every region, from every part of the Northern Territory, we have representation on this side of the House. When we look to the other side of the House, there is absolutely no representation from our capital city. Therefore, regarding any discussion about representation and how representative our respective benches are of the Northern Territory, again, I ask the Leader of the Opposition to look around him.
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