This afternoon the Territory Labor Caucus met, unanimously deciding that the Member for Drysdale Eva Lawler will be Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and the Member for Gwoja Chanston Paech will be Deputy Chief Minister.
Tomorrow the Member for Drysdale and the Member for Gwoja will be sworn into their positions.
Today, we also announcing that current Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison has decided to move to the backbench. We thank Nicole for her hard work over the last seven years in Cabinet, and the work that she has put into growing the Territory's jobs and economy, Nicole will continue to serve her constituents as the Member for Wanguri.
The Territory Labor Government is completely focused on creating jobs, tackling cost of living pressures and making the Territory safer. Those are our priorities because those are Territorians priorities.
Northern Territory Government
