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| Deposed Country Liberals leader to fight Northern Territory election as independent | Deposed Country Liberals leader to fight Northern Territory election as independent |
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| Terry Mills, the deposed former leader of the Northern Territory’s Country Liberals government, has announced his return to politics and will contest the upcoming election as an independent. | Terry Mills, the deposed former leader of the Northern Territory’s Country Liberals government, has announced his return to politics and will contest the upcoming election as an independent. |
| Mills announced his resignation as a CLP member and his candidacy for the seat of Blain in Palmerston on Sunday afternoon, describing watching the actions of the government he led to victory in 2012 as an “accident” he had a “moral obligation” to act on. | Mills announced his resignation as a CLP member and his candidacy for the seat of Blain in Palmerston on Sunday afternoon, describing watching the actions of the government he led to victory in 2012 as an “accident” he had a “moral obligation” to act on. |
| Related: John Elferink breaks silence nine days after NT youth detention footage aired | Related: John Elferink breaks silence nine days after NT youth detention footage aired |
| Mills was rolled by Adam Giles as chief minister just seven months after he led the CLP to victory in 2012, in March 2013. | Mills was rolled by Adam Giles as chief minister just seven months after he led the CLP to victory in 2012, in March 2013. |
| He said the NT parliament had become a laughing stock. | He said the NT parliament had become a laughing stock. |
| “I don’t want to see the door just open for the Labor party to occupy the benches of government because the CLP have offended the sensibilities of Territorians to such a degree,” Mills told reporters. | “I don’t want to see the door just open for the Labor party to occupy the benches of government because the CLP have offended the sensibilities of Territorians to such a degree,” Mills told reporters. |
| He said he wanted to raise the standards of parliamentary debate and to focus on real issues, and “to make a difference”. | He said he wanted to raise the standards of parliamentary debate and to focus on real issues, and “to make a difference”. |
| In April 2014 Mills resigned from parliament and was appointed NT Indonesia commissioner before being sacked from that role as well by Giles after he retweeted a photo of himself laughing over the failed coup against Giles in early 2015. | In April 2014 Mills resigned from parliament and was appointed NT Indonesia commissioner before being sacked from that role as well by Giles after he retweeted a photo of himself laughing over the failed coup against Giles in early 2015. |
| Related: How the Northern Territory government went from landslide to 'laughing stock' | |
| He will contest his former seat of Blain in Palmerston. | He will contest his former seat of Blain in Palmerston. |
| His successor in the seat, Nathan Barrett, resigned from the CLP in June and will not recontest the seat he held for two years following revelations of a sex scandal. | His successor in the seat, Nathan Barrett, resigned from the CLP in June and will not recontest the seat he held for two years following revelations of a sex scandal. |
| The NT election will be held on 27 August. | The NT election will be held on 27 August. |