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NT Parliament passes ICAC motion, despite warning from clerk
The Northern Territory Parliament has passed a motion allowing the Territory’s anti-corruption watchdog to examine the electronic devices of Labor MLA Mark Turner, despite Parliament’s clerk warning members to “proceed with extreme caution”.
Key points:
- ICAC has been given approval to examine a Labor MLA’s phones and laptop
- Parliament’s clerk questions whether ICAC breached the law in seizing the devices
- But the Solicitor-General says MPs are within their powers to vote on the issue
The motion passed with the support of Labor and CLP opposition MPs on Thursday after they had received separate advice from the Territory’s Solicitor-General that it was within their powers to vote on the issue.
In advice tabled in Parliament, clerk Michael…
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