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Blain MLA Mark Turner exiled from NT Labor caucus as staffer resigns over scandal
Labor politician Mark Turner has been banished from the party caucus and removed from his role as Deputy Speaker as claims of inappropriate behaviour engulf the Northern Territory government.
Key points:
- Mark Turner has been exiled from NT Labor after just six months as the Member for Blain
- A member of Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s staff has also resigned
- Mr Gunner told NT Parliament he had lost trust in the backbencher
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has also revealed a member of his staff has resigned in the wake of allegations first raised in a newspaper gossip column last weekend.
Mr Turner, a former policeman who represents the Palmerston seat of Blain, last night told Parliament he had been involved in a consensual but “inappropriate”…
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