NT Parliament hears claim that Labor’s Member for Blain Mark Turner misled Legislative Assembly

The Northern Territory opposition has successfully moved a motion in Parliament to have the Member for Blain referred to the Privileges Committee, accusing Mark Turner of misleading the Legislative Assembly over a statement he made last week about his connection to a “private citizen”.

The former policeman revealed in Parliament last Wednesday that he had carried out a consensual friendship with a woman, which he acknowledged was “not appropriate” because some aspects were “too intimate”.

“During this…