The Northern Territory's Administrator has formally sworn in Lia Finocchiaro as the 14th Chief Minister following the Country Liberal Party's landslide victory at the weekend.
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00:00The Territory's new leader claiming the fruits of the weekend's landslide victory.
00:07Certainly a new chapter will unfold for Territorians.
00:11Leah Finocchiaro is now 50% of an interim cabinet, with portfolios including police,
00:17Territory families, health and treasury.
00:20Her deputy, Gerard Maley's new credentials are interim Attorney-General
00:24and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, among others.
00:27Marching in lockstep for their first appearance as incumbents.
00:31This is to give confidence to the Northern Territory to continue with the business of government
00:36until early next week.
00:38But the final result is still not clear here in Fanny Bay,
00:41where Laurie Zio is hoping to stave off a challenge from the Greens
00:44to claim a 17th seat for the CLP.
00:47And in Knightcliffe, where former Chief Minister Natasha Files
00:50looks set to hold on to her seat for Labor.
00:52The Anti-Electoral Commission says the official declaration won't take place
00:56until the 9th of September, but the new Chief's not waiting to get to work.
01:00We have been very clear for a number of years that reducing the age of criminal responsibility
01:04to 10 was a big part of our plan and we will deliver on that
01:08in week one of Parliament as we committed and as Territorians voted us to do.
01:13The NT's top Aboriginal legal agency is warning lowering the age
01:17will have disastrous consequences and wants a parliamentary inquiry
01:20into the impacts of the ousted Labor government's action last year
01:24to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12,
01:27echoed by the new Chief's incoming independent parliamentary colleague.
01:31We need to know what the impact of that was.
01:33We need to look at the data and the evidence.
01:35The government will decide who is best placed to navigate these challenges
01:39when it finalises the full Cabinet.