Deputy Chief Minister Chansey Paech in bid to evict ‘squatters’ from Alice Springs unit
Documents tendered to NTCAT revealChansey Paech claims he has a ‘reasonable belief that unauthorised persons continue to reside at the premises’.
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Deputy Chief Minister and Member for Gwoja Chansey Paech has taken a bid to evict squatters from his Alice Springs investment property to the NT Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Documents filed with the tribunal reveal Mr Paech is seeking rental arrears from the tenant of the unit in Leichhardt Terrace, The Gap in the sum of $4914.29 and immediate vacant possession of the “abandoned property”.
“Tenant has accumulated rental arrears amounting to $5694.29” the documents read.
“Tenant has given notice that he no longer resides at the premises and the agent has reasonable belief that unauthorised persons continue to reside at the premises.
“The property owner has instructed to apply for immediate vacant possession and termination of fixed lease”.
The NT News applied to NTCAT for access to any response filed by the tenant but none was forthcoming and has chosen not to name him.
The latest updated register of NT politicians’ interests tabled in parliament earlier this month revealed The Gap property as one of two investment properties Mr Paech owns, the other being in Darwin.
Mr Paech also declared his own residential property in Alice Springs as well as removing divested shares in Metcash and Betashares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) from the updated register.
Chief Minister Eva Lawler declared three investment properties, one in Desert Springs in the Red Centre and one each in Fannie Bay and Fly Creek in the Top End, as well as a parcel of land at Coolalinga and her own residential property in Berrimah.
Territory Families Minister Ngaree Ah Kit and Police Minister Brent Potter were the only cabinet members not to declare any real estate investments, while Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro declared investment properties in Darwin and Palmerston along with her residential property in Howard Springs.
Mr Paech, who also serves as Aboriginal Affairs Minister and Attorney-General, was at the centre of controversy in February after it was revealed he bought $436.60 in shares in food and alcohol distributor Metcash in the lead up to the sunsetting of legislation banning grog in Alice Springs town camps.
Those revelations followed an earlier scandal that claimed the scalp of former Chief Minister Natasha Fyles who resigned in December after she owned shares in energy giant Woodside and mining company South 32 became public knowledge.
Mr Paech declined to comment on the NTCAT action.
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