Adam Giles remains NT leader

AFTER a turbulent day in NT politics Adam Giles has retained leadership, foiling a midnight coup by Willem Westra van Holthe, who is now his deputy.

IN a turbulent 24 hours, the Northern Territory is right back where it started, after it appeared to lose a chief minister, gain a new one, and then eventually reinstated the first one.

AND despite expressing a desire to avoid the fate of the LNP in Queensland, the damage wrought may well consign the Country Liberals to a one-term government when the public go to the polls in August next year.