NT govt 'spoiled, petulant child': Speaker

THE NT minority government is damaging its chances of working with key independents after blaming them, in full-page ads, for not passing legislation .

THE Northern Territory minority government has been behaving like a "spoiled, petulant child", the speaker says.

INDEPENDENT Kezia Purick, who left the Country Liberals Party in July, slammed tax-payer funded full-page ads the government ran in the NT News which named independents and Labor members who didn't vote to give police powers to search cars without a warrant.