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NT govt still without deputy

THE NT government's ruling Country Liberal Party (CLP) is still without a deputy chief minister following Dave Tollner's resignation last week.

THE Northern Territory government will enter the second sittings week of August with no deputy leader.

DEPUTY Chief Minister and Treasurer Dave Tollner resigned from all his ministries on Friday after the revelation that he had called a gay Country Liberals staffer a "pillow biter" and "shirt lifter" in a tirade over a draft speech about equal rights.

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