NT to have political donations inquiry

IN a bid not to end up like NSW, the NT will have an inquiry into 20 years of political donations, despite the government's initial opposition to it.

THE Northern Territory will have a wide-ranging inquiry into political donations after the government failed to vote down a surprise motion.

THE Country Liberals government planned to vote against independent Gerry Wood's call for an inquiry to look at two decades of political donations, driven partly by demands this year from the Labor opposition for an inquiry into the CLP-aligned research organisation Foundation 51.