Independent MLA Robyn Lambley calls on Chief Minister Michael Gunner to step down immediately

INDEPENDENT Member for Araluen Robyn Lambley has called for Chief Minister Michael Gunner to step down immediately following shocking new text message revelations from the MLA at the centre of the ‘cocaine sex’ scandal

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THE Independent Member for Araluen Robyn Lambley has called for Chief Minister Michael Gunner to step down immediately following shocking new text message revelations from the MLA at the centre of the ‘cocaine sex’ scandal.

Text messages show MLA Mark Turner tried to persuade the woman at the centre of the debacle to change her story.

The NT News has had the text messages verified.

On Mix 104.9 on Friday morning, Deputy Opposition leader Gerard Maley said he found the text correspondence concerning.

“If you go through those words of what he said, he asked her to change her story and then he said ‘I’ll check’,” he said.

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“So this in itself is a massive concern for me. “Check with who? That’s the question. Check with Michael Gunner? Check with an adviser?”

Ms Lambley called on the Chief Minister to resign during the Mix 104.9 interview.

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“I agree with Gerard on the fact that the Chief Minister Michael Gunner probably does have to step aside as soon as possible and welcome a full inquiry into the matter either by the police or someone independent,” she said.

“We need to know what's going on here.”

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