Health Minister has no regrets as voting gets under way

Natasha Fyles has cast her vote in the safe Labor seat of Nightcliff, saying she has no regrets about a campaign that focused heavily on the government’s coronavirus response.

Health Minister Natasha Fyles votes in the 2020 NT election in her seat of Nightcliff.

HEALTH Minister Natasha Fyles has cast her vote in the safe Labor seat of Nightcliff, saying she has no regrets about a campaign that focused heavily on the government’s coronavirus response.

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“Territorians have a clear choice between steady, stable government that has cared for them through coronavirus and will help with the recovery and the chaotic, dysfunctional opposition parties,” she said.

Ms Fyles praised the electoral commission for keeping the queues moving steadily as voters turned out in droves to have their say on the NT’s future direction for the next four years.

“It’s wonderful to see so many Territorians out today voting, we certainly saw lots of people voting early but those remaining people have attended in huge numbers this morning,” she said.

Dilli Binadi and Pratisha Deaan voting with children Diya, 8 and Aavya, 3.

Dilli Binadi didn’t want to say which party snared his vote but said the issues facing the electorate this year were clear cut.

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“Definitely the economy, jobs and the coronavirus, how to handle it in a proper way so people are protected,” he said.

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