NT 2024 Election: Territory Labor preselects Lizzie Hogan for Barkly
A Waanyi-Garawa-Gudanji woman from Borroloola will take on Shadow Attorney-General in the Northern Territory’s biggest electorate.
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Territory Labor has picked a Northern Land Council ranger to run against Shadow Attorney-General Steve Edgington at the August general election.
Lizzie Hogan has been preselected for Barkly, the NT’s largest seat by size and one of its most marginal – Mr Edgington winning by just five votes in 2020.
Ms Hogan is a Waanyi-Garawa-Gudanji woman from Borroloola, who has had a long career in the education and domestic violence sectors, and currently works for the Northern Land Council’s Waanyi Garawa Ranger Group.
Ms Hogan has been heavily involved in volunteering and community service, and is currently part of an action group that provides mediation for families.
She has also spent many years involved in organising and promoting community events
such as NAIDOC.
As the daughter of a drover who travelled the Barkly, Ms Hogan said she knows the region well and will be a strong advocate for people across the Territory’s biggest electorate.
Ms Hogan has 13 children and five grandchildren, and has family connections across the Barkly region including the North and South Nicholson area, Barkly Tablelands, Tennant Creek, Lake Nash, Elliott, and Canteen Creek.
“I have put my hand up for this election because I want the Barkly to be a place where we all feel safe, happy and connected,” she said.
“Our region is geographically vast but we are a relatively small, tight-knit community with a diverse, demographic.
“I know I can guide positive change for each and every one of us who calls the beautiful Barkly home.”
Chief Minister Eva Lawler said Ms Hogan was “a strong, well-respected woman” known throughout the Barkly as a hardworking community leader.
“With a wealth of experience in the education and domestic violence sectors, Lizzie is in a prime position to be a part of the positive social change Labor is driving, and we’re excited to have her on board,” Ms Lawler said.
Originally held by conservative former Chief Minister Ian Tuxworth, the seat of Barkly was Labor ground for three decades until Mr Edgington’s narrow win at the last election.
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Originally published as NT 2024 Election: Territory Labor preselects Lizzie Hogan for Barkly
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