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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- © 2017 The University of Queensland and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
- ISSN
- 0004-9522
- eISSN
- 1467-8497
- DOI
- 10.1111/ajph.12419
- Publisher site
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Abstract
668 Political Chronicles Northern Territory January to June 2017 ROBYN SMITH History and Heritage Practitioner, Darwin DOI:10.1111/ajph.12419 This period was defined by budgetary battles between the Northern Territory and federal governments and legacy issues from the former CLP government. Corruption Charges Former Ministerial Advisor Paul Mossman was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment, fully suspended, on two counts of corruptly receiving benefits from Latitude Travel (ABC News, NT News, 17 January 2017). A further count relating to whether or not he received a secret commission will be retried in September after a jury failed to reach a verdict in October last year. During a mention relating to the retrial, Mossman’s former counsel informed the court that he was no longer representing Mossman and did not know who, if anyone, was. It was also revealed that Mossman had been unsuccessful in an application for Legal Aid and that the DPP has appealed against the leniency of the substantive sentence (NT News, 1 March 2017). The committal hearing of former Police Commissioner John McRoberts featured a witness list of senior police, bureaucrats, the Director of Public Prosecutions and a former Minister for Police. The two-day hearing set down for April proved to
Journal
Australian Journal of Politics and History – Wiley
Published: Jan 1, 2017