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The 2024 Territory Labor Party leadership election was held on 3 September 2024 to elect a new leader of the Territory Labor Party and ex officio, Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Territory, following the resignation of Eva Lawler.
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Lawler lost her seat of Drysdale in the 2024 Northern Territory general election, held on 24 August.[1][2]
Arnhem MP Selena Uibo was elected unopposed in a vote of the Labor caucus on 4 September, becoming the first Indigenous Australian woman to lead a major political party.[3][4] She is not aligned with the Labor Left or Labor Right factions.[5][6]
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- ^ "'A remarkable result': CLP will win NT election, ABC elections analyst Antony Green says". ABC News. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Selena Uibo becomes new NT opposition leader, becoming first Indigenous woman to lead a major Australian political party". ABC News. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "NT Labor makes history appointing Australia's first Indigenous woman to lead a major political party". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 3 September 2024. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Garrick, Matt (12 May 2022). "Choosing NT's next chief minister could take weeks if Labor politicians fail to reach consensus". ABC News. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
Another prospect for future chief minister that has been discussed is Attorney General Selena Uibo, who is not aligned with either the left or right faction.
- ^ Walsh, Fia (3 September 2024). "Selena Uibo becomes first Indigenous woman to lead major party as NT Labor Opposition Leader". Herald Sun. NT News. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
Ms Uibo and Mr Young are not aligned with either the left or right faction within the Labor Party.