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EVEN though our population is now growing, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has taken away one of four Northern Territory seats in federal parliament. It’s gone. Come next federal election, without action, the NT will revert to a single seat in the House of Representatives. It’s difficult to know if the lack of action from […]

The principle “one person, one vote” is at the core of our democracy.

So why are Aboriginal Territorians, already among the most underrepresented on electoral rolls, having their voices further silenced?

Sustained government cuts are to blame for disenfranchising remote Aboriginal voters in the Northern Territory. This is at a time when one of the territory’s two seats […]

Eight years ago almost to the day, Australian soldiers Rick Milosevic, James Martin and Robert Poate were on deployment in Afghanistan at Patrol Base Wahab in Uruzgan. After an exhausting day of patrolling in over 50-degree heat, they returned inside the wire of the base they shared with their Afghan National Army allies.

Hekmatullah, an Afghan […]

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RADIO INTERVIEW 
TERRITORY FM MORNINGS WITH MEL LITTLE
FRIDAY 21 AUGUST 2020 

SUBJECT: Dreamtime match in Darwin; Reconciliation.

MEL LITTLE, HOST: Joining me now, Luke Gosling.

LUKE GOSLING OAM MP, MEMBER FOR SOLOMON: Good morning Mel.

HOST: It’s nice to have you on my friend. You look tired, just like I look tired. You know I think it’s what feels like […]

Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, also known as Victory in the Pacific Day (VP Day). The Territory was the front line of World War II, Darwin sustained Japanese bombing in 1942-43 as did other towns and cities across the North.  Many Territorians served in the war and […]

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RADIO INTERVIEW
ABC DRIVE ADELAIDE WITH JULES SCHILLER
MONDAY, 10 AUGUST 2020

SUBJECT: Teddy Sheean.

JULES SCHILLER, HOST: What did Teddy do to earn the military’s highest honour? And why has it taken him so long to finally get the award? I’m joined now by a Labor MP, he’s the Member for Solomon, Luke Gosling. Welcome Luke.

LUKE […]

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RADIO INTERVIEW
ABC DRIVE DARWIN WITH LIZ TRAVASKIS 
MONDAY, 10 AUGUST 2020

SUBJECT: Teddy Sheean.

LIZ TRAVASKIS, HOST: Luke Gosling is the Federal Member for Solomon. Luke tell us about your interest and your involvement in the campaign for recognition for Teddy Sheean.
 
LUKE GOSLING OAM, MEMBER FOR SOLOMON: Hi Liz, just before I start I want to acknowledge Dr Tom […]

Labor has today called on the Prime Minister to support its move to protect the Northern Territory’s representation in the Federal Parliament by law.

A bill to guarantee the NT two lower house seats through legislation, introduced to the Parliament last month by Senators Farrell and McCarthy with the support of NT CLP Senator Sam McMahon […]

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DOORSTOP INTERVIEW
DARWIN
TUESDAY, 21 JULY 2020

SUBJECTS: Northern Territory representation in the Federal Parliament; Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters hearing.

WARREN SNOWDON: Good morning and thank you for coming along. I’m here with my two colleagues from the Northern Territory, Luke Gosling and Senator McCarthy, and also Don Farrell, who’s our Shadow Minister responsible for electoral […]

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RADIO INTERVIEW
ABC NT COUNTRY HOUR WITH DAN FITZGERALD
THURSDAY, 16 JULY 2020

SUBJECTS: NT agriculture industry; seasonal workers.

DANIEL FITZGERALD, HOST: As I mentioned across the Top End mangoes are starting to flower giving farmers a glimpse into what the harvest ahead might look like. But one of the big questions that’s on a lot […]