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Speaker 1: The big breaking news this morning is the fact that

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Speaker 1: we are headed to a by election in the seat

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Speaker 1: of Nightcliff. If you've just joined us, Cap macnamara, the

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Speaker 1: Member for Nightcliff, announcing that she's made the extraordinarily difficult

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Speaker 1: decision to resign as the Member for Nightcliff due to

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Speaker 1: ongoing health challenges, effective immediately. She said, I cannot stress

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Speaker 1: enough how difficult this decision has been to come to.

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Speaker 1: It's been an enormous privilege to serve the people of

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Speaker 1: Nightcliffe and to be the first Greens member elected to

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. Cap macnamara says, this has

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Speaker 1: been something beyond my wildest dreams, and I've shouldered the

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Speaker 1: immense responsibility of the role with pride every day. She said,

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Speaker 1: I'm someone that likes to commit one hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: percent to everything I do. This community deserves to continue

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Speaker 1: to have someone who can give them that, and unfortunately

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Speaker 1: I cannot anymore. As anyone in Parliament will tell you,

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Speaker 1: the responsibility of the role bears a significant toll on

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Speaker 1: us all, particularly for those of us with young children.

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Speaker 1: She continues in her statement by saying, for too long,

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Speaker 1: the people of Nightcliffe's views on issues like climate change,

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Speaker 1: integrity and justice were ignored overpowered by corporate interests, powerful

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Speaker 1: donors and the right wing media. She said, I've felt

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Speaker 1: immensely proud to bring your voices into Parliament and to

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Speaker 1: be heard and demonstrate to the major two parties that

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Speaker 1: there is a large community here that want and deserve

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Speaker 1: better than the status quo. Now, she continued by saying,

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Speaker 1: Nightcliffe is uniquely progressive, engaged and full of hope and

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Speaker 1: must be represented by someone who truly listens and is

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Speaker 1: led by this community. That's something I've strived to do

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Speaker 1: every day as the Member for Nightcliff, and I hope

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Speaker 1: that my six essa honors the values and the spirit

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Speaker 1: of this wonderful place. Now it's quite a lengthy statement,

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Speaker 1: she continues to say, I want to thank my staff

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Speaker 1: and volunteers for their hard work in the electorate office,

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Speaker 1: in the community and in Parliament, and that crossbenches in

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory get just one point four full time

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Speaker 1: electorate staff and no parliamentary staff, so we rely on

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Speaker 1: the hard work and the goodwill of ordinary community members

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Speaker 1: to meet the needs and expectations of our constituents. She said,

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Speaker 1: to the dozens of volunteers who delivered newsletters, served up

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Speaker 1: community dinners, answered phones at the front desk, or picked

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Speaker 1: up rubbish at the foreshore. Thank you for your dedication

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Speaker 1: and your belief that we can do politics better, she said.

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Speaker 1: I'm immensely proud of what we've accomplished since I was

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Speaker 1: elected in August, including supporting the local community through sponsorship fundraisers,

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Speaker 1: mutual aid initiatives, and assisting constituents with a range of issues.

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Speaker 1: And she wants to assure those of you that have

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Speaker 1: been working the well that she's been working on an

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Speaker 1: issue with that they'll do their best to hand over

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Speaker 1: any relevant information to whomever is elected next. It is

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Speaker 1: not convention with the major parties that this happens, and

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Speaker 1: it was not an option offered to me. However, I

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Speaker 1: believe that our community should come above political interests and

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Speaker 1: ensuring continuality of services is the right thing to do now.

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Speaker 1: As I said, it's an incredibly lengthy statement, she said.

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Speaker 1: The insight she's gained into the Northern Territori's political system

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Speaker 1: has not only reinforced her concerns and about the failings

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Speaker 1: of the major two parties and how the current system

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Speaker 1: is failing everyday territories, but with only one parliament house

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Speaker 1: and no meaningful oversight. Where trapped, she says, in a

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Speaker 1: cycle where governments change every four to eight years and

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Speaker 1: simply dismantle their predece Sessa's work. And this constant flip

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Speaker 1: flop flogging flopping, I should say, without long term planning

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Speaker 1: or accountability, means real progress remains elusive. Now, look, you know,

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Speaker 1: obviously she's she has said that she's leaving this job

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Speaker 1: due to health concerns. But you know, I just think

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Speaker 1: it's a bit rich to stand on your high horse

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Speaker 1: about about those political you know terms only standing for

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Speaker 1: four years or only lasting for four years and it

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Speaker 1: being hard to make meaningful change if then you're only

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Speaker 1: in there for eighteen months. But that's you know, that's

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Speaker 1: my perspective. You may feel entirely different. It sort of

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Speaker 1: feels to me, and I know that Matt Cunningham had

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Speaker 1: touched on this a little bit earlier this morning, but

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Speaker 1: it sort of feels to me that, you know that

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Speaker 1: that maybe she didn't realize how huge a job this

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Speaker 1: is as a member of Parliament and when you are

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Speaker 1: at you know, she's part of a party she's at

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Speaker 1: least part of the Greens, so she's got the support

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Speaker 1: of the party. But if you run as an independent,

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Speaker 1: didn't like Justine Davis for example, or like any of

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Speaker 1: like Robin Lamley, or like our former independence, it's bloody tough.

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Speaker 1: Like it's really tough if you do not have a

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Speaker 1: party around you to be able to support you. So

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Speaker 1: I don't dispute at all that it would have been

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Speaker 1: a tough situation for her in terms of finding your feet,

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Speaker 1: working out you know, exactly how you do things. We

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Speaker 1: did put in a request, or we certainly I think

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Speaker 1: Kathleen's put in a request to see if we can

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Speaker 1: get her on the show to find out exactly what

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Speaker 1: the go is. But that statement, we'll read it out

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Speaker 1: for you a little later as well. Really keen to

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Speaker 1: hear from you this morning, though,