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Delia Lawrie MLA
Leader of the Opposition (Northern Territory)
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 August 2012
Deputy	Gerry McCarthy
Preceded by	Terry Mills
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Karama
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 August 2001
Preceded by	Mick Palmer
Majority	6.4%
Personal details
Born	Delia Phoebe Lawrie 1966 (age 46–47) Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Tim Pigot
Relations	Dawn Lawrie (mother)
Children	Three
Occupation	Journalist

Delia Phoebe Lawrie (born 1966) is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having held the seat of Karama since the 2001 election. She is the current Leader of the Opposition.

Born in the original Darwin Hospital, she attended Nightcliff Primary and Nightcliff High School. She then worked as a journalist and then as an industrial officer before entering Parliament. She served as Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice in the Henderson ministry under Chief Minister Paul Henderson. Following the 25 August 2012 territory elections at which Labor was defeated, Henderson resigned as party leader and Lawrie was elected as his replacement.^[1]

She is the daughter of former Northern Territory politician Dawn Lawrie.^[2]

References [edit]

^ "Ex-NT chief minister takes backbench role". ninemsn.com.au. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ Karama, Northern Territory Votes 2012, ABC.

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Mick Palmer	Member for Karama 2001–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Terry Mills	Leader of the Opposition (Northern Territory) 2012–present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Paul Henderson	Leader of the Australian Labor Party in the Northern Territory 2012–present	Incumbent

Current Opposition Leaders of the States and internal territories of Australia

ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA

Jeremy Hanson (Lib)	John Robertson (ALP)	Delia Lawrie (ALP)	Annastacia Palaszczuk (ALP)	Steven Marshall (Lib)	Will Hodgman (Lib)	Daniel Andrews (ALP)	Mark McGowan (ALP)

v t e Current Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Country Liberal (16)	Alison Anderson Peter Chandler Matt Conlan John Elferink Lia Finocchiaro Adam Giles Gary Higgins Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu Robyn Lambley Larisa Lee Terry Mills Bess Price Kezia Purick Peter Styles Dave Tollner Willem Westra van Holthe

Labor (8)	Natasha Fyles Michael Gunner Delia Lawrie Nicole Manison Gerry McCarthy Kon Vatskalis Ken Vowles Lynne Walker

Independent (1)	Gerry Wood

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The Australian Financial Review	Labor says NT budget lacks decency - Ninemsn Ninemsn Tue, 14 May 2013 22:17:10 -0700 In her budget reply speech, Opposition Leader Delia Lawrie said the budget unveiled by NT Treasurer Dave Tollner made things tougher on Territorians. "This is a budget without a heart," Ms Lawrie told the NT parliament. "What is truly missing in this ...
NTNews.com.au	Football oval a kick in teeth for juniors NTNews.com.au Thu, 16 May 2013 01:47:13 -0700 Territory Opposition leader Delia Lawrie said Elliott was a growth town under the previous government and an upgrade to the oval was a priority. Regional Development Department Barkly region executive director Steven Edgington said the Territory ...
	'Forced adoption' flip NTNews.com.au Thu, 16 May 2013 01:07:39 -0700 But Opposition leader Delia Lawrie said the CLP's Budget cut $9 million from child protection in real terms. She said that funding cut would affect the most vulnerable Territorians and 6000 reports would not be completed next financial year. * PLEASE ...**
NTNews.com.au	Price tag to treat a drunk: $90000 NTNews.com.au Wed, 15 May 2013 17:45:02 -0700 "This is the maximum amount and we hope that it will only take a couple of days," she said. Opposition leader Delia Lawrie said holding people who have not committed a crime in detention for 13 days was a disgrace. She said the policy was poorly ...
NTNews.com.au	Utilities told to take cold shower NTNews.com.au Tue, 14 May 2013 15:56:16 -0700 But Opposition Leader Delia Lawrie said the CLP had made unjustified cuts to infrastructure, education and hospitals funding. She said the 2013-14 fiscal imbalance - the difference between how much a government spends compared to how much it earns ...
	NT expects backlash after austere budget - Ninemsn Ninemsn Mon, 13 May 2013 09:35:58 -0700 "The CLP (Country Liberal Party) is literally creating an economy of the haves and the have nots," Opposition Leader Delia Lawrie said. "They are taking crucial funding out of education, cutting teachers across the sector, and cutting hospital funding ...
Yahoo!7 News	Tollner's 'terrible' budget fails to surprise Yahoo!7 News Mon, 13 May 2013 17:49:20 -0700 Opposition Leader Delia Lawrie says more jobs will be lost in the public and private sectors as a result of the budget. "They are stripping some $300 million across their estimates from the public service, that is the agencies who are there to serve us ...
	A 'right to drink' in Alice? Banned boozers register debate Crikey Mon, 13 May 2013 17:17:44 -0700 Announcing the package, the Labor attorney-general, Delia Lawrie, acknowledged “alcohol is the biggest cause of crime in the territory, with 60% of all assaults and 67% of all domestic violence incidents involving alcohol, costing our community an ...

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