It is late in the day but better late than never. Yesterday was the first day of pre-polling for our election in the Northern Territory and my wife and I cast our votes.

Meanwhile, both the Labour government and CLP opposition are advertising and advertising. Sadly, – and I speak as a person who has been voting in the Northern Territory since 1975 – at least 80% of those promises, particularly about the control of crime, will never be realised. 

Governments are frightened to take charge of the situation because they run into antagonism from rowdy interest groups who wouldn’t have a clue about what’s going on, just wanting to protect and “understand” the perpetrators of grievous sin.

As for the rest of it, we will wait and see what happens in the wash-up from the election. But I am not holding my breath.