Luke Gosling has been re-elected in Solomon

Luke Gosling was re-elected into the Australian House of Representatives seat of Solomon yesterday.

Australian Labor Party won against Country Liberal Party candidate, Kathy Ganley with a margin of 6.1 percent in Solomon.

Mr Gosling said, “the seat of Solomon has always been a closely contested seat that can never be taken for granted.

“I am proud to have been entrusted by the people of Darwin and Palmerston to keep fighting and advocating for the Territory.”

“This is not a time for division, rather a time to pull together to ensure that all understand the importance of investing in Darwin and Palmerston,” he said.

“The Northern Territory needs real and immediate investment in our people, our services and infrastructure,” he said.

Mr Gosling said he would be holding the Government to account on the commitments to the Territory to ensure they deliver on promises.

Greens candidate, Timothy Parish, said he had spoke to Mr Gosling and agreed with the solar system energy boost in the Northern Territory.

“The Government needs to stop pushing fracking and redirect into developing clean renewable energy,” he said. “It would create far more jobs.”

Labor had said it would invest in cleaner energy by having at least 50 percent of the electricity generated to be sourced from renewable energy by 2030.

Sue Fraser-Adams said Mr Gosling “won’t be able to do anything for the next three years as his party is not in power”.

Ms Fraser-Adams is the Vice-President for 1 Territory but due to complications was an independent for the election.

“We are sitting down now analysing results to see what went right and what went wrong,” she said.

Mr Gosling was first elected in 2016.

ENDS.