Katherine MP Sandra Nelson will present her maiden speech in the Northern Territory Parliament today. Picture: supplied
The biggest surprise packet of the recent Northern Territory elections, which saw the ruling Country Liberal Party unceremoniously dumped, was ALP outsider Sandra Nelson in Katherine.
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Ms Nelson won the unwinnable safe CLP electorate to take her seat in the NT Parliament which has its first sitting in Darwin today.
While a good crowd of supporters have travelled to Darwin to celebrate Ms Nelson's first day there will also be fans gathered around their television screens for her maiden speech this afternoon.
Katherine Times invites readers to follow this link to the NT Parliament to watch live streaming of this historic day.
