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Sticks and stones

ONE-TIME CLP candidate and Lake Bennett Resort owner Carolyn Reynolds wants NT parliament to let her pull faces at sitting members from the viewing gallery at parliament. On Tuesday, the outspoken Territorian was booted from the gallery for pulling faces at Tourism Minister Lauren Moss. Not one to let bygones be bygones, Carolyn took to Facebook to vent her outrage. “NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION Prohibited in parliament viewing gallery these days. Nowhere is there a warning about this. DO NOT PULL FACES MAKE GESTURES Our signs only say No Food, no phones, no speaking Our NT Speaker can’t handle the truth. Persecution continues for those with abilities and an Opinion, who would have thought,” she vented.

Fizzed off

IT has been a long-held tradition to give young footballers a can of soft drink after a game but it may soon be given the boot due to health fears. One parent was angry enough to raise the issue with Nightcliff Football Club, who are now considering stopping the practice and it’s likely other clubs may soon follow suit.

Picture perfect

ADAM Giles’s portrait has finally been added to the pantheon of ex-chief ministers in Parliament House. It’s taken two years to get his portrait up there, next to the man he knifed for the role, Terry Mills. Continuing the long-held tradition of awful chief ministerial portraits, the artist took the curious stylistic decision to paint the now-Sky host lurking among some bushes.

Friendly fire

CHIEF Minister Michael Gunner ventured to Stratco with the Master Builders to spruik his government’s $100 million stimulus program to generate activity in the local construction industry. One Facebook user,

Randall Quick, however, was slightly peeved at his choice of Stratco, which is nationally owned rather than a locally owned company. The post included comments such as: “What a f — king joke, support local small business that are struggling not fact cats that aren’t local” and “Yet agin gunna you and your team f — ked up. Keep the money in the territory”. The kicker — the post was liked by spin doctor Gino Luglietti, who is acting media adviser for Attorney-General Nata

sha Fyles who, along with Resources Minister Ken Vowles, has been tipped to be the next leader of NT Labor. When the time comes of course...

Spin doctor musical chairs

SOME movement among Labor staffers on the fifth floor. Natasha Fyles’s media adviser Laetitia Lemke has returned from maternity leave after she and husband Rob

Collins welcomed baby Eve in May. She’s tagteaming with Fyles’s chief of staff Emily

Beresford-Cane, who is off on mat leave. Former nightclub dancer Gino Luglietti will stay on as Fyles’s media adviser for another month while Laetitia subs in as COS. Craig Rowston will move to Deputy Chief Minister

Nicole Manison’s office, taking over as Mano’s chief of staff from Richard O’Leary who is heading back to Queensland. Maria

Billias will stay on permanently in Rowdy’s old role as government communications director. Teacher Rob Picton has joined Education Minister Selena Uibo’s office.

Phone a friend

INDEPENDENT/NATIONALS hopeful Robyn

Lambley had her phone shoved down her bra while giving an excoriating assessment of the Government’s deficiencies in parliament last week. But she was interrupted mid stream of consciousness when it started ringing. The culprit – Agriculture Minister

Ken Vowles from the other side of the chamber.