An intriguing story going about Darwin is that the new 1Territory Party , lining up potential candidates for all Territory seats and the House of Representatives, could have an overseas person interested in throwing his hat into the ring . An overseas person-who could that be ? Surely not the former CLP Leader , Terry Mills , who led the party to victory, was voted out a short time later by his colleagues while in Japan on a trade drive in February 2014?
Mills eventually resigned from parliament saying he did not want to start a blood feud like Rudd and Gillard. A fine sentiment , but the CLP has been marked by seemingly constant blood letting ever since, with a farcical failed attempt to topple Chief Minister Adam Giles , a failed attempt to remove the Speaker , a bagful of other shenanigans , the latest engulfing the Deputy Chief Minister, Willem Westra van Holthe , involving a Vietnamese company, a Top End dragon fruit farm , shares , travel , a saga strangely headed AMISS SAIGON? ( sounds like a familiar musical, wonder why ? ) in the Northern Territory News of February 10. Incidentally , it was Willem who broke the news to Mills over the phone that he had been sacked as Chief Minister .
Off to Indonesia went Mills as the Territory's Trade Commissioner . However , the NT Government sacked him in February 2015 , the Darwin based Indonesian Consul commenting that his removal would damage the Territory's image in his country.
Mills is still deeply involved in Indonesia through the Australian Indonesian Institute Board , its main project the Australian Indonesian Youth Exchange and recently posted photos from the front of Starbucks in Jakarta, bombed by terrorists. So, is Mills the overseas mystery man ? Only time will tell .
