NT government moved to gag protests at the national doctor’s conference in Darwin as health minister pulls out from speech

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The new NT Health Minister says he was unaware his department head intervened to stop a planned protest by doctors during a speech the minister was due to give in Darwin. In a letter to the doctor’s union, and then later in a memo to the whole department, the CEO reminded health staff of their obligations to keep quiet on government policy.