PAWTUCKET
For Josh Burgoyne and Korn Suom, 2020 started off gloriously. The couple married in January and embarked on a three-week tour of Southeast Asia.
They returned home to Rhode Island in time for a pandemic.
Despite the odds, their three-year old Ming s Asian Street Food truck business is doing OK. In May they hope to open their Sando takeout window at their home base of Lorraine Mills at 500 Mineral Spring Ave., in Pawtucket..
The couple is upbeat as they talk about the year and their food, inspired by Suom s Cambodian roots. Business is down by 60% but they ve been helped by disaster funds that helped them adapt their business due to COVID-19, they said.
Committee rules Blain MLA Mark Turner will keep Territory Labor Party membership despite disappointing conduct
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Member for Blain Mark Turner was exiled from the Labor caucus last month.
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Government backbencher Mark Turner will hold on to his Territory Labor party membership and therefore remain part of the government despite disappointing conduct, the party s leadership team has ruled.
Key points:
Mr Turner was dumped from Labor s caucus for allegedly lying about the extent of an extra-marital affair
Labor s administrative committee says Mr Turner’s actions were disappointing, but it won t expel him from the party
A move to refer Chief Minister Michael Gunner to a parliamentary disciplinary committee over his government's ban on the NT Independent fails, prompting claims that it is avoiding scrutiny.
Northern Territory government under fire over standards of staff behaviour and transparency
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Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro, pictured with Braitling MLA Josh Burgoyne, says the government must lift its standards.
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The Gunner Labor government has come under sustained scrutiny as questions over its standards of transparency and staff behaviour have consumed another day of NT Parliament.
Key points:
The staffer has apologised, but the government declined to refer the matter for investigation
It follows a week of intense criticism over the Gunner government s handling of various issues
A Labor staff member also resigned over the issue and, while that person was named in Parliament today, the ABC is for legal reasons unable to name him at this time.