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Neve Brissenden

Shadow DV minister won't quit after hiring offender

NT opposition leader Lia Finocchiaro has refused to sack Mr Edgington. (Neve Brissenden/AAP PHOTOS)

The Northern Territory's opposition leader has resisted calls to sack her domestic violence prevention spokesman, despite revelations he hired a former offender as an electoral officer.

Country Liberal Party Member for Barkly, Steve Edgington, has admitted he knew his electoral officer, Darius Lee Plummer, had two strikes against him for domestic violence when he employed him.

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