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What are the major election promises for the Northern Territory? Who are the candidates? Where do I vote?

Most voting centres in the Northern Territory are in schools. (ABC News: Che Chorley)

Today's the day for a democracy sausage.

As of Friday morning, more than 45,000 eligible Territorians had already voted, according to Australian Electoral Officer for the Northern Territory Geoff Bloom.

That means roughly 95,000 enrolled electors are yet to have their say.

But if you've not been following the election campaign closely, you may still have unanswered questions.

Where do you go to vote?

Who are the candidates? 

What are the major election promises for the Northern Territory?

What happens if you test positive to COVID-19 and aren't allowed to leave the house?

We answer your questions. 

A field of 32 NT candidates will contest the 2022 Federal election.  (ABC News: Michael Franchi)

Who are the candidates?

Great question. 

When you go to vote, you'll be handed two slips of paper: the white one is for your Senate pick and the green one is for your choice for the House of Representatives.

The NT has two Senate spots, and 17 people hoping to be elected.

The Northern Territory's two Senate seats, historically, go one each way to the Country Liberal Party and Labor.

Your second ballot paper is for you to select a representative for the lower house.

The NT has two federal seats: Solomon (which covers the Greater Darwin area and part of Palmerston) and Lingiari (which covers the other 99 per cent of the Northern Territory).

Nine people are competing to be elected as the Member for Lingiari and six people want to be voted in as the Member for Solomon.

You can only vote in the seat you live in.

Here's a breakdown of who wants your vote this election.

There are two lower house seats and two spots in the Senate up for grabs in the NT.   (ABC News: Michael Franchi)

Where do I go to vote?

The easiest way to find a place to vote is to look on the Northern Territory Electoral Commission website.

You'll also be able to check if a centre is wheelchair accessible, if there's an Auslan interpreter on site, and how long it's open for.

The NTEC doesn't formally list where BBQs are — yet — but you can find which venues are hosting a sausage sizzle or baking sale here.

Mr Bloom said most of the polling places in the Northern Territory were in schools.

He said typically people could expect an "early morning rush" of people heading out to vote before their other commitments, as well as a swell of people coming out around lunchtime.

"It's really difficult to know what the crowds will be like," Mr Bloom said. 

COVID-positive people can still vote in the federal election, but will need to do so over the phone and delays can be be expected.

Pre-polling has been underway in the Northern Territory this week.  (ABC News: Michael Franchi)

What have the parties promised the Northern Territory?

The major parties have both spent a fair bit of time in the Northern Territory in the lead-up to the election, shaking hands and making promises.

Here are a few of the promises some of the parties have pledged:

CLP's Tina MacFarlane is contesting the seat of Solomon. (ABC News: Michael Franchi )

Coalition / Country Liberal Party

Labor's Marion Scrymgour was raised on the Tiwi Islands and now lives in Alice Springs.  (ABC News: Hamish Harty )

Labor

  • Labor has promised $100 million in immediate funding for NT homelands housing.

  • It says it will spend $11.6 million to build a new Danila Dilba Health Service in Palmerston

  • Labor say if elected they will establish a $200 million fund to clean up urban rivers
  • The party has also promised $14 million to address crime in Alice Springs
  • It's also pledged to spend $10 million for CareFlight to get a second helicopter in the Northern Territory
  • Labor has pledged $153 million to address family and sexual violence
  • Labor says it will list the child care maximum subsidy rate to 90 per cent for the first child, which it says will benefit nearly 9,000 NT families
  • Labor has also promised $100,000 to improve aged care services for the Greek community, helping to establish the Greek Seniors Retirement Village
  • It's also committed $9.8 million to fight gamba grass in the Northern Territory
  • Anthony Albanese says his party is committed to the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Labor says in its first term it will "move quickly" on a referendum on a voice
  • Federal Labor says it will make income management — also known as the basics card — voluntary if it wins the election
  • The party says it will fast-track $216 million in already promised funding for Kakadu National Park
  • It's also announced a $200 million package to to improve remote and regional roads: including Santa Teresa Road and Mereenie Loop Road
The race is on for lower house seat of Solomon, which covers Darwin and parts of Palmerston.  (ABC News: Michael Franchi)

Liberal Democrats

  • Senator Sam McMahon, who is running as a Liberal Democrats candidate, says if she's voted in for a second team, she'll introduce a private Senator's bill for the federal government to buy back the Darwin Port. A Chinese-owned company's lease of the port is still valid for another 92 years
  • Senator McMahon also supports allowing the NT to make its own laws about voluntary euthanasia
  • The Liberal Democrats has promised to build purpose-built juvenile justice facilities with mix of school and vocational education, sport, life skills, recreation and specialised councillors and educators 
  • If elected, the party says it will immediately remove the remaining excise on fuel

The Greens

  • Greens candidate Aiya Goodrich Carttling supports a moratorium on the controversial Lee Point development near Darwin
  • The party says it will ban fracking in the Northern Territory
  • Greens hopeful Blair McFarland also says he will implement the Juukan Gorge inquiry and recommendations to protect sacred sites
  • The party also says it will abolish the Northern Territory intervention
  • The Greens has also promised to implement the reforms of the Uluru Statement from the Heart
About 45,000 eligible Territorians had voted by Friday morning. (ABC News: Michael Franchi)
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