Deposed Country Liberals leader to fight Northern Territory election as independent

Terry Mills, the deposed former leader of the Northern Territorys Country Liberals government, has announced his return to politics and will contest the upcoming election as an independent.Mills announced his resignation as a CLP member and his candidacy for the seat of Blain in Palmerston on Sunday afternoon, describing watching the actions of the government he led to victory in 2012 as an accident he had a moral obligation to act on.Mills was rolled by Adam Giles as chief minister just seven months after he led the CLP to victory in 2012, in March 2013.Danny Chow reportgs.

Former Country Liberals NT leader Terry Mills in Palmerston Source: AAP Image/Neda Vanovac