Heads are continuing to roll in the Northern Territory, with more government sackings on the first day of parliamentary sittings.
It was announced on Tuesday that the Tiwi Islands Regional Council had been placed under management.
Minister Bess Price noted a list of the council's failures to comply with the Local Government Act, including poor accountability of public money.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Adam Giles told reporters late in the day that he hadn't been aware of the sacking of his predecessor, Terry Mills, from a plum government role.
Mr Giles toppled Terry Mills as leader in March 2013 while he was on a trade trip to Japan.
Mr Mills was again dumped while overseas, this time in Jakarta, from his role as NT Commissioner to Indonesia and ASEAN, which he held for less than a year.
It came after Mr Mills' retweeted of a photo of himself laughing in response to the Country Liberals' leadership crisis earlier this month, News Corp Australia reported.
Mr Giles said the sacking was a matter for the Public Service Commissioner.
Earlier on Tuesday, question time was dominated by the resignation a week ago of Jodeen Carney, the high-profile CEO of the Department of Children and Families.
The former CLP member's resignation came on the eve of the swearing in of the Country Liberals' 14th cabinet since August 2012.
It also followed a week of deep divisions in the party that saw the unceremonious sacking of a frontbencher who helped orchestrate the failed coup against Mr Giles, and another resignation for family reasons.
Labor used parliamentary privilege to ask whether Ms Carney late last year physically assaulted a staff member in front of that staff member's children.
Minister for Children and Families, John Elferink, said there had been no notification of any form of official complaint.
The government will debate a motion of no confidence next Tuesday, put forward by the Labor Opposition.
To succeed, they would need to convince two Country Liberals government members to vote with them, assuming they could also secure the support of independents Gerry Wood, Alison Anderson and Larisa Lee.
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