Labor's Yiwarr McGrath wins Mulka by-election in the remote NT seat | ABC NEWS
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Tears of joy and a vision for his people in Arnhem Land, a 35-year-old Yolngu man with an extraordinary backstory has become the newest member of the Northern Territory Parliament. Yiwarr McGrath stormed home in the Mulka by-election for NT Labor on Saturday night, after the seat was vacated by the shock resignation of long term independent Yingiya Guyula. By Jack Hislop for ABC News Northern Territory. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/rio-tinto-exit-looms-large-over-nt-mulka-by-election/107130274 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-13/mulka-byelection-analysis-labor-win-yiwarr-mcgrath-selena-uibo/107146958 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #ABCNEWSNT
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