AdvertisementUpdated PoliticsFederalCrime ‘Strange morning’: NT Labor MP charged with assault keeps envoy role for now Rob Harris Updated July 30, 2026 — 2:34pm ,first published 8:19am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling. Alex Ellinghausen Police allege Gosling assaulted the administrator, the King’s representative in the Northern Territory, during the community event, where they both attended official proceedings. He was taken into custody at Palmerston Police Station on Thursday morning, charged with two counts of assault and granted bail to appear in Darwin Local Court on September 1. AdvertisementThe charges, which Gosling has emphatically denied, carry a maximum penalty of 14 years’ imprisonment under the Northern Territory Criminal Code.