MP Luke Gosling vows to seek Labor preselection despite pending assault case

Darwin-based Labor MP Luke Gosling, who is facing charges of assaulting the NT administrator and breaching bail, says he will again seek preselection ahead of the next federal election.

Mr Gosling denies all the charges, and says Territorians will look back on his arrest and prosecution and "shake their head[s]".

Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling says he will seek preselection again ahead of the next election, despite unresolved assault and breach of bail charges hanging over his head.

The Darwin-based Member for Solomon has been charged with two counts of assaulting Northern Territory Administrator David Connolly at the NT Thai Grand Festival in July.

Mr Gosling was subsequently charged with breaching his bail in August.

He denies all the allegations and his lawyer, Marty Aust SC, told the Darwin Local Court last month he would write to prosecutors requesting the charges be withdrawn due to "insufficient evidence".

Speaking at a press conference this morning alongside three Country Liberal Party (CLP) members of the NT parliament, Mr Gosling reaffirmed his view that his arrest had been politicised.

"I'll absolutely be running for preselection to keep representing the people of Solomon through our normal party processes," he said.

"I've been so encouraged by the support from not only my party members here in the Northern Territory, but everyday Territorians who see very clearly what is happening here and are wishing me all the best and all the support they can possibly give me.

In September, Mr Aust told the court in relation to the assault charges there was "not a single eyewitness to any event, nor a witness that gives opportunity for an event to occur".

"Save except for [Mr Connolly's wife] who puts it at a different place, at a different time and a different description," he said at the time.

Mr Gosling said in the future, Territorians would look back on his arrest and prosecution and find it hard to believe.

"This will in the future go down as something that the Territory will look at, shake their head, but ultimately move on from, as I have already, because the job that I have never stopped doing every day is delivering for the people of Darwin and Palmerston," he said.

A former president of the NT Cattlemen's Association, David Connolly was appointed to the role of NT administrator by the CLP government in December.