Nathan Barrett (born 4 February 1976) is a former Australian politician who represented the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly seat of Blain from 2014 to 2016.
[1] Barrett was elected at a by-election held on 12 April 2014 as a member of the governing Country Liberal Party.
However, on 10 June, when Northern Territory News reported that he had sent a video of himself masturbating to a constituent with whom he had been having an affair, Barrett resigned from Cabinet.
[4][5][6] On 12 June, under growing pressure from the CLP's organisational wing, he announced that he would not contest the upcoming election.
In a speech announcing his move to the crossbench, he accused his political enemies of resorting to a base attack to bring him down.