On 19 May 2005 Maley was dismissed by Burke from the party's parliamentary wing, which was the same day that details of a Domestic Violence Order brought by his wife were plastered across the front page of the Northern Territory News.
Lee indicated that Maley suggested that something very good was coming her way soon, that she would have her own cheque book and that if she became an independent the Country Liberals government would attack her.
I emphatically deny any suggestion that I may have acted unethically or inappropriately at any time either personally or on behalf of the Country Liberal Party,”[6] - The Country Liberal Party government deciding to grant large water licences to Maley, to which Environment Centre NT chief executive Stuart Blanch suggested was water cronyism.
Minister for Land Resource Management Willem Westra Van Holthe rejected any such allegation of cronyism.
[7] - Maley suggesting he is a member of a political party while being questioned on stage at an event for the Darwin Festival in August 2014.