 However, the ALP was coming off a particularly successful eighteen months, and Martin ran a skilled campaign.She was also able to take advantage of a number of gaffes made by then-Chief Minister Denis Burke, such as the decision to preference One Nation over the ALP – which lost the CLP a number of votes in crucial Darwin seats.The election also came during a bad time for the federal Coalition government, which was under fire for introducing a GST after previously vowing not to do so.