NT has Aust's first indigenous govt leader

Adam Giles (pic) has rolled Terry Mills as chief minister of the Northern Territory. Source: AAP

ADAM Giles is the Northern Territory's new chief minister after securing the numbers to roll Terry Mills while he was overseas on a trade mission.

Mr Giles, who was the NT's transport minister, becomes Australia's first indigenous head of government after his second challenge to Mr Mills' leadership in less than a week.

It is understood Mr Giles took the leadership 11 votes to five during a meeting of the parliamentary wing of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) in Darwin on Wednesday afternoon.

CLP president Ross Connolly told ABC TV it was "unusual and disappointing" that Mr Mills, who is in Japan, had to learn by phone that he had been dumped as leader.

Mr Connolly said Mr Giles had confirmed it had happened after a "substantial shift in alignment" in the parliamentary party in the past 24 hours or less.

He said Mr Giles had sworn his colleagues to secrecy but the news leaked.

"There has been quite consistent leaking and what have you," Mr Connolly said.

"It is disappointing that it was released because I think it was Adam's intention to await Terry's return to ensure a more orderly transition.

"But clearly the information got out in a manner that Adam would not have been happy with."

Mr Connolly said if the numbers were solid it "boded well for a steady future".

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