Australian political leader resigns over corruption claim

Australian political leader for the Northern Territory Delia Lawrie resigned on Sunday after police said they were investigating a Supreme Court ruling to determine whether she lied before a judicial inquiry.

Earlier this month the Supreme Court dismissed the Australian Labor Party (ALP) Opposition leader Lawrie's claim that Commissioner John Lawler denied her procedural fairness when he found during a 2014 inquiry that she acted unfairly and with bias by granting a 10-year zero rent lease to a union over a site in Darwin.

The court also found she made false statements in order to discredit Lawler and the inquiry.

"My own actions define me and I'll continue to be a good Territorian, working to support the people of our community," she told reporters on Monday. Endi