Rebel NT trio join Palmer party

Three indigenous MPs who walked out on the Northern Territory's Giles government have joined the Palmer United Party.

PUP founder Clive Palmer declared that Alison Anderson would be chief minister after the next territory election, after announcing that she, Larissa Lee and Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu had joined his party.

The three MPs quit the ruling Country Liberal Party at the beginning of April as a result of a rift between Ms Anderson and Chief Minister Adam Giles, saying they wanted to create their own regional political party.

But on Sunday they revealed they had joined the PUP, with Ms Anderson to be the party's leader in the territory.

Mr Palmer said on Sunday the trio had approached the PUP, not the other way around.

He said his party were in discussions with other territory parliamentarians, and expected them to join the PUP in the next few weeks.

"I think she'll (Ms Anderson) be the chief minister after the next election," Mr Palmer told ABC Television.

"That government is falling apart, it's not really got a good future.

"Adam Giles is just a liar, and he has been lying about them for a long time, and it's time he got a little bit back."

Ms Anderson described the PUP as "the new force in Australian politics".

"As party members we will be working towards common sense decisions that will benefit all Territorians," she said in a statement.