Federal Labor MP and Special Envoy for Remote Communities Marion Scrymgour has opened up about her son's battle with drug addiction after he landed in court earlier this week.

Her 43-year-old son Richard was remanded in custody and appeared at Darwin Local Court on Tuesday, where he pleaded guilty to shoplifting and driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle.

Scrymgour said she made no excuses for him but offered a partial explanation for his current and previous string of offences.

She said her son was once a "proud and dependable worker" with many children and grandchildren, but now "struggles with and succumbs to" his addiction to methamphetamine.

"There may be no end to this journey - I don't at the moment see any light at the end of the tunnel," she said.

Scrymgour shared th

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