Administrative Arrangements Order

Notified in the Northern Territory Government Gazette S41 on 1 June 2026. Page 1 of 33 Northern Territory of Australia Financial Management Act 1995 Interpretation Act 1978 Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 Administrative Arrangements Order 2026 I, David Robert Connolly, Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, under section 35 of the Interpretation Act 1978 and for the Financial Management Act 1995 and the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993, make the following order. 1 Commencement and application (1) This order commences on 1 June 2026. (2) This order has effect subject to any Act. 2 Revocation of previous order The order entitled "Administrative Arrangements Order 2025" dated 23 October 2025 and notified in Gazette No. S64 of 24 October 2025, is revoked. 3 Nomination of Agencies for Financial Management Act 1995 and Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 (1) A department or other authority or body listed in Schedule 1, Part 1, is nominated as an Agency for: (a) the Financial Management Act 1995; and (b) the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993. (2) A department or other authority or body listed in Schedule 1, Part 2, is nominated as an Agency for the Financial Management Act 1995. (3) A department or other authority or body listed in Schedule 1, Part 3, is nominated as an Agency for the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993. -- 1 of 34 -- Page 2 of 33 4 Allocation to Ministers of administration of Acts and Agencies and of responsibility for areas and activities of government and government authorities and entities The Minister holding a Ministerial office mentioned in Schedule 2 is allocated: (a) administration of each Act listed in Schedule 2, column 1 for the Ministerial office; and (b) responsibility for each area or activity of government and government authority or government entity listed in Schedule 2, column 2 for the Ministerial office; and (c) administration of each Agency specified in Schedule 2 for the Ministerial office to the extent that administration relates to the Acts, areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b). 5 Allocation to Agencies of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas and activities of government and government authorities and entities An Agency listed in Schedule 2 is allocated: (a) administration of each Act listed in Schedule 2, column 1, for the Agency; and (b) responsibility for each area or activity of government and government authority or government entity listed in Schedule 2, column 2, for the Agency. Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Northern Territory of Australia on 27 May 2026. Responsible Minister: L. E. FINOCCHIARO Chief Minister D. R. CONNOLLY Administrator -- 2 of 34 -- Page 3 of 33 Schedule 1 Nomination of Agencies Part 1 Agencies for Financial Management Act 1995 and Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 Attorney-General's Department Auditor-General's Office Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Department of Children and Families Department of Corporate and Digital Development Department of Corrections Department of Education and Training Department of Health Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development Department of Lands, Planning and Environment Department of Logistics and Infrastructure Department of Mining and Energy Department of People, Sport and Culture Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet Department of the Legislative Assembly Department of Tourism and Hospitality Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations Department of Treasury and Finance Land Development Corporation Northern Territory Electoral Commission Northern Territory Fire and Emergency Services Office of the Integrity and Ethics Commissioner Part 2 Agencies for Financial Management Act 1995 Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority Northern Territory Police Force NT Home Ownership Northern Territory Treasury Corporation Part 3 Agency for Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 Police Civil Employment Unit -- 3 of 34 -- Page 4 of 33 Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and Agencies and responsibility for areas and activities of government and government authorities and entities Chief Minister Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act 2006 Assembly Members' Remuneration (Basic Salary) Act 2022 Flag and Emblem Act 1985 Inquiries Act 1945 Interpretation Act 1978 Public Information Act 2010 Referendums Act 1998 Succession to the Crown (Request) (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2013 Remuneration Tribunal Approvals Fast Track Taskforce Cabinet and Executive Council services Coordination, development and delivery of government policy and priority projects Coordination of government administration and activities Coordination of intergovernmental relations (except financial relations) Northern Australia development policy, coordination and intergovernmental liaison Northern Territory Government Gazette Obtaining information from, and directing work to be done by, Agencies on behalf of the Chief Minister and Cabinet Parliamentary Counsel – drafting and publication of legislation Protocol Royal Commissions and inquiries Security and emergency recovery Statehood Strategic communications Territory regional leadership and policy coordination Whole of government economic development strategy -- 4 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 5 of 33 Department of the Legislative Assembly Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011 Legislative Assembly (Disclosure of Interests) Act 2008 Legislative Assembly (Members' Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards) Act 2008 Legislative Assembly Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987 Legislative Assembly (Powers and Privileges) Act 1992 Legislative Assembly (Security) Act 1998 Legislative Assembly Constitutional conventions Auditor-General's Office Audit Act 1995 Audit Northern Territory Electoral Commission Electoral Act 2004 Elections and electoral matters Office of the Integrity and Ethics Commissioner Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017 Information Act 2002 (Parts 6 and 7, except sections 98(1) to (3), (5) and (6) and 99) Integrity and Ethics Commissioner Act 2025 Ombudsman Act 2009 Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Information Commissioner Integrity and Ethics Commissioner Ombudsman for the Northern Territory Freedom of information Integrity Privacy Public interest disclosures Whistleblower protection -- 5 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 6 of 33 Minister for Police Northern Territory Police Force Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Registration) Act 2004 Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002 (Part 10A) Firearms Act 1997 Police Administration Act 1978 (except Part III) Police (Special Investigative and Other Powers) Act 2015 Telecommunications (Interception) Northern Territory Act 2001 Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Act 2003 Weapons Control Act 2001 Youth Justice Act 2005 (Part 3) Police Civil Employment Unit Police Force of the Northern Territory Crime prevention Emergency response Policing Minister for Fire and Emergency Services Northern Territory Fire and Emergency Services Bushfires Management Act 2016 Emergency Management Act 2013 Fire and Emergency Act 1996 Bushfires NT Northern Territory Emergency Service Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Service Emergency services Fire and rescue services Rural bushfire management Volunteer bushfire management Volunteer emergency management Volunteer fire and rescue management -- 6 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 7 of 33 Minister for Defence NT Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet Defence community liaison Defence-related industries Strategic defence relations and engagement Minister for Territory Coordinator Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet Territory Coordinator Act 2025 Facilitate projects of strategic and economic significance to the Territory Territory Coordinator Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 2004 Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Northern Territory) Act 1994 Animal Protection Act 2018 Biological Resources Act 2006 Fisheries Act 1988 Gene Technology (Northern Territory) Act 2004 Hemp Industry Act 2019 Livestock Act 2008 Meat Industries Act 1996 Pastoral Land Act 1992 (except provisions about Aboriginal community living areas) Plant Health Act 2008 Poppy Regulation Act 2014 Veterinarians Act 1994 Agriculture Animal protection Conservation of pastoral land Fishing (except recreational fishing) Horticulture Hygienic production of meat for human consumption Interstate agricultural quarantine Pastoral land administration Primary industry biosecurity Primary production and industry development Protection of consumers of veterinary services -- 7 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 8 of 33 Minister for Mining and Energy Department of Mining and Energy Bonaparte Gas Pipeline (Special Provisions) Act 2007 Electricity Reform Act 2000 (except provisions about price regulation, provisions about the setting of licence fees and provisions about supply and service provision under licence) Electricity System and Market Operator Act 2025 Energy Pipelines Act 1981 Geothermal Energy Act 2009 Ichthys LNG Project Act 2008 Legacy Mines Remediation Act 2023 McArthur River Project Agreement Ratification Act 1992 (except provisions about royalties) Merlin Project Agreement Ratification Act 1998 (except provisions about royalties) Minerals (Acquisition) Act 1953 Mineral Titles Act 2010 Mining (Gove Peninsula Nabalco Agreement) Act 1968 (except provisions about royalties) National Electricity (Northern Territory) (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2015 National Gas (Northern Territory) Act 2008 North East Gas Interconnector Pipeline (Special Provisions) Act 2015 Petroleum Act 1984 (except provisions about royalties, provisions relating to environmental regulation of exploration and production of petroleum and Part V, Division 2) Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 Economic regulation (energy) Energy industry development Energy (oil, gas and geothermal) titles administration Energy (oil and gas) pipeline operation regulation and pipeline title administration Energy operations regulation, including regulating the integrity of wells, surface infrastructure and land access Energy policy and strategy Environmental management of geothermal energy operations Gas industry development Mining industry development Mining policy and strategy Mining titles administration Northern Territory Geological Survey Offshore Supply Base Oil and gas strategy, policy and industry development Petroleum industry development Petroleum titles administration Regulation and management of mining and energy operations Utilities market regulation (energy) -- 8 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 9 of 33 Solar Project (Australia-Asia Power Link) (Special Provisions) Act 2022 Tanami Exploration Agreement Ratification Act 2004 Trans-Territory Pipeline and Blacktip Gas Projects (Special Provisions) Act 2005 Validation (Mining Tenements) Act 1987 Minister for Corrections Department of Corrections Correctional Services Act 2014 International Transfer of Prisoners (Northern Territory) Act 2000 Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983 Youth Justice Act 2005 (except Parts 3 and 4) Correctional services Youth detention Youth justice Minister for Renewables Department of Mining and Energy Office of Sustainable Energy Renewables strategic policy Minister for Recreational Fishing Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Recreational fishing Treasurer Department of Treasury and Finance Administrators Pensions Act 1981 Advance Bank Integration Act 1998 Budget management Commercial analysis -- 9 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 10 of 33 Appropriation (2025-2026) Act 2025 Bank of South Australia (Merger with Advance Bank) Act 1996 Companies (Unclaimed Assets and Moneys) Act 1963 Competition Policy Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1996 Electricity Reform Act 2000 (provisions about price regulation and provisions about the setting of licence fees) Financial Agreement Between the Commonwealth, States and Territories (Approval) Act 1994 Financial Management Act 1995 First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 Fiscal Integrity and Transparency Act 2001 Gaming Control Act 1993 (provisions about taxes and levies) Gaming Machine Act 1995 (Part 8) Government Owned Corporations Act 2001 Legislative Assembly Members' Pensions Act 1979 Legislative Assembly Members' Superannuation Contributions Act 2004 McArthur River Project Agreement Ratification Act 1992 (provisions about royalties) Merlin Project Agreement Ratification Act 1998 (provisions about royalties) Mineral Royalties Act 2024 Mineral Royalty Act 1982 Mining (Gove Peninsula Nabalco Agreement) Act 1968 (provisions about royalties) Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act 1979 Commercial contract management Economic policy and analysis Economic regulation (excluding energy) Financial management Insurance policy Intergovernmental financial relations Mining and petroleum royalties Own source revenue Promotion of economic growth Public finance policy Public sector superannuation policy and administration Public sector wages policy Public sector workers' compensation administration Statistical policy and coordination Taxation Utilities market regulation (excluding energy) -- 10 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 11 of 33 Motor Accidents (Compensation) Commission Act 2014 Motor Vehicles Act 1949 (Part V) Payroll Tax Act 2009 Petroleum Act 1984 (provisions about royalties) Petroleum Royalty Act 2023 Racing and Wagering Act 2024 (Part 5, Division 1) Revenue Units Act 2009 Soccer Football Pools Act 1978 (provisions about duties) Stamp Duty Act 1978 Superannuation Act 1986 Superannuation Guarantee (Safety Net) Act 1993 Taxation Administration Act 2007 Territory Insurance Office (Sale) Act 2014 Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Act 2000 (provisions about wagering tax) Unclaimed Superannuation Benefits Act 1998 Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000 (except sections 32(1) and (5), 46, 49(3), 50(2), 52(2), 55(1), 57(2), 61(1) and 63(5), (6) and (7)) Northern Territory Treasury Corporation Northern Territory Treasury Corporation Act 1994 Financial asset and liability management Territory borrowings Not allocated to an Agency Utilities Commission Act 2000 Utilities Commission of the Northern Territory -- 11 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 12 of 33 Minister for Logistics and Infrastructure Department of Logistics and Infrastructure Aerodromes Act Repeal Act 2002 AustralAsia Railway Corporation Act 1996 AustralAsia Railway (Special Provisions) Act 1999 AustralAsia Railway (Third Party Access) Act 1999 Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991 Control of Roads Act 1953 Marine Act 1981 Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2013 Motor Vehicles Act 1949 (except Part V) Port of Darwin Act 2015 Ports Management Act 2015 Public Transport (Passenger Safety) Act 2008 Rail Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2012 Traffic Act 1987 The AustralAsia Railway Corporation Administration of arrangements with operator for Port of Darwin Assets and program management (except repairs, maintenance and minor new works for social and remote housing (including public housing)) Commercial passenger vehicle industry Designated ports (including regional harbourmasters) Freight and logistics industry development Infrastructure planning, management and delivery Maritime industry development Ports development Procurement (infrastructure services) Public transport Rail industry development Recreational boating safety Regional air services development Road network management Road safety Road transport Strategic growth and infrastructure planning Transport assets Transport policy and planning Whole of government strategic logistics and infrastructure policy, planning and delivery required for the development of the Northern Territory -- 12 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 13 of 33 Minister for Housing Construction Department of Logistics and Infrastructure Housing construction industry development Attorney-General Attorney-General's Department Absconding Debtors Act 1978 Accommodation Providers Act 1981 Administration and Probate Act 1969 Advance Personal Planning Act 2013 Age of Majority Act 1974 Anglican Church of Australia Act 1975 Anti-Discrimination Act 1992 Australian Crime Commission (Northern Territory) Act 2005 Bail Act 1982 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 Business Tenancies (Fair Dealings) Act 2003 Caravan Parks Act 2012 Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 (Part 3.3) Catholic Church in the Northern Territory Act 1979 Children's Commissioner Act 2013 Choice of Law (Limitation Periods) Act 1994 Classification of Publications, Films and Computer Games Act 1985 Commercial Arbitration (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2023 Community Justice Centre Act 2005 Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Children's Commissioner Commissioner of Consumer Affairs Director of Public Prosecutions Liquor Commission Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Public Guardian Public Trustee for the Northern Territory Work Health Authority Administration of justice Anti-discrimination Caravan parks Censorship Civil and administrative review Civil liberties Community justice Constitutional development Consumer affairs Corporate affairs Courts administration Criminal prosecutions Dangerous goods Equal opportunity Explosives -- 13 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 14 of 33 Companies (Trustees and Personal Representatives) Act 1981 Compensation (Fatal Injuries) Act 1974 Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act 2004 Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 (except Parts 10 and 14) Consumer Credit (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2010 Contracts Act 1978 Coroners Act 1993 Corporations (Northern Territory Request) Act 2001 Corporations Reform (Northern Territory) Act 2001 Courts and Administrative Tribunals (Immunities) Act 2008 Court Security Act 1998 Crimes at Sea Act 2000 Criminal Code Act 1983 Criminal Investigation (Extra-territorial Offences) Act 1985 Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002 (except Part 10A) Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 Cross-border Justice Act 2009 Crown Proceedings Act 1993 Cullen Bay Marina Act 1992 Dangerous Goods Act 1998 De Facto Relationships Act 1991 De Facto Relationships (Northern Territory Request) Act 2003 Defamation Act 2006 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990 Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 (except Chapter 5A) Financial institutions Guardianship of adults Land titles Land titles registration law Law reform Legal profession Parole Safety regulation Trade measurement Work health and safety Workers rehabilitation and compensation -- 14 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 15 of 33 Domicile Act 1979 Electrical Safety Act 2022 Electronic Conveyancing (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2013 Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Act 2000 Encroachment of Buildings Act 1982 Evidence Act 1939 Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 Expungement of Historical Homosexual Offence Records Act 2018 Family Provision Act 1970 Fences Act 1972 Financial Sector Reform (Northern Territory) Act 1999 Financial Transaction Reports Act 1992 Guardianship of Adults Act 2016 Health Care Decision Making Act 2023 (except Part 4) Health Practitioners Act 2004 (Part 3) Information Act 2002 (Parts 1 to 5, sections 98(1) to (3), (5) and (6) and 99, Parts 7A, 8 and 10 to 13) Judicial Commission Act 2020 Juries Act 1962 Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross Vesting) Act 1987 Justices of the Peace Act 1991 Lake Bennett (Land Title) Act 2005 Land Title Act 2000 Law Officers Act 1978 Law of Property Act 2000 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 Legal Profession Act 2006 -- 15 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 16 of 33 Limitation Act 1981 Liquor Commission Act 2018 Local Court Act 2015 Local Court (Civil Procedure) Act 1989 Local Court (Criminal Procedure) Act 1928 Married Persons (Equality of Status) Act 1989 Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 (Part 15) Misuse of Drugs Act 1990 Monetary Units Act 2018 Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Act 2018 Mutual Recognition (Northern Territory) Act 1992 Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction for Native Title Matters) Act 2014 Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations Act 2010 Off-shore Waters (Application of Territory Laws) Act 1985 Parole Act 1971 Parole Orders (Transfer) Act 1981 Partnership Act 1997 Penalty Units Act 2009 Personal Injuries (Liabilities and Damages) Act 2003 Personal Property Securities (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2010 Personal Violence Restraining Orders Act 2016 Powers of Attorney Act 1980 -- 16 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 17 of 33 Presbyterian Church (Northern Territory) Property Trust Act 1986 Price Exploitation Prevention Act 1949 Printers and Newspapers Act 1984 Professional Standards Act 2004 Proportionate Liability Act 2005 Public Notaries Act 1992 Public Seal Act 1954 Public Trustee Act 1979 Radioactive Ores and Concentrates (Packaging and Transport) Act 1980 Real Property (Unit Titles) Act 1975 Registration Act 1927 Residential Tenancies Act 1999 Retirement Villages Act 1995 Return to Work Act 1986 Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 Sale of Goods Act 1972 Sale of Goods (Vienna Convention) Act 1987 Salvation Army (Northern Territory) Property Trust Act 1976 Sea-Carriage Documents Act 1998 Sentencing Act 1995 Sentencing (Crime of Murder) and Parole Reform Act 2003 Serious Crime Control Act 2009 Serious Sex Offenders Act 2013 Sexual Offences (Evidence and Procedure) Act 1983 Sheriff Act 1962 Small Claims Act 2016 Sources of the Law Act 1985 Standard Time Act 2005 Status of Children Act 1978 Summary Offences Act 1923 -- 17 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 18 of 33 Supreme Court Act 1979 Supreme Court (Judges Long Leave Payments) Act 1980 Supreme Court (Judges Pensions) Act 1980 Supreme Court (Rules of Procedure) Act 1987 Surrogacy Act 2022 Surveillance Devices Act 2007 Termination of Units Plans and Unit Title Schemes Act 2014 Terrorism (Northern Territory) Request Act 2003 The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited (Merger) Act 1982 The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited (Merger) Act 1982 Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2010 Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1998 Trespass Act 2023 Trustee Act 1893 Uncollected Goods Act 2004 Unit Titles Act 1975 Unit Title Schemes Act 2009 (except Part 4.1) Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977 Validation (Native Title) Act 1994 Vexatious Proceedings Act 2006 Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2006 Victims of Crime Rights and Services Act 2006 Warehousemen's Liens Act 1969 Wills Act 2000 Witness Protection (Northern Territory) Act 2002 Work Health Administration Act 2011 -- 18 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 19 of 33 Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 Youth Justice Act 2005 (Part 4) Office of the Integrity and Ethics Commissioner Health and Community Services Complaints Act 1998 Health and Community Services Complaints Commissioner Health and community services complaints Not allocated to an Agency Legal Aid Act 1990 Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission Legal aid (except Aboriginal legal aid) Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Department of Tourism and Hospitality Liquor Act 2019 Tobacco Control Act 2002 (provisions about smoking in liquor licensed premises) Tourism and Events NT Act 2012 Tourism and Events NT Film, television and new media Liquor regulation and compliance Smoking in liquor licensed premises Not allocated to an Agency Darwin Waterfront Corporation Act 2006 Darwin Waterfront Corporation Minister for Major Events Department of Tourism and Hospitality Major events -- 19 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 20 of 33 Minister for Parks and Wildlife Department of Tourism and Hospitality Cobourg Peninsula Aboriginal Land, Sanctuary and Marine Park Act 1981 Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park Act 1989 Parks and Reserves (Framework for the Future) Act 2003 Parks and Wildlife Commission Act 1980 Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 (except Part 4, Divisions 1 to 5) Conservation Land Corporation Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory Territory Wildlife Parks Botanic gardens Conservation and wildlife Management of Territory parks and reserves Wildlife management Window on the Wetlands Minister for Racing Department of Tourism and Hospitality Gaming Control Act 1993 (except provisions about taxes and levies) Gaming Machine Act 1995 (except Part 8) Racing and Wagering Act 2024 (except Part 5, Division 1) Sale of NT TAB Act 2000 Soccer Football Pools Act 1978 (except provisions about duties) Totalisator Licensing and Regulation Act 2000 (except provisions about wagering tax) Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission Casinos, gaming, wagering and lotteries Horseracing, trotting and greyhound racing Totalisators Minister for Health Department of Health Alcohol Harm Reduction Act 2017 Cancer (Registration) Act 2009 Disability Services Act 1993 (Parts 3 to 7) Food Act 2004 Alcohol and other drug services Alcohol management plans Alcohol treatment and rehabilitation Food security -- 20 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 21 of 33 Health Care Decision Making Act 2023 (Part 4) Health Practitioner Regulation (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2010 Health Practitioners Act 2004 (except Part 3) Health Service Act 2021 Medical Services Act 1982 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 National Disability Insurance Scheme (Authorisations) Act 2019 National Health Funding Pool and Administration (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2012 Notifiable Diseases Act 1981 Private Hospitals Act 1981 Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 Radiation Protection Act 2004 Termination of Pregnancy Law Reform Act 2017 Tobacco Control Act 2002 (except provisions about smoking in liquor licensed premises, licensing and enforcement) Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Act 2005 Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000 (sections 46, 49(3) and 50(2)) Forensic disability services Health (including hospital and medical services) Human quarantine Morgues (Territory wide) Public health Restrictive Practices Authorisation Unit Services to people who are aged Sexual assault services Water quality Not allocated to an Agency Menzies School of Health Research Act 1985 Menzies School of Health Research University medical education and research -- 21 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 22 of 33 Minister for Mental Health Department of Health Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 (except Part 15) Mental health services Minister for Alcohol Policy Department of Health Alcohol policy (except liquor regulation and compliance) Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet Aboriginal Land Act 1978 Kenbi Land Trust Act 2011 Treaty Commissioner Act 2020 Aboriginal affairs policy and coordination Aboriginal land strategic policy Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Development Department of Housing, Local Government and Community Development Burial and Cremation Act 2022 Community Housing Providers (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2013 Crown Lands Act 1992 (section 79) Desert Knowledge Australia Act 2003 Housing Act 1982 Jabiru Town Development Repeal Act 2021 Local Government Act 2019 (except Chapter 8) Local Government Grants Commission Act 1986 Chief Executive Officer (Housing) Desert Knowledge Australia Northern Territory Grants Commission NT Home Ownership Aboriginal housing Aboriginal Interpreter Service Community and social housing Community development for regional centres and remote communities Government employee housing Housing loans Interpreting and translating services -- 22 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 23 of 33 Local Government (Katherine Rates) Act 1999 Northern Territory Rates Act 1971 Nudity Act 1975 Pounds Act 1930 Status of Darwin Act 1959 Status of Palmerston Act 2000 Local decision making Local government Local government funding Provision of funding for essential services for remote communities and homelands Public housing Remote communities and homelands Repairs, maintenance and minor new works for social and remote housing (including public housing) Town camps Northern Territory Electoral Commission Local Government Act 2019 (Chapter 8) Local government elections and electoral matters Minister for Essential Services Not allocated to an Agency Electricity Reform Act 2000 (provisions about supply and service provision under licence) Power and Water Corporation Act 1987 Power Generation Corporation Act 2014 Power Retail Corporation Act 2014 Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000 (sections 32(1) and (5), 52(2), 55(1), 57(2), 61(1) and 63(5), (6) and (7)) Jacana Energy Power and Water Corporation Power Generation Corporation Power Retail Corporation Territory Generation Electricity generation and supply operations Public sewerage and drainage services operations Public water supplies operations Supply and service provision under licence -- 23 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 24 of 33 Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment Department of Lands, Planning and Environment Building Act 1993 (except provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations) Crown Lands Act 1992 (except section 79) Crown Lands Freehold (Conversion from Crown Leasehold) Act 1980 Environmental Offences and Penalties Act 1996 Environment Protection Act 2019 Environment Protection (Beverage Containers and Plastic Bags) Act 2011 Heritage Act 2011 Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement Act 2009 Lands Acquisition Act 1978 Lands Acquisition (Pastoral Leases) Act 1982 Licensed Surveyors Act 1983 (except provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations) Litter Act 1972 Marine Pollution Act 1999 Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Aboriginal Community Living Areas) Act 1989 National Environment Protection Council (Northern Territory) Act 1994 National Trust (Northern Territory) Act 1976 Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority Act 2012 Northern Territory Land Corporation Act 1989 Nuclear Waste Transport, Storage and Disposal (Prohibition) Act 2004 Development Consent Authority Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority Planning Commission Aboriginal Rangers Biodiversity conservation and assessment Building advisory services Environmental assessment compliance and enforcement Environmental management of energy (oil and gas) operations Environmental management of mining operations Environment protection and sustainability Environment strategy and policy Heritage conservation Land administration Land information Land resources assessment and management Land use planning and development assessment Lands and planning Office of Climate Change Release of industrial and residential land Strategic direction on environmental matters Weed management -- 24 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 25 of 33 Pastoral Land Act 1992 (provisions about Aboriginal community living areas) Petroleum Act 1984 (provisions relating to environmental regulation of exploration for and production of petroleum and Part V, Division 2) Place Names Act 1967 Planning Act 1999 Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Act 1983 (except provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations) Soil Conservation and Land Utilisation Act 1969 Special Purposes Leases Act 1953 Swimming Pool Safety Act 2004 Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 (Part 4, Divisions 1 to 5) Valuation of Land Act 1963 Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 Water Efficiency Labelling Standards (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2014 Weeds Management Act 2001 Land Development Corporation Land Development Corporation Act 2003 Development and management of strategic industrial and residential land Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act 1989 Aboriginal sacred sites -- 25 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 26 of 33 Minister for Corporate and Digital Development Department of Corporate and Digital Development Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 Information Act 2002 (Part 9 provisions about records services) Data Centre Services Fines Recovery Unit NT Fleet Banking arrangements Corporate services reform Corporate taxation advice Cyber security emergency response and recovery Cyber security of government computing environment Cyber security policy, strategy and intergovernmental relations Digital government Enterprise information communication technology projects Freedom of information administration support Government office accommodation Human resources Information and communication technology industry engagement and participation Information and communication technology policy and governance Public sector corporate services Public sector information architecture, information communication technology systems and services Records services Shared corporate services Whole of government data sharing policy and governance -- 26 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 27 of 33 Minister for Water Resources Department of Lands, Planning and Environment Water Act 1992 Office of Water Security Water resources assessment and management Minister for Education and Training Department of Education and Training Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education Act 1999 Education Act 2015 Higher Education Act 2004 Teacher Registration (Northern Territory) Act 2004 Training and Skills Development Act 2016 Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education Apprenticeships and traineeships Approval and accreditation of higher education institutions and courses Development, accreditation and delivery of higher education and vocational training programs for Indigenous people Distance education Grants for educational organisations Planning, development and administration of schools and vocational education and training in schools Quality of training Student assistance schemes Teacher registration and regulation of teaching profession Training and employment programs and assistance schemes Vocational education and training administration Not allocated to an Agency Charles Darwin University Act 2003 Charles Darwin University Advanced education planning and development University education and research -- 27 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 28 of 33 Minister for Early Education Department of Education and Training Education and Care Services (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 Early years education and care services and regulation Minister for Public Service Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet Correctional Officers Arbitral Tribunal Act 1950 Long Service Leave Act 1981 Police Administration Act 1978 (Part III) Public Employment (Mobility) Act 1989 Public Holidays Act 1981 Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 Commissioner for Public Employment Development and coordination of public employment strategies Industrial relations Public sector management and development Minister for Trade, Business and Asian Relations Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations Agents Licensing Act 1979 Architects Act 1963 Associations Act 2003 Auctioneers Act 1935 Building Act 1993 (provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations) Business Names (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2012 Business Names (National Uniform Legislation) Request Act 2011 Commercial and Private Agents Licensing Act 1979 NT Build Procurement Review Board Business and industry support and development Business innovation support and development Civil space industry Cooperatives Domestic and international air services Essential goods and services Financial assistance to industry associations and business -- 28 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 29 of 33 Construction Industry Long Service Leave and Benefits Act 2005 Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 (Parts 10 and 14) Co-operatives (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2015 Essential Goods and Services Act 1981 Kava Management Act 1998 Licensed Surveyors Act 1983 (provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations) Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Act 1983 (provisions relating to the regulation and licensing of occupations) Plumbers and Drainers Licensing (Validation) Act 1990 Private Security Act 1995 Procurement Act 1995 Sex Industry Act 2019 Tobacco Control Act 2002 (provisions about licensing and enforcement) Unit Title Schemes Act 2009 (Part 4.1) Incorporated associations Industry engagement and participation Investment attraction Investment facilitation Investment promotion and market engagement Kava and tobacco Occupational licences relating to land use, including building work Occupational licenses relating to the other areas of government allocated to the Agency Private security industry Procurement policy and reform Sex work industry Small business Territory Business Centres Trade development, strategy and policy Minister for International Education, Migration and Population Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations International education strategy International engagement Population policy -- 29 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 30 of 33 Minister for Workforce Development Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations Labour market analysis Office of Workforce Development (including business and skilled migration) Minister for Advanced Manufacturing Department of Trade, Business and Asian Relations Whole of government oversight of the development of advanced manufacturing industries Minister for Children and Families Department of Children and Families Adoption of Children Act 1994 Guardianship of Infants Act 1972 Child guardianship Children and families policy Children's services Family and parent support services Family responsibility agreements and orders Homelessness services Out of home care Whole of government children's strategic policy Minister for Child Protection Department of Children and Families Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 (except Part 3.3) Child protection -- 30 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 31 of 33 Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence Department of Children and Families Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 (Chapter 5A) Family violence services Whole of government responsibilities for the prevention of domestic, family and sexual violence Minister for People, Sport and Culture Department of People, Sport and Culture Carers Recognition Act 2006 Information Act 2002 (Part 9 provisions about archives management) Major Cricket Events Act 2003 Meteorites Act 1988 Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 Strehlow Research Centre Act 2005 Strehlow Research Centre Board Archives management Collection and preservation of natural and cultural heritage Community grants for recreation and sports associations Library and information services Management of cultural facilities Management of sport and recreation facilities Northern Territory Sports Academy Sport and recreation grants, subsidies and sector support Water safety Not allocated to an Agency Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Act 2014 Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory -- 31 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 32 of 33 Minister for Disability Department of People, Sport and Culture Disability Services Act 1993 (except Parts 3 to 7) National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Clearance) Act 2020 Disability policy and grants for disability services and supports National Disability Insurance Scheme co-governance, funding and policy National Disability Insurance Scheme worker screening policy Minister for Arts Department of People, Sport and Culture Arts and culture development and policy Arts grants Minister for Youth, Seniors and Equality Department of People, Sport and Culture Gender equity and diversity policy and grants Pensioner and carer concessions Seniors Card Seniors policy and grants Youth policy, grants and engagement Minister for Multicultural Affairs Department of People, Sport and Culture Grants for multicultural events, activities, facilities and supports Multicultural policy -- 32 of 34 -- Schedule 2 Allocation of administration of Acts and responsibility for areas or activities of government and government authorities or entities Page 33 of 33 Minister for Veterans Department of People, Sport and Culture Veterans' support and engagement -- 33 of 34 -- List of Ministers and ministerial offices as at 1 June 2026 This list is for information only. The number and designation of Ministerial offices is determined by the Administrator under section 34 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 (Cth). The Ministers are appointed by the Administrator under section 36 of that Act. Lia Emele Finocchiaro Chief Minister Minister for Police Minister for Fire and Emergency Services Minister for Defence NT Minister for Territory Coordinator Gerard Phillip Maley Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries Minister for Mining and Energy Minister for Corrections Minister for Renewables Minister for Recreational Fishing William Carl Yan Treasurer Minister for Logistics and Infrastructure Minister for Housing Construction Marie-Clare Joy Boothby Attorney-General Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Minister for Major Events Minister for Parks and Wildlife Minister for Racing Steven Mark Edgington Minister for Health Minister for Mental Health Minister for Alcohol Policy Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Development Minister for Essential Services Joshua Roland Burgoyne Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment Minister for Corporate and Digital Development Minister for Water Resources Jo-Anne Hersey Minister for Education and Training Minister for Early Education Minister for Public Service Robyn Patricia Cahill Minister for Trade, Business and Asian Relations Minister for International Education, Migration and Population Minister for Workforce Development Minister for Advanced Manufacturing Minister for Children and Families Minister for Child Protection Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence Jinson Anto Charls Minister for People, Sport and Culture Minister for Disability Minister for Arts Minister for Youth, Seniors and Equality Minister for Multicultural Affairs Minister for Veterans -- 34 of 34 --