The Northern Territory Minister for Essential Services is a

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in the

Government of the Northern Territory The Northern Territory Government is the executive branch of the Northern Territory. The Government of Northern Territory was formed in 1978 with the granting of self-government to the Territory. The Northern Territory is a territory of the Co ...

. The Minister is responsible for electricity generation and supply operations, public sewerage and drainage services operations, public water supplies operations, and supply and service provision under license. They are also responsible for the Power and Water Corporation, the Power Generation Corporation and the Power Retail Corporation. The current minister is

Eva Lawler Eva Dina Lawler (; born 18 August 1962) is an Australian former politician who served as the 13th chief minister of the Northern Territory from 2023 to 2024, holding office as the leader of the Territory Labor Party. She was a member of the Nort ...

(

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), who succeeded

Gerry McCarthy Gerald Francis McCarthy (born 30 June 1958) is an Australian politician. He was a Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch), Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, holding the seat of Electoral division of Barkly, ...

on 7 September 2020 following his retirement from politics.

List of ministers for essential services

References

{{Government of the Northern Territory Northern Territory-related lists Ministers of the Northern Territory government