The Northern Territory Minister for Northern Australia is a
Minister of the Crown
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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 administers their portfolio through the Department of Trade, Business and Innovation.
The Minister is responsible for Northern Australia development policy, coordination and intergovernmental liaison.
The current minister is
Michael Gunner
Michael Patrick Francis Gunner (born 6 January 1976) is an Australian former politician who was the 11th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory from 2016 to 2022. He was a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, holding ...
(
Labor
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
). He was sworn in on 12 September 2016 following the Labor victory at the
2016 election.
See also
*
,in the Australian federal government.
*
Minister for the North-West
Minister for Regional Development is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Don Punch of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1977, for the government of Charles Court, and has existed in most governm ...
, a defunct position in the government of Western Australia
References
{{Government of the Northern Territory
Northern Territory-related lists
Ministers of the Northern Territory government
Northern Australia