Chief ministership of Lia Finocchiaro

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On 9 September 2024, Finocchiaro announced her ministry. [24]

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Finocchiaro in 2020.
Chief ministership of Lia Finocchiaro
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) –present (86 days)
MinisterOffice
Hon Lia Finocchiaro, MLA
  • Chief Minister
  • Minister for Police
  • Minister for Fire and Emergency Services
  • Minister for Defence NT
  • Minister for Territory Coordinator
Hon Gerard Maley, MLA
  • Deputy Chief Minister
  • Minister for Agribusiness and Fisheries
  • Minister for Mining and Energy
  • Minister for Corrections
  • Minister for Renewables
  • Minister for Recreational Fishing
Bill Yan
  • Treasurer
  • Minister of Logistics and Infrastructure
  • Minister of Housing Construction
Marie-Clare Boothby
  • Attorney-General
  • Minister for Tourism and Hospitality
  • Minister for Major Events
  • Minister for Parks and Wildlife
  • Minister for Racing
Steve 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 Burgoyne
  • Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment
  • Minister for Corporate and Digital Development
  • Minister for Water Resources
Jo Hersey
  • Minister for Education and Training
  • Minister for Early Education
  • Minister for Service
Robyn 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 Charls
  • Minister for People, Sport and Culture
  • Minister for Arts
  • Minister for Disability
  • Minister for Multicultural Affairs
  • Minister for Veterans

Administrator and Supreme Court Justices

As the current Administrator of the NT, Hugh Heggie's term ends by convention in early 2026, Finocchiaro will nominate the next Administrator of the NT to the Governor-General for appointment. [25]

The Attorney-General and Chief Minister confer for the appointment of Supreme Court of the Northern Territory justices, with a mandatory retirement age for justices of 72. [26]

Public service

As the chief executive of the Northern Territory Government, Finocchiaro has the ability to appoint public service heads, as well as reorganise executive branch departments.

Upon her swearing-in as chief minister, Finocchiaro dismissed Marco Briceno and Karen Weston from their roles as the heads of health and education departments respectively. [27] Finocchiaro also increased the number of government departments from 12 to 18, moved the youth justice portfolio from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Territory Families, as well as removed the departments responsible for climate change and Indigenous treaty. [28]

Legislative agenda

Crime

Early in her term, Finocchiaro used her large majority in the NT Parliament to introduce and pass various bills relating to the CLP crime agenda; including 'Declan's law'. [29] Declan's law, named after a victim of youth crime — Declan Laverty, enabled the courts to have a presumption that bail not be granted to both youth and adult violent offenders, irrespective of whether or not a weapon was involved in the crime. [30]

The Finocchiaro government in the parliament introduced a bill promised during the election campaign to lower the criminal age of responsibility from 12 to 10 years of age. [31]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The official title of the head of government in the Northern Territory, unlike most other Australian jurisdictions, is Chief Minister rather than Premier.
  2. ↑ Unlike other jurisdictions in Australia, the head of state of the Northern Territory is given the title of Administrator, rather than Governor.

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  30. ↑ News, Mirage. "Declan's Law Passes Parliament In Historic Moment". Mirage News. Retrieved 20 November 2024.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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