Minister for Housing and Community Development (Northern Territory)

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Minister for Housing and Community Development
Coat of arms of the Northern Territory.svg
Incumbent
Gerry McCarthy
since 12 September 2016
Department of Housing and Community Development
Style The Honourable
Appointer Administrator of the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory Minister for Housing and Community Development is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory. The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Housing and Community Development. [1]

Minister of the Crown is a formal constitutional term used in Commonwealth realms to describe a minister to the reigning sovereign or their viceroy. The term indicates that the minister serves at His/Her Majesty's pleasure, and advises the sovereign or viceroy on how to exercise the Crown prerogatives relative to the minister's department or ministry.

Government of the Northern Territory territory government of the Northern Territory, Australia

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The Minister is responsible for Aboriginal housing, communities and homelands, community and social housing, community development for regional centres and remote communities and homelands, the coordination of funding of essential services to remote Indigenous communities not serviced by Commonwealth programs, the coordination of municipal essential services for regional centres, remote communities and homelands, essential services for remote communities and homelands, government employee housing, homelessness services, housing, interpreting and translating services, local government, local government funding, local government elections and electoral matters, public housing, and remote communities and homelands. They are also responsible for the Jabiru Town Development Authority and the Northern Territory Grants Commission. [1]

The current minister is Gerry McCarthy (Labor). He was sworn in on 12 September 2016 following the Labor victory at the 2016 election. [1]

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Minister for Essential Services (Northern Territory)

The Northern Territory Minister for Essential Services is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory.

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Minister for Tourism and Culture (Northern Territory)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Administrative Arrangements Order" (PDF). Government of the Northern Territory. 12 September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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