Minister for Public Employment (Northern Territory)

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Minister for Public Employment
Coat of arms of the Northern Territory.svg
Incumbent
Gerry McCarthy
since 12 September 2016
Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment
Style The Honourable
Appointer Administrator of the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory Minister for Public Employment is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory. The minister administers their portfolio through the Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment. [1]

Contents

The Minister is responsible for the development and coordination of public and private employment strategies, industrial relations and the public sector. [1]

The current minister is Paul Kirby (Labor). He was sworn in on 8 September 2020 following the Labor victory at the 2020 election. [1]

List of ministers for public employment

MinisterPartyTerm [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Ministerial title
  Shane Stone Country Liberal13 November 1990 – 29 November 1992Minister for Public Employment
  Fred Finch Country Liberal30 November 1992 – 14 June 1994
  Eric Poole Country Liberal18 July 1994 – 30 June 1995
  Fred Finch Country Liberal1 July 1995 – 1 July 1997
  Shane Stone Country Liberal2 July 1997 – 14 September 1997
  Mike Reed Country Liberal15 September 1997 – 8 February 1999
  Daryl Manzie Country Liberal9 February 1999 – 30 January 2000Minister for Public Employment and Industrial Relations
  Mike Reed Country Liberal31 January 2000 – 26 August 2001
27 August 2001 – 10 July 2005: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
  Chris Burns Labor11 July 2005 – 31 August 2006Minister for Public Employment
  Paul Henderson Labor1 September 2006 – 29 November 2007
  Delia Lawrie Labor30 November 2007 – 17 August 2008
  Rob Knight Labor18 August 2008 – 3 December 2009
  Chris Burns Labor4 December 2009 – 28 August 2012
  Terry Mills Country Liberal29 August 2012 – 1 October 2012
  Robyn Lambley Country Liberal14 December 2012 – 6 March 2013
  Willem Westra van Holthe Country Liberal7 March 2013 – 13 March 2013
  Adam Giles Country Liberal14 March 2013 – 19 March 2013
  John Elferink Country Liberal20 March 2013 – 10 February 2015
  Willem Westra van Holthe Country Liberal11 February 2015 – 14 February 2016
  Peter Styles Country Liberal15 February 2016 – 27 August 2016
  Michael Gunner Labor31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016
  Gerry McCarthy Labor12 September 2016 – 7 September 2020
  Paul Kirby Labor8 September 2020 – present

Former posts

Employment

MinisterPartyTerm [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Ministerial title
  Shane Stone Country Liberal13 November 1990 – 19 December 1991Minister for Employment and Training
20 December 1991 – 26 August 2001: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
  Syd Stirling Labor27 August 2001 – 31 August 2006Minister for Employment, Education and Training
  Paul Henderson Labor1 September 2006 – 29 November 2007
  Marion Scrymgour Labor30 November 2007 – 17 August 2008
  Kon Vatskalis Labor18 August 2008 – 3 February 2009Minister for Business and Employment
  Paul Henderson Labor4 February 2009 – 3 December 2009Minister for Major Projects, Employment and Economic Development
  Rob Knight Labor4 December 2009 – 27 October 2011Minister for Business and Employment
  Delia Lawrie Labor28 October 2011 – 28 August 2012
  Terry Mills Country Liberal29 August 2012 – 3 September 2012
  Peter Chandler Country Liberal4 September 2012 – 6 March 2013Minister for Employment and Training
  Robyn Lambley Country Liberal7 March 2013 – 13 March 2013
  Dave Tollner Country Liberal14 March 2013 – 21 August 2014
  Adam Giles Country Liberal22 August 2014 – 11 December 2014
  Robyn Lambley Country Liberal12 December 2014 – 3 February 2015
  John Elferink Country Liberal4 February 2015 – 10 February 2015
  Peter Styles Country Liberal11 February 2015 – 27 August 2016
  Michael Gunner Labor31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016

Industrial relations

MinisterPartyTerm [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Ministerial title
  Mike Reed Country Liberal15 September 1997 – 8 February 1999Minister for Industrial Relations
  Daryl Manzie Country Liberal9 February 1999 – 3 August 1999Minister for Public Employment and Industrial Relations
  Mike Reed Country Liberal31 January 2000 – 26 August 2001

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