Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics (Northern Territory)
The Northern Territory Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory. The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics.[1]
The Minister is responsible for assets and program management, the aviation industry, building advisory services, Darwin Ports, development and management of strategic industrial and residential land, domestic and international air services, economic development facilitation, the freight industry, infrastructure provision, land administration, land information, land use planning and development assessment, lands and planning, logistics industry, maritime industry, Offshore Supply Base, ports development, procurement in infrastructure services, public transport, the rail industry, regional air services development, release of industrial and residential land, road network management, road transport, shipping industry, strategic growth and infrastructure planning, transport assets, transport policy and planning and transport safety (marine, rail and road). They are also responsible for the Development Consent Authority, the Northern Territory Planning Commission and the AustralAsia Railway Corporation.[1]
The current minister is Nicole Manison (Labor). She was sworn in on 12 September 2016 following the Labor victory at the 2016 election. Her new Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics ministry merged three formerly separate ministries, incorporating the Infrastructure, the Lands and Planning and the Transport ministries into a much larger portfolio.[1]
List of Ministers for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics
Minister | Party | Term [2][3][4][5][6] | Ministerial title |
| Nicole Manison | Labor | 12 September 2016 - present | Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics |
Former posts
AustralAsia Railway
Minister | Party | Term [2][3][4][5][6] | Ministerial title |
| Barry Coulter | Country Liberal | 1 July 1995 – 14 September 1997 | Minister for the Railway |
| 15 September 1997 – 18 June 1999 | Minister for the AustralAsia Railway |
| Denis Burke | Country Liberal | 21 June 1999 – 26 August 2001 |
| Paul Henderson | Labor | 27 August 2001 – 17 October 2002 |
| Clare Martin | Labor | 18 October 2002 – 25 November 2007 |
| Paul Henderson | Labor | 26 November 2007 – 29 November 2007 |
Territory Ports
Minister | Party | Term [2][3][4][5][6] | Ministerial title |
| Stephen Hatton | Country Liberal | 21 December 1984 – 28 April 1986 | Minister for Ports and Fisheries |
| Nick Dondas | Country Liberal | 29 April 1986 – 18 March 1987 |
19 March 1987 – 14 September 1997: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers |
| Barry Coulter | Country Liberal | 15 September 1997 – 18 June 1999 | Minister for Territory Ports |
| Denis Burke | Country Liberal | 21 June 1999 – 3 August 1999 |
| Mick Palmer | Country Liberal | 4 August 1999 – 26 August 2001 |
| Jack Ah Kit | Labor | 27 August 2001 – 12 November 2001 |
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