The Minister is responsible for child guardianship, child protection, children and families policy, children's services, family and parent support services, family responsibility agreements and orders, family violence services, men's and women's policy, multicultural affairs, pensioner and carer concessions, out of home care, the Seniors Card, seniors policy, youth affairs and services and youth detention.[1]
The enlarged Territory Families ministry replaced a number of separate ministries from the preceding Giles Ministry, including the ministers for children and families, women's policy, men's policy, multicultural affairs, Senior Territorians and Young Territorians.[1][4] The Minister for Children in the Gunner Ministry is a new position concerned with "whole of government children's policy", while specific areas of child-related policy lie in Territory Families.[1][5]
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April 12, 2024
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The Northern Territory Minister for Territory Families is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory The minister administers their portfolio through Territory Families 1 Minister for Territory FamiliesIncumbentDale Wakefieldsince 12 September 2016Territory FamiliesStyleThe HonourableAppointerAdministrator of the Northern TerritoryThe Minister is responsible for child guardianship child protection children and families policy children s services family and parent support services family responsibility agreements and orders family violence services men s and women s policy multicultural affairs pensioner and carer concessions out of home care the Seniors Card seniors policy youth affairs and services and youth detention 1 The former minister is Dale Wakefield Labor She was sworn in on 12 September 2016 following the Labor victory at the 2016 election 1 The ministry and department were both created in a reorganisation by the incoming government which was significant for having separated youth justice from adult correctional services for the first time following the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre scandal and subsequent Royal Commission into Juvenile Detention in the Northern Territory 2 3 The enlarged Territory Families ministry replaced a number of separate ministries from the preceding Giles Ministry including the ministers for children and families women s policy men s policy multicultural affairs Senior Territorians and Young Territorians 1 4 The Minister for Children in the Gunner Ministry is a new position concerned with whole of government children s policy while specific areas of child related policy lie in Territory Families 1 5 Contents 1 List of ministers 1 1 Territory families 1 2 Children and families family and community services 1 3 Women 1 4 Multicultural affairs 1 5 Senior territorians 1 6 Young territorians 2 Former posts 2 1 Child protection 2 2 Men s policy 3 ReferencesList of ministers editTerritory families edit Minister Party Term Ministerial title Dale Wakefield Labor 12 September 2016 7 September 2020 Minister for Territory Families Kate Worden Labor 8 September 2020 Present Minister for Territory Families and Urban HousingChildren and families family and community services edit Minister Party Term 6 7 8 9 10 Ministerial title Don Dale Country Liberal 19 March 1987 27 July 1989 Minister for Health and Community Services Marshall Perron Country Liberal 31 July 1989 3 September 1989 Stephen Hatton Country Liberal 4 September 1989 12 November 1990 Daryl Manzie Country Liberal 13 November 1990 29 November 1992 Mike Reed Country Liberal 30 November 1992 30 June 19951 July 1995 14 September 1997 no minister responsibilities held by other ministers Denis Burke Country Liberal 15 September 1997 8 February 1999 Minister for Health Family and Children s Services Stephen Dunham Country Liberal 9 February 1999 26 August 2001 Jane Aagaard Labor 27 August 2001 12 November 2003 13 November 2001 14 December 2003 Minister for Health and Community Services Marion Scrymgour Labor 15 December 2003 10 July 2005 Minister for Family and Community Services Delia Lawrie Labor 11 July 2005 6 August 2007 Marion Scrymgour Labor 7 August 2007 30 June 2008 1 July 2008 17 August 2008 Minister for Children and Families Malarndirri McCarthy Labor 18 August 2008 3 December 2009 Kon Vatskalis Labor 4 December 2009 28 August 2012 Robyn Lambley Country Liberal 4 September 2012 5 March 2013 Alison Anderson Country Liberal 6 March 2013 9 September 2013 John Elferink Country Liberal 14 March 2013 27 August 2016 Michael Gunner Labor 31 August 2016 11 September 2016 Nicole Manison Labor 12 September 2016 25 June 2018 Minister for Children Michael Gunner Labor 26 June 2018 7 September 2020 Lauren Moss Labor 8 September 2020 PresentWomen edit Minister Party Term 6 7 8 9 10 Ministerial title Shane Stone CLP 15 September 1997 8 February 1999 Minister for Women s Policy Denis Burke CLP 9 February 1999 26 August 2001 Clare Martin Labor 27 August 2001 10 July 2005 Marion Scrymgour Labor 11 July 2005 17 August 2008 Malarndirri McCarthy Labor 18 August 2008 28 August 2012 Robyn Lambley CLP 4 September 2012 5 March 2013 Alison Anderson CLP 6 March 2013 9 September 2013 Bess Price CLP 15 September 2013 27 August 2016 Michael Gunner Labor 31 August 2016 11 September 201612 September 2016 7 September 2020 no minister responsibilities held by other ministers Lauren Moss Labor 8 September 2020 PresentMulticultural affairs edit Minister Party Term 6 7 8 9 10 Ministerial title Nick Dondas Country Liberal 1 December 1982 12 December 1983 Minister for Youth Sport Recreation and Ethnic Affairs 13 December 1983 20 December 1984 Minister for Health Youth Sport Recreation and Ethnic Affairs Jim Robertson Country Liberal 13 December 1983 19 August 1985 Minister for Youth Sport Recreation and Ethnic Affairs Ray Hanrahan Country Liberal 20 August 1985 28 April 1986 Don Dale Country Liberal 29 April 1986 18 March 198719 March 1987 3 September 1989 no minister responsibilities held by other ministers Roger Vale Country Liberal 4 September 1989 12 November 1990 Minister for Youth Sport Recreation and Ethnic Affairs 13 November 1990 29 November 1992 Minister for Sport Recreation Ethnic Affairs and Local Government Eric Poole Country Liberal 30 November 1992 15 September 1993 Minister for Sport Recreation and Ethnic Affairs Shane Stone Country Liberal 16 September 1993 20 June 1996 Minister for Ethnic Affairs Stephen Hatton Country Liberal 21 June 1996 14 September 1997 Mick Palmer Country Liberal 15 September 1997 3 August 1999 Peter Adamson Country Liberal 4 August 1999 26 August 2001 Kon Vatskalis Labor 27 August 2001 9 December 2004 9 December 2004 31 August 2006 Minister for Multicultural Affairs Delia Lawrie Labor 1 September 2006 6 August 2007 Paul Henderson Labor 7 August 2007 28 August 2012 Terry Mills Country Liberal 29 August 2012 13 March 2013 Peter Styles Country Liberal 14 March 2013 27 August 2016 Michael Gunner Labor 31 August 2016 11 September 201612 September 2016 20 December 2018 no minister responsibilities held by other ministers Nicole Manison Labor 21 December 2018 7 September 2020 Minister for Multicultural Affairs Kate Worden Labor 8 September 2020 PresentSenior territorians edit Minister Party Term 6 7 8 9 10 Ministerial title Denis Burke Country Liberal 15 September 1997 8 February 1999 Minister for Senior Territorians Stephen Dunham Country Liberal 9 February 1999 26 August 2001 Clare Martin Labor 27 August 2001 10 July 2005 Marion Scrymgour Labor 11 July 2005 29 November 2007 Matthew Bonson Labor 30 November 2007 17 August 2008 Malarndirri McCarthy Labor 18 August 2008 5 August 2009 Gerry McCarthy Labor 6 August 2009 3 December 2009 Rob Knight Labor 4 December 2009 28 August 2012 Terry Mills Country Liberal 29 August 2012 6 March 2013 Lia Finocchiaro Country Liberal 7 March 2013 13 March 2013 Peter Styles Country Liberal 14 March 2013 11 December 2014 Gary Higgins Country Liberal 12 December 2014 10 February 2015 Peter Styles Country Liberal 11 February 2015 27 August 2016 Michael Gunner Labor 31 August 2016 11 September 201612 September 2016 7 September 2020 no minister responsibilities held by other ministers Lauren Moss Labor 8 September 2020 Present Minister for SeniorsYoung territorians edit Minister Party Term 6 7 8 9 10 Ministerial title Nick Dondas Country Liberal 2 January 1979 30 June 1980 Minister for Youth Sport and Recreation1 July 1980 31 December 1980 no minister responsibilities held by other ministers Nick Dondas Country Liberal 1 January 1981 25 January 1982 Minister for Youth Sport and Recreation26 January 1982 30 November 1982 no minister responsibilities held by other ministers Nick Dondas Country Liberal 1 December 1982 12 December 1983 Minister for Youth Sport Recreation and Ethnic Affairs 13 December 1983 20 December 1984 Minister for Health Youth Sport Recreation and Ethnic Affairs Jim Robertson Country Liberal 13 December 1983 19 August 1985 Minister for Youth Sport Recreation and Ethnic Affairs Ray Hanrahan Country Liberal 20 August 1985 28 April 1986 Don Dale Country Liberal 29 April 1986 18 March 198719 March 1987 3 September 1989 no minister responsibilities held by other ministers Roger Vale Country Liberal 4 September 1989 12 November 1990 Minister for Youth Sport Recreation and Ethnic Affairs13 November 1990 14 September 1997 no minister responsibilities held by other ministers Shane Stone Country Liberal 15 September 1997 8 February 1999 Minister for Young Territorians Denis Burke Country Liberal 9 February 1999 26 August 2001 Clare Martin Labor 27 August 2001 10 July 2005 Marion Scrymgour Labor 11 July 2005 29 November 2007 Matthew Bonson Labor 30 November 2007 17 August 2008 Malarndirri McCarthy Labor 18 August 2008 5 August 2009 Gerry McCarthy Labor 6 August 2009 3 December 2009 Rob Knight Labor 4 December 2009 28 August 2012 Terry Mills Country Liberal 29 August 2012 6 March 2013 Lia Finocchiaro Country Liberal 7 March 2013 13 March 2013 Peter Styles Country Liberal 14 March 2013 14 February 2016 Nathan Barrett Country Liberal 15 February 2016 18 July 2016 Gary Higgins Country Liberal 19 July 2016 7 August 2016 Michael Gunner Labor 31 August 2016 11 September 201612 September 2016 7 September 2020 no minister responsibilities held by other ministers Lauren Moss Labor 8 September 2020 Present Minister for YouthFormer posts editChild protection edit Minister Party Term 6 7 8 9 10 Ministerial title Marion Scrymgour Labor 7 August 2007 17 August 2008 Minister for Child Protection Malarndirri McCarthy Labor 18 August 2008 3 December 2009 Kon Vatskalis Labor 4 December 2009 28 August 2012 Terry Mills Country Liberal 29 August 2012 3 September 2012Men s policy edit Minister Party Term 10 Ministerial title Bess Price CLP 12 December 2014 27 August 2016 Minister for Men s Policy Michael Gunner Labor 31 August 2016 11 September 2016References 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Northern Territory Government Ministries ALP Tenth Assembly 2005 2008 PDF Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Retrieved 13 September 2016 a b c d e f Northern Territory Government Ministries ALP Eleventh Assembly 18 August 2008 28 August 2012 PDF Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Retrieved 13 September 2016 a b c d e f g Northern Territory Government Ministries Country Liberals Twelfth Assembly 29 August 2012 27 08 16 PDF Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Retrieved 13 September 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Minister for Territory Families amp oldid 1197270727, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
