Chief Minister of the Northern Territory | |
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since 21 December 2023 | |
Department of the Chief Minister | |
Style | The Honourable |
Status | Head of government |
Abbreviation | CM |
Member of |
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Reports to | Parliament |
Seat | Darwin, Northern Territory |
Appointer | Administrator of the Northern Territory by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Legislative Assembly |
Term length | At the Administrator's pleasure contingent on the chief minister's ability to command confidence in the house of Parliament |
Constituting instrument | None (constitutional convention) |
Formation | 19 October 1974 as Majority Leader 1 July 1978 as chief minister |
First holder | Goff Letts as Majority Leader Paul Everingham as chief minister |
Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory |
Salary | A$325,392[1] |
Website | www.chiefminister.nt.gov.au |
The chief minister of the Northern Territory is the head of government of the Northern Territory. The office is the equivalent of a state premier. When the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was created in 1974, the head of government was officially known as majority leader. This title was used in the first parliament (1974–1977) and the first eighteen months of the second. When self-government was granted the Northern Territory in 1978, the title of the head of government became chief minister.
The chief minister is formally appointed by the administrator, who in normal circumstances will appoint the head of whichever party holds the majority of seats in the unicameral Legislative Assembly. In times of constitutional crisis, the administrator can appoint someone else as chief minister, though this has never occurred.
Since 21 December 2023, following the resignation of Natasha Fyles, the chief minister is Eva Lawler of the Labor Party. She is the third female chief minister of the Northern Territory.
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