The Northern Territory Minister for Arts and Culture is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory , Australia. The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade.[ 1]
The Minister is responsible for Aboriginal sacred sites, archives management, arts and cultural development, the Arts Grants Board, botanic gardens, the collection and preservation of natural and cultural heritage, community grants for recreation and sports associations, conservation and wildlife, film, television and new media, heritage conservation, the Indigenous Arts Reference Group, library and information services, major events, management of cultural facilities, management of territory parks and reserves, sport and recreation, sporting events, sporting facilities, tourism, the Territory Wildlife Park and the Alice Springs Desert Park , tourist event development, attracting and acquisition, tourism infrastructure development, tourism strategy, water safety, wildlife management and the Window on the Wetlands.[ 1]
The responsibilities of the ministry expanded substantially at that time, as it was renamed "Tourism and Culture" and incorporated the roles of three formerly separate ministries: Arts and Museums, Parks and Wildlife, and Sport and Recreation.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
There are two assistant ministers attached to the portfolio: (assistant minister for sports and community events) and (assistant minister for bringing back the Arafura Games ), as part of the Gunner government's decision to appoint all government backbenchers as assistant ministers.[ 3]
List of ministers
Tourism
Minister
Party
Term [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Ministerial title
Roger Steele
Country Liberal
1 July 1980 – 25 January 1982
Minister for Primary Production and Tourism
26 January 1982 - 30 November 1982
Minister for Industrial Development and Tourism
Paul Everingham
Country Liberal
1 December 1982 – 12 December 1983
Minister for Lands, Industrial Development and Tourism
13 December 1983 – 20 December 1984
Minister for Industrial Development and Tourism
Ian Tuxworth
Country Liberal
17 October 1984 – 20 December 1984
21 December 1984 – 19 August 1985: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
Nick Dondas
Country Liberal
20 August 1985 – 28 April 1986
Minister for Industry and Small Business and Tourism
Ray Hanrahan
Country Liberal
29 April 1986 – 5 April 1988
Minister for Tourism
Eric Poole
Country Liberal
6 April 1988 – 3 September 1989
Roger Vale
Country Liberal
4 September 1989 – 29 November 1992
Barry Coulter
Country Liberal
30 November 1992 – 20 June 1996
Mike Reed
Country Liberal
21 June 1996 – 29 January 1998
Shane Stone
Country Liberal
30 January 1998 – 7 December 1998
Mike Reed
Country Liberal
8 December 1998 – 26 August 2001
Stephen Dunham
Country Liberal
9 February 1999 – 26 August 2001
Syd Stirling
Labor
27 August 2001 – 12 November 2001
Paul Henderson
Labor
13 November 2001 – 17 October 2002
Chris Burns
Labor
18 October 2002 – 14 December 2003
Clare Martin
Labor
15 December 2003 – 31 August 2006
Paul Henderson
Labor
1 September 2006 – 29 November 2007
Kon Vatskalis
Labor
30 November 2007 – 3 February 2009
Chris Burns
Labor
4 February 2009 - 3 December 2009
Malarndirri McCarthy
Labor
4 December 2009 – 28 August 2012
Terry Mills
Country Liberal
29 August 2012 – 3 September 2012
Matt Conlan
Country Liberal
4 September 2012 – 9 September 2013
Minister for Tourism and Major Events
10 September 2013 – 11 December 2014
Minister for Tourism
Adam Giles
Country Liberal
12 December 2014 – 27 August 2016
Michael Gunner
Labor
31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016
Lauren Moss
Labor
12 September 2016 – 7 September 2020
Minister for Tourism and Culture
Natasha Fyles
Labor
8 September 2020 – present
Minister for Tourism and Hospitality
Arts and museums
Minister
Party
Term [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Ministerial title
Tom Harris
Country Liberal
4 August 1999 – 30 January 2000
Minister for Education, the Arts and Cultural Affairs
Shane Stone
Country Liberal
4 September 1989 – 12 November 1990
Minister for Education and the Arts
20 December 1991 – 20 June 1996
Minister for the Arts
1 July 1995 – 20 June 1996
Minister for the Arts and Museums
Daryl Manzie
Country Liberal
21 June 1996 – 8 February 1999
15 September 1997 – 8 February 1999
Minister for Arts and Museums
Peter Adamson
Country Liberal
9 February 1999 – 3 August 1999
Chris Lugg
Country Liberal
4 August 1999 – 30 January 2000
Peter Adamson
Country Liberal
31 January 2000 – 26 August 2001
Clare Martin
Labor
27 August 2001 – 10 July 2005
Marion Scrymgour
Labor
11 July 2005 – 3 February 2009
Alison Anderson
Labor
4 February 2009 – 5 August 2009
Gerry McCarthy
Labor
6 August 2009 – 28 August 2012
Terry Mills
Country Liberal
29 August 2012 – 3 September 2012
Matt Conlan
Country Liberal
4 September 2012 – 11 December 2014
Adam Giles
Country Liberal
12 December 2014 – 10 February 2015
Gary Higgins
Country Liberal
11 February 2015 – 27 August 2016
Michael Gunner
Labor
31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016
12 September 2016 – 7 September 2020: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
Chansey Paech
Labor
8 September 2020 – Present
Minister for Arts and Culture
Sport and recreation
Minister
Party
Term [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Ministerial title
Nick Dondas
Country Liberal
2 January 1979 – 25 January 1982
Minister for Youth, Sport and Recreation
26 January 1982 – 30 November 1982
Minister for Sport and Recreation
1 December 1982 – 12 December 1983
Minister for Youth, Sport, Recreation and Ethnic Affairs
13 December 1983 – 16 October 1984
Minister for Health, Youth, Sport, Recreation and Ethnic Affairs
17 October 1984 – 20 December 1984
Minister for Health, Sport, Recreation and Ethnic Affairs
Jim Robertson
Country Liberal
21 December 1984 – 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 1987
19 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
16 September 1993 – 30 June 1995
Minister for Sport and Recreation
Stephen Hatton
Country Liberal
1 July 1995 – 14 September 1997
Peter Adamson
Country Liberal
15 September 1997 – 3 August 1999
Chris Lugg
Country Liberal
4 August 1999 – 26 August 2001
Peter Toyne
Labor
27 August 2001 – 12 November 2001
Jack Ah Kit
Labor
13 November 2001 – 23 June 2005
Paul Henderson
Labor
24 June 2005 – 10 July 2005
Delia Lawrie
Labor
11 July 2005 – 31 August 2006
Kon Vatskalis
Labor
1 September 2006 – 29 November 2007
Matthew Bonson
Labor
30 November 2007 – 17 August 2008
Karl Hampton
Labor
18 August 2008 – 28 August 2012
Terry Mills
Country Liberal
29 August 2012 – 3 September 2012
Matt Conlan
Country Liberal
4 September 2012 – 6 March 2013
Lia Finocchiaro
Country Liberal
7 March 2013 – 13 March 2013
Adam Giles
Country Liberal
14 March 2013 – 19 March 2013
Matt Conlan
Country Liberal
20 March 2013 – 11 December 2014
Gary Higgins
Country Liberal
12 December 2014 – 14 February 2016
Nathan Barrett
Country Liberal
15 February 2016 – 11 June 2016
Adam Giles
Country Liberal
12 June 2016 – 18 July 2016
Gary Higgins
Country Liberal
19 July 2016 – 27 August 2016
Michael Gunner
Labor
31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016
12 September 2016 – 7 September 2020: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
Kate Worden
Labor
8 September 2020 – Present
Minister for Sport
Parks and wildlife
Minister
Party
Term [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Ministerial title
Barry Coulter
Country Liberal
1 July 1995 – 20 June 1996
Minister for Parks and Wildlife
Stephen Hatton
Country Liberal
21 June 1996 – 14 September 1997
Tim Baldwin
Country Liberal
15 September 1997 – 7 December 1998
Eric Poole
Country Liberal
8 December 1998 – 8 February 1999
Mike Reed
Country Liberal
9 February 1999 – 26 August 2001
Syd Stirling
Labor
27 August 2001 – 12 November 2001
Kon Vatskalis
Labor
13 November 2001 – 14 December 2003
Chris Burns
Labor
15 December 2003 – 10 July 2005
Marion Scrymgour
Labor
11 July 2005 – 6 August 2007
Delia Lawrie
Labor
7 August 2007 – 29 November 2007
Len Kiely
Labor
30 November 2007 – 17 August 2008
Alison Anderson
Labor
18 August 2008 – 5 August 2009
Karl Hampton
Labor
6 August 2009 – 28 August 2012
Terry Mills
Country Liberal
29 August 2012 – 3 September 2012
Matt Conlan
Country Liberal
4 September 2012 – 9 September 2013
Bess Price
Country Liberal
10 September 2013 – 27 August 2016
Michael Gunner
Labor
31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016
12 September 2016 – 7 September 2020: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
Selena Uibo
Labor
8 September 2020 – Present
Minister for Parks and Rangers
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