The Northern Territory Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory. The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Lands, Planning and Environment.
The Minister is responsible for Aboriginal carbon and water policy, biodiversity conservation and assessment, climate change, the conservation of pastoral land, environmental protection and sustainability, environment strategy and policy, environmental assessment, environmental compliance and enforcement, land and water resources assessment and management, pastoral land administration, rural bushfire management, strategic direction on environmental matters, volunteer bushfire management and weed management. This also includes responsibility for the Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority.
The Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment also has responsibilities for Aboriginal sacred sites, and oversees the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority (AAPA).
When Eva Lawler (Labor) was appointed to the ministry in 2018, it was expanded to include the responsibilities of the formerly distinct Land Resource Management ministry.
List of ministers Environment and natural resources
Minister Party Term Ministerial title Ian Tuxworth Country Liberal 1 December 1982 – 12 December 1983 Minister for Primary Production and Conservation Noel Padgham-Purich Country Liberal 13 December 1983 – 20 December 1984 Minister for Housing and Conservation Stephen Hatton Country Liberal 21 December 1984 – 28 April 1986 Minister for Conservation Barry Coulter Country Liberal 29 April 1986 – 14 May 1986 Terry McCarthy Country Liberal 15 May 1986 – 18 March 1987 Ray Hanrahan Country Liberal 19 March 1987 – 20 December 1987 Daryl Manzie Country Liberal 21 December 1987 – 3 September 1989 Stephen Hatton Country Liberal 4 September 1989 – 12 November 1990 Mike Reed Country Liberal 13 November 1990 – 29 November 1992 Daryl Manzie Country Liberal 30 November 1992 – 15 September 1993 Barry Coulter Country Liberal 16 September 1993 – 30 June 1995 Mike Reed Country Liberal 1 July 1995 – 14 September 1997 Minister for Lands, Planning and Environment Mick Palmer Country Liberal 15 September 1997 – 7 December 1998 Tim Baldwin Country Liberal 8 December 1998 – 26 August 2001 Kon Vatskalis Labor 27 August 2001 – 12 November 2001 13 November 2001 – 17 October 2002 Minister for the Environment Chris Burns Labor 18 October 2002 – 14 December 2003 Minister for the Environment and Heritage Marion Scrymgour Labor 15 December 2003 – 10 July 2005 11 July 2005 – 6 August 2007 Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage 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 4 September 2012 – 13 December 2012 Minister for Lands, Planning and the Environment Peter Chandler Country Liberal 14 December 2012 – 11 December 2014 Gary Higgins Country Liberal 12 December 2014 – 27 August 2016 Minister for the Environment Michael Gunner Labor 31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016 Lauren Moss Labor 12 September 2016 – 26 June 2018 Minister for Environment and Natural Resources Eva Lawler Labor 27 June 2018 – 23 May 2022 Minister for Environment and Natural Resources Joshua Burgoyne Country Liberal 28 August 2024 – present Minister for Lands, Planning and EnvironmentMinister for Water Resources
Renewables Minister Party Term Ministerial title Paul Henderson Labor 30 November 2007 – 3 December 2009 Minister for Climate Change Karl Hampton Labor 4 December 2009 – 28 August 2012 Terry Mills Country Liberal 29 August 2012 – 3 September 2012 4 September 2012 – 20 December 2018: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers Eva Lawler Labor 21 December 2018 – 23 May 2022 Minister for Climate Change Gerard Maley Country Liberal 28 August 2024 – present Minister for Mining and EnergyMinister for Renewables
Parks and Wildlife Minister Party Term Ministerial title Marie-Clare Boothby Country Liberal 28 August 2024 – present Minister for Parks and Wildlife
Former posts Land resource management Minister Party Term Ministerial title Terry Mills Country Liberal 4 September 2012 – 13 December 2012 Minister for Land Resource Management Willem Westra van Holthe Country Liberal 14 December 2012 – 14 February 2016 Gary Higgins Country Liberal 15 February 2016 – 27 August 2016 Michael Gunner Labor 31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016
See also Minister for the Environment and Water (Australia) Minister for Environment (New South Wales) Minister for the Environment (Victoria) Minister for Environment (Western Australia)
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