Minister for Public Service

The Northern Territory Minister for Public Employment is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory. The minister administers their portfolio through the Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment.^[1]

Minister for Public Employment
Incumbent Gerry McCarthy since 12 September 2016
Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Administrator of the Northern Territory

The Minister is responsible for the development and coordination of public and private employment strategies, industrial relations and the public sector.^[1]

The current minister is Paul Kirby (Labor). He was sworn in on 8 September 2020 following the Labor victory at the 2020 election.^[1]

List of ministers for public employment

Minister		Party	Term [2][3][4][5][6]	Ministerial title
	Shane Stone	Country Liberal	13 November 1990 – 29 November 1992	Minister for Public Employment
	Fred Finch	Country Liberal	30 November 1992 – 14 June 1994
	Eric Poole	Country Liberal	18 July 1994 – 30 June 1995
	Fred Finch	Country Liberal	1 July 1995 – 1 July 1997
	Shane Stone	Country Liberal	2 July 1997 – 14 September 1997
	Mike Reed	Country Liberal	15 September 1997 – 8 February 1999
	Daryl Manzie	Country Liberal	9 February 1999 – 30 January 2000	Minister for Public Employment and Industrial Relations
	Mike Reed	Country Liberal	31 January 2000 – 26 August 2001
27 August 2001 – 10 July 2005: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
	Chris Burns	Labor	11 July 2005 – 31 August 2006	Minister for Public Employment
	Paul Henderson	Labor	1 September 2006 – 29 November 2007
	Delia Lawrie	Labor	30 November 2007 – 17 August 2008
	Rob Knight	Labor	18 August 2008 – 3 December 2009
	Chris Burns	Labor	4 December 2009 – 28 August 2012
	Terry Mills	Country Liberal	29 August 2012 – 1 October 2012
	Robyn Lambley	Country Liberal	14 December 2012 – 6 March 2013
	Willem Westra van Holthe	Country Liberal	7 March 2013 – 13 March 2013
	Adam Giles	Country Liberal	14 March 2013 – 19 March 2013
	John Elferink	Country Liberal	20 March 2013 – 10 February 2015
	Willem Westra van Holthe	Country Liberal	11 February 2015 – 14 February 2016
	Peter Styles	Country Liberal	15 February 2016 – 27 August 2016
	Michael Gunner	Labor	31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016
	Gerry McCarthy	Labor	12 September 2016 – 7 September 2020
	Paul Kirby	Labor	8 September 2020 – present

Former posts

Employment

Minister		Party	Term [2][3][4][5][6]	Ministerial title
	Shane Stone	Country Liberal	13 November 1990 – 19 December 1991	Minister for Employment and Training
20 December 1991 – 26 August 2001: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
	Syd Stirling	Labor	27 August 2001 – 31 August 2006	Minister for Employment, Education and Training
	Paul Henderson	Labor	1 September 2006 – 29 November 2007
	Marion Scrymgour	Labor	30 November 2007 – 17 August 2008
	Kon Vatskalis	Labor	18 August 2008 – 3 February 2009	Minister for Business and Employment
	Paul Henderson	Labor	4 February 2009 – 3 December 2009	Minister for Major Projects, Employment and Economic Development
	Rob Knight	Labor	4 December 2009 – 27 October 2011	Minister for Business and Employment
	Delia Lawrie	Labor	28 October 2011 – 28 August 2012
	Terry Mills	Country Liberal	29 August 2012 – 3 September 2012
	Peter Chandler	Country Liberal	4 September 2012 – 6 March 2013	Minister for Employment and Training
	Robyn Lambley	Country Liberal	7 March 2013 – 13 March 2013
	Dave Tollner	Country Liberal	14 March 2013 – 21 August 2014
	Adam Giles	Country Liberal	22 August 2014 – 11 December 2014
	Robyn Lambley	Country Liberal	12 December 2014 – 3 February 2015
	John Elferink	Country Liberal	4 February 2015 – 10 February 2015
	Peter Styles	Country Liberal	11 February 2015 – 27 August 2016
	Michael Gunner	Labor	31 August 2016 – 11 September 2016

Industrial relations

Minister		Party	Term [2][3][4][5][6]	Ministerial title
	Mike Reed	Country Liberal	15 September 1997 – 8 February 1999	Minister for Industrial Relations
	Daryl Manzie	Country Liberal	9 February 1999 – 3 August 1999	Minister for Public Employment and Industrial Relations
	Mike Reed	Country Liberal	31 January 2000 – 26 August 2001