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Appointer Administrator of the Northern Territory | ||
The Northern Territory Minister for Environment and Natural Resources is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory. The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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 Environment and Natural Resources also has responsibilities for Aboriginal sacred sites, and oversees the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority.
The current minister is Lauren Moss (Labor). She was sworn in on 12 September 2016 following the Labor victory at the 2016 election. The ministry was expanded at that time to include the responsibilities of the formerly distinct Land Resource Management ministry.