NT New Composition and Disciplinary Procedure Requirements for the Electrical Safety Board

Attorney-General Legislation Amendment (Boards, Committees and Statutory Offices) Bill 2026

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Introduced by: The Hon Marie-Clare Boothby MLA (CLP)

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Electrical Safety Board must include a lawyer with at least 3 years of experience in the Territory.
The legal member must preside over meetings about disciplinary action; a quorum of 3 members is required.
The Board can pass disciplinary resolutions without a meeting if two specific members agree in writing.
The Auditor-General must audit every Public Trustee common fund within 6 months of the financial year ending.
The Public Trustee must give the Attorney-General an operations report after the Auditor-General finishes an audit.
The law removes the prevention of child deaths provisions from the Care and Protection of Children Act 2007.
The law removes the Health and Community Services Complaints Review Committee.

The Debate

What different members said when this bill was debated:

Marie-Clare Boothby CLP

“Mr Deputy Speaker, I move that the Bill be now read a second time.”

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Chanston Paech ALP

“Mr Deputy Speaker, the Bill before parliament is another example of the CLP government not only retreating from transparency, accountability and collaboration, but actively dismantling the structures that provide them.”

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Andrew Mackay CLP

“Mr Deputy Speaker, today, we are presenting another Bill designed to cut red tape in the Northern Territory and to get rid of overarching bureaucracy that is not needed or is not functioning or serving its purpose. This Finocchiaro CLP government was elected just under two years ago with a mandate to get the Territory moving.”

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