Fifth Martin Ministry

The Fifth Martin Ministry was the 46th ministry to come from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. It served as an interim ministry after the Australian Labor Party's victory in the 2005 election. It was made necessary as the experienced John Ah Kit had retired at the election, and Chief Minister Clare Martin was reluctant to force new and inexperienced ministers to have to carry the budget through estimates committees in their first weeks on the job. As a result, Ah Kit's entire workload passed to the already heavily loaded Paul Henderson for a little over two weeks from 24 June 2005 until 11 July 2005, when the full ministry was sworn in.

Office	Minister
Chief Minister Minister for Tourism Minister for Territory Development Minister for the AustralAsia Railway Minister for Indigenous Affairs Minister for Arts and Museums Minister for Young Territorians Minister for Women's Policy Minister for Senior Territorians	Hon Clare Martin, MLA
Deputy Chief Minister and Treasurer Minister for Employment, Education and Training Minister for Racing, Gaming and Licensing	Hon Syd Stirling, MLA
Minister for Justice and Attorney-General Minister for Health Minister for Central Australia	Hon Dr Peter Toyne, MLA
Leader of Government Business Minister for Business and Industry Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services Minister for Defence Support Minister for Asian Relations and Trade Minister for Corporate and Information Services Minister for Communications Minister for Community Development Minister for Housing Minister for Local Government Minister for Sport and Recreation Minister for Regional Development Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Indigenous Affairs	Hon Paul Henderson, MLA
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Minister for Lands and Planning Minister for Parks and Wildlife Minister for Essential Services	Hon Dr Chris Burns, MLA
Minister for Mines and Energy Minister for Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister for Multicultural Affairs	Hon Kon Vatskalis, MLA
Minister for Family Community Services Minister for the Environment and Heritage Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Young Territorians, Women's Policy and Senior Territorians	Hon Marion Scrymgour, MLA

References

Ministries of the 10th Assembly (Legislative Assembly]
Carment, David (December 2005). "Australian Political Chronicle: January-June 2005". Australian Journal of Politics and History 51 (4): 622. ISSN 0004-9522. (under "Election Aftermath")
Carment, David (June 2006). "Australian Political Chronicle: January-June 2005". Australian Journal of Politics and History 52 (2): 327–328. ISSN 0004-9522. (under "The New Ministry")

Preceded by Fourth Martin Ministry	Fifth Martin Ministry 2005	Succeeded by Sixth Martin Ministry