About us

Department of People, Sport and Culture was established by the Northern Territory (NT) Government on 10 September 2024.

Department of People, Sport and Culture is a multi-functional human services and community-focused agency that works to provide responsive, safe and quality services and programs that empower communities and improve social outcomes for Territorians.

Our agency includes the following divisions:

  • Arts and culture development
  • NDIS implementation and worker screening
  • Archives management
  • Office of youth affairs
  • Disability services
  • Pensioner and carer concessions
  • Women’s policy
  • Library and information services
  • Senior Territorians
  • Multicultural affairs
  • Sport and recreation.

Our minister

Hon Jinson Anto Charls

Our chief executive officer

CEO Samantha Livesley

Our annual reports

View annual reports for the agency prior to it being established.

Our strategic plan

As a department, our vision is for Connected Communities | Thriving Places | Empowered Territorians. Our strategic plan 2021-2025 sets out how we will achieve this through defining our strategic direction, priorities and key deliverables for 2021-2025.

Accompanying our strategic plan is our action plan 2021-22 comprising of 81 key actions for the 2021-22 period. Our action plan will be refreshed annually for the span of our strategic plan. The agency is committed to reporting publicly on its performance against these actions every six months.

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