Territory Politicians and Public Sector Executives have now received formal notification of their immediate three-year pay freeze.

The freeze will save $25million over three years.

It’s one of more than 70 measures being implemented by the Territory Labor Government as part of April’s plan to fix the budget and return to surplus in 2027/28.

While tough decisions like the pay freeze have been made, the plan protects front-line workers like teachers, nurses and police and will include important reforms to maximise private investment and create local jobs.

It will ensure Government can continue investing in local jobs, generational change and tackling crime.

 Quote from Treasurer Nicole Manison:

"We have a plan to fix the budget so we can keep investing in local jobs. We are doing what we said we would do.

“We had to take action after being left with an $876million deficit by the former CLP Government, inheriting a declining economy post the INPEX construction phase, and having over $500million cut from our GST by the Federal Government.

“Unlike the CLP who cut teacher jobs, cut the Arafura games, cut funding for youth justice and increased power prices 30%, we are ensuring that it is the politicians and executives who do the heavy lifting to fix the budget.”

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