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NT Electoral Commission

https://ntec.nt.gov.au/

Annual Budget

$5M

2025-26 Budget
Flat vs prior year
Staff

15

Headcount (2024-25)
Key Documents & Links
Ideas relevant to this department

12 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

STRATEGY SUMMARY

Provide independent and high quality electoral services scheduled to Territorians. [CP p.7]

PURPOSE

Provide independent and high quality electoral services scheduled to Territorians. [CP p.7]

Strategic priorities

· 4

1

The delivery of the 2025 Local Government Elections

2

The publication of the 2024 Territory Election report and individual council reports following the local government elec

The publication of the 2024 Territory Election report and individual council reports following the local government elections

3

Developing the NTEC electoral reform program

4

Resetting the NTEC Strategic Plan (2026–2030)

Outcomes

· 6

Outcome 1: Legislative Assembly and local government elections

Conducting Legislative Assembly and local government elections

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • conducting Legislative Assembly and local government elections
  • participating in, and providing secretariat support for Legislative Assembly electoral boundary redistributions and local government representation reviews

Outcome 2: Financial disclosure

Coordinating financial disclosure requirements of candidates, political parties, associated entities and third party campaigners

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • coordinating financial disclosure requirements of candidates, political parties, associated entities and third party campaigners

Outcome 3: Education and engagement

Education and engagement

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • education and engagement

Outcome 4: Fee-for-service elections

Conducting fee-for-service elections, including enterprise agreement ballots

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • conducting fee-for-service elections, including enterprise agreement ballots

Outcome 5: Election expertise, research and systems management

Providing election expertise, undertaking research and election systems management

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • providing election expertise, undertaking research and election systems management

Outcome 6: Corporate management

Corporate management

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • corporate management

Values

· 4

Collaborate

Integrity

Professional

Trust

Performance measures

· 1

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

CCE01

Voter turnout

Stability or improvement

68.5%

Annual Report 2024-25 · p.17
Partially achieved

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 12

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

NTEC-Annual-Report-2023-24.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

NTEC-Annual-Report-2023-24.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

submission-to-the-joint-standing-committee-on-electoral-matters-13112020.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

submission-to-the-joint-standing-committee-on-electoral-matters-13112020.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

ntec-annual-report-2024-25.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

ntec-annual-report-2024-25.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2020-2021-annual-report.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2020-2021-annual-report.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

NTEC-Annual-Report-2023-24.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

NTEC-Annual-Report-2023-24.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

submission-to-the-joint-standing-committee-on-electoral-matters-13112020.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

submission-to-the-joint-standing-committee-on-electoral-matters-13112020.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

ntec-annual-report-2024-25.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

ntec-annual-report-2024-25.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2022-2023-Annual-Report.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2020-2021-annual-report.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2020-2021-annual-report.pdf)

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