Welcome to the Department of Business and Employment

In recent changes to the structure of the public service, a new department called the Department of Business and Employment (DBE) has been formed.

DBE is a combination of parts of the Department of Business, Economic and Regional Development, the Employment Division of the Department of Employment, Education and Training, and all of the Department of Corporate and Information Services.

The department will have a strong role in supporting new and existing businesses in the Territory through services like the Territory Business Centres and our Upskills programs. It will also have a strong focus on ensuring business has an adequate workforce through programs that involve the attraction of workers from interstate and overseas, providing support for Indigenous employment programs and ensuring that we understand current and emerging needs of business and industry and feed this information into the development of training programs.

An important challenge is the development of clear strategies with business and the community to improve e-government initiatives across all sectors to make it easier for people and business to engage with government and to improve delivery of core government services in regional and remote areas.