NT: Senior NT ministers dumped from health, education

AAP General News (Australia)
02-04-2009
NT: Senior NT ministers dumped from health, education

By Tara Ravens

DARWIN, Feb 4 AAP - Two senior ministers in the Northern Territory have been stripped
of their high-profile portfolios in a major cabinet reshuffle, almost six months after
Labor won government.

Aboriginal MP and Deputy Chief Minister Marion Scrymgour has lost the education portfolio
and Chris Burns has been dumped from health.

NT Chief Minister Paul Henderson denied the pair had been demoted as he announced the
changes at a press conference in Darwin.

"It was time to refresh cabinet," he said.

"This …