In 1993, the Northern Territory Government demonstrated its commitment to equal employment opportunity through enacting the Public Sector Employment and Management Act. This Act requires Chief Executive Officers to initiate equity programs within their Agencies. The Anti-Discrimination Act of 1992 establishes grounds for both employees and clients to complain against any action that they believe is discriminatory. This Equity and Merit Management Plan outlines the kinds of activity that I believe will establish the Department as a model of both 'best practice' public sector management and non-discriminatory service delivery.