General policies
Policies on this page are general department policies. The documents are in PDF format, refer to the Help page if you require assistance in viewing them.
Communications management
- Communicating with commonwealth and state governments
- Media liaison
- Use of official information
- Public comment by public servants - guidelines
- Disclosure of information to federal politicians
- Assistance to members of the opposition and backbench members of the NT Legislative Assembly
- Distribution of questionable books and pamphlets in schools and colleges
- Release of student information
- Requests for information by the Department of Social Security
- Research approvals
- Private use of official facilities and equipment - departmental policy
- Private interests and public duty obligations of public sector employees undertaking outside employment and/or who have private pecuniary interests
- Telephones, reverse-charge calls, new connections and semi-official telephones
- Departmental communications networks - access and security
Curriculum and studies
- NT Board of Studies (NTBOS)
Document standards
- Departmental editorial and publishing standards
- Use of departmental and government logos
- Use of Macquarie dictionary as final arbiter of spelling
- Security of confidential documents
- Departmental bereavement notices
- Distribution of material to Northern Territory schools and within department
- Consistency of corporate presentation - departmental name
- Consistency of corporate presentation in correspondence
- Electronic publishing
- Copyright computer software
- Copyright of radio and television broadcasts intended for educational purposes
- Reproduction of copyright print material
Emergency management
Health issues
- Alcohol consumption on departmental premises
- Administration of medications to students with notified medical conditions