1978 - 1982
On 5 July 1978, following self government, the Auditor‑General for the Commonwealth of Australia was appointed as the
Auditor‑General for the Northern Territory.
A branch of the Commonwealth Audit Office was maintained in Darwin with an average of 16 staff, including 12 professional
auditors who were fully engaged in field audits.
Mr Duncan Steele Craik was the Auditor‑General for the Northern Territory from 1978 to 1981, and Mr Keith Frederick Brigden
from 1981 until 1982 at which time the first Northern Territory resident Auditor‑General was appointed.
1982 - Current
In 1982 the Northern Territory Government appointed the first resident Auditor‑General,
Mr Graham Carpenter. At this time arrangements were established to permit the maximum involvement of private accounting
and audit firms in conducting audits of the public sector. This model has remained substantially unchanged to this day.
The resident Auditors-General for the Northern Territory were:
Mr Graham Carpenter (1982 - 1984)
Mr Elliott Isaacson (1984 - 1994)
Mr Iain Summers (1994 - 2002)
Mr Otto Alder - Acting AG (April 2002 - July 2002)
Mr Mike Blake (2002 - 2004)
Mr Ken Simpson - Acting AG (May 2004 - September 2004)
