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Minister for Social Services
The Minister for Social Services is the Australian federal government minister who oversees Australian Government social services, including mental health, families and children's policy, and support for carers and people with disabilities, and seniors.[1] Amanda Rishworth was appointed as minister on 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022.[2]
| Minister for Social Services | |
|---|---|
| Department of Social Services | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Formation | 26 April 1939 |
| Website | ministers |
Portfolio edit
In the Government of Australia, the Ministers administer the portfolio through the Department of Social Services. Other portfolio bodies for which the Ministers are responsible include:
- Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Homelessness
- Community and Disability Services Ministers' Conference
- Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council
- Emergency Relief State Advisory Committees
- National Childcare Accreditation Council Inc.
- National Disability Advisory Council
- National Disability Insurance Agency
- National Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) Coordination and Development Committee (CAD) representatives and Information Sub-committee
- Social Security Appeals Tribunal
List of ministers for social services edit
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Social Services, or any of its precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederick Stewart | United Australia | Menzies | Minister for Social Services | 26 April 1939 | 29 August 1941 | 2 years, 164 days | |
| Fadden | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
| 2 | Jack Holloway | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 21 September 1943 | 1 year, 349 days | ||
| 3 | James Fraser | 21 September 1943 | 6 July 1945 | 2 years, 270 days | ||||
| Forde | 6 July 1934 | 13 July 1945 | ||||||
| Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 18 June 1946 | ||||||
| 4 | Nick McKenna | 18 June 1946 | 19 December 1949 | 3 years, 184 days | ||||
| 5 | Bill Spooner | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 11 May 1951 | 1 year, 143 days | ||
| 6 | Athol Townley | 11 May 1951 | 9 July 1954 | 3 years, 59 days | ||||
| 7 | William McMahon | 9 July 1954 | 28 February 1956 | 1 year, 234 days | ||||
| 8 | Hugh Roberton | Country | 28 February 1956 | 21 January 1965 | 8 years, 328 days | |||
| 9 | Reginald Swartz | Liberal | 21 January 1965 | 22 February 1965 | 32 days | |||
| 10 | Ian Sinclair | Country | 22 February 1965 | 26 January 1966 | 3 years, 6 days | |||
| Holt | 26 January 1966 | 19 December 1967 | ||||||
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 28 February 1968 | ||||||
| 11 | Bill Wentworth | Liberal | 28 February 1968 | 10 March 1971 | 4 years, 281 days | |||
| McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||||||
| 12 | Lance Barnard | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
| 13 | Don Grimes | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Community Services | 13 December 1984 | 16 February 1987 | 2 years, 65 days | |
| 14 | Chris Hurford | 16 February 1987 | 24 July 1987 | 158 days | ||||
| 15 | Neal Blewett | Minister for Community Services and Health | 24 July 1987 | 4 April 1990 | 2 years, 254 days | |||
| 16 | Brian Howe | 4 April 1990 | 7 June 1991 | 3 years, 355 days | ||||
| Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services | 7 June 1991 | 20 December 1991 | ||||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services | 24 March 1993 | 23 December 1993 | ||||||
| Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services | 23 December 1993 | 25 March 1994 | ||||||
| 17 | Carmen Lawrence | Minister for Human Services and Health | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | 1 year, 352 days | |||
| 18 | Michael Wooldridge | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Health and Family Services | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 224 days | |
| 19 | Jocelyn Newman | Minister for Family and Community Services | 21 October 1998 | 30 January 2001 | 2 years, 101 days | |||
| 20 | Amanda Vanstone | 30 January 2001 | 7 October 2003 | 2 years, 250 days | ||||
| 21 | Kay Patterson | 7 October 2003 | 27 January 2006 | 2 years, 112 days | ||||
| 22 | Mal Brough | Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | 27 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 310 days | |||
| 23 | Jenny Macklin | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 5 years, 289 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 December 2011 | ||||||
| Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | 14 December 2011 | 27 June 2013 | ||||||
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| 24 | Kevin Andrews | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Social Services | 18 September 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 1 year, 96 days | |
| 25 | Scott Morrison | 23 December 2014 | 15 September 2015 | 272 days | ||||
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
| 26 | Christian Porter | 21 September 2015 | 20 December 2017 | 2 years, 90 days | ||||
| 27 | Dan Tehan | 20 December 2017 | 28 August 2018 | 251 days | ||||
| 28 | Paul Fletcher | Morrison | Minister for Families and Social Services | 28 August 2018 | 29 May 2019 | 274 days | ||
| 29 | Anne Ruston | 29 May 2019 | 23 May 2022 | 2 years, 359 days | ||||
| 30 | Amanda Rishworth | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Social Services | 1 June 2022 | incumbent | 1 year, 166 days | |
Assistant ministers edit
List of Assistant Ministers for Social Services edit
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Social Services, or any precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitch Fifield | Liberal | Abbott | Assistant Minister for Social Services | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 3 days | |
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
| 2 | Craig Laundy | Liberal | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs | 18 February 2016 | 18 July 2016 | 151 days | |
| 3 | Zed Seselja | Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs | 18 July 2016 | 20 December 2017 | 1 year, 155 days | |||
| For multicultural affairs portfolio, see the Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs | ||||||||
| 4 | Justine Elliot | Labor | Albanese | Assistant Minister for Social Services | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 166 days | |
List of Assistant Ministers for the Prevention of Family Violence edit
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, or any of its precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justine Elliot | Labor | Albanese | Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 166 days | |
Former portfolio ministers edit
List of ministers for major projects edit
List of ministers for urban development edit
List of ministers for aged care edit
Ministers for aged care or ageing were appointed from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1998 to 2013. The portfolio gained a mental health component in 2010. The latter returned to the health portfolio in 2013, with ageing moving to social services. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, or any of its precedent titles:[3] The Turnbull government transferred the aged care portfolio back to the Department of Health in October 2015.
| Order | Minister | Party | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Morris | Labor | Minister for Housing and Aged Care | 19 January 1988 | 15 February 1988 | 27 days | |
| 2 | Peter Staples | 15 February 1988 | 7 May 1990 | 5 years, 64 days | |||
| Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services | 7 May 1990 | 24 March 1993 | |||||
| 3 | Bronwyn Bishop | Liberal | Minister for Aged Care | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 3 years, 36 days | |
| 4 | Kevin Andrews | Minister for Ageing | 26 November 2001 | 7 October 2003 | 1 year, 315 days | ||
| 5 | Julie Bishop | 7 October 2003 | 27 January 2006 | 2 years, 112 days | |||
| 6 | Santo Santoro | 27 January 2006 | 21 March 2007 | 1 year, 53 days | |||
| 7 | Christopher Pyne | 21 March 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 257 days | |||
| 8 | Justine Elliot | Labor | 3 December 2007 | 28 June 2010 | 2 years, 207 days | ||
| 9 | Mark Butler | Minister for Mental Health and Ageing | 28 June 2010 | 1 July 2013 | 3 years, 3 days | ||
| 10 | Jacinta Collins | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | |||
| For subsequent appointments, see the List of Australian ministers for aged care | |||||||
List of ministers for community services edit
A separate outer ministry role of the Minister for Community Services existed between January 2006 and December 2007, supplementing the cabinet role of the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.[4][5]
| Order | Minister | Party | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For previous appointments, see the List of ministers for social services | |||||||
| 1 | John Cobb | National | Minister for Community Services | 27 January 2006 | 30 January 2007 | 1 year, 3 days | |
| 2 | Nigel Scullion | 30 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 307 days | |||
| For subsequent appointments, see the List of ministers for social services | |||||||
List of Assistant Ministers for Children and Families edit
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Children and Families, or any precedent titles:
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Gillespie | The Nationals | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Children and Families | 20 December 2017 | 28 August 2018 | 251 days | |
| 2 | Michelle Landry | Morrison | 28 August 2018 | 23 May 2022 | 3 years, 268 days | |||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Ministers". Department of Social Services. Government of Australia.
- ^ "Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia". pm.gov.au. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d . Parliament of Australia. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Ministerial Arrangements - House Hansard". Parliament of Australia. 7 February 2006.
- ^ "Ministerial Arrangements - House Hansard". Parliament of Australia. 6 February 2007.
External links edit
- Official website