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Minister for Education (Australia)

In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Education administers the Department of Education. The position is held by Labor MP Jason Clare, following the Australian federal election in 2022.[1]

Minister for Education
Incumbent
Jason Clare
since 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Department of Education (Australia)
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holderJohn Gorton (as Minister for Education and Science)
Formation14 December 1966 (1966-12-14)
Websiteministers.education.gov.au/clare

Portfolio scope edit

The Minister is responsible for a number of areas, including:[2]

  • Education policy and programs including schools, vocational, higher education and Indigenous education, but excluding migrant adult education
  • Education and training transitions policy and programs
  • Science awareness programs in schools
  • Training, including apprenticeships and training services
  • Policy, co-ordination and support for education exports and services
  • Income support policies and programs for students and apprentices

List of ministers for education edit

The persons who have been Ministers for Education are as follows:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 John Gorton   Liberal Menzies Minister in charge of Commonwealth Activities in Education and Research under the Prime Minister 18 December 1963 (1963-12-18) 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) 4 years, 23 days
Holt 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) 14 December 1966 (1966-12-14)
Minister for Education and Science 14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19)
McEwen 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)
Gorton 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28)
2 Malcolm Fraser 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28) 12 November 1969 (1969-11-12) 1 year, 257 days
3 Nigel Bowen 12 November 1969 (1969-11-12) 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) 3 years, 22 days
McMahon 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) 22 March 1971 (1971-03-22)
4 David Fairbairn 22 March 1971 (1971-03-22) 20 August 1971 (1971-08-20) 151 days
n/a Malcolm Fraser 20 August 1971 (1971-08-20) 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) 1 year, 107 days
5 Gough Whitlam1 Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 14 days
6 Kim Beazley, Snr. Minister for Education 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 2 years, 327 days
7 Margaret Guilfoyle Liberal Fraser 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 41 days
8 John Carrick 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 8 December 1979 (1979-12-08) 3 years, 351 days
9 Wal Fife 8 December 1979 (1979-12-08) 7 May 1982 (1982-05-07) 2 years, 150 days
10 Peter Baume 7 May 1982 (1982-05-07) 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) 308 days
11 Susan Ryan Labor Hawke Minister for Education and Youth Affairs 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 4 years, 135 days
Minister for Education 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)
12 John Dawkins Minister for Employment, Education and Training 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 4 years, 156 days
Keating 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)
13 Kim Beazley 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) 1 year, 361 days
14 Simon Crean 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 4 years, 75 days
15 Amanda Vanstone Liberal Howard Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) 1 year, 212 days
16 David Kemp Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) 4 years, 48 days
17 Brendan Nelson Minister for Education, Science and Training 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 4 years, 62 days
18 Julie Bishop 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 1 year, 310 days
19 Julia Gillard Labor Rudd Minister for Education 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 24 June 2010 2 years, 207 days
Gillard 24 June 2010 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)2
n/a Simon Crean 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) 78 days
20 Peter Garrett Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) 2 years, 290 days
21 Bill Shorten Rudd Minister for Education 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 79 days
22 Christopher Pyne Liberal Abbott 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) 2 years, 3 days
Minister for Education and Training 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
Turnbull 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)
23 Simon Birmingham 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 2 years, 341 days
Morrison 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
24 Dan Tehan Minister for Education 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 2 years, 116 days
25 Alan Tudge Minister for Education and Youth 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 2 December 2021 (2021-12-02) 345 days
(acting) Stuart Robert 2 December 2021 (2021-12-02) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 172 days
26 Jason Clare Labor Albanese Minister for Education 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) Incumbent 1 year, 218 days

Notes

1 Whitlam was part of a two-man ministry comprising himself and Lance Barnard for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned.
2 Despite the First Rudd Ministry ending on 24 June 2010, Gillard was Minister for Education for four days in her first ministry, between 24 June and 28 June 2010, when the revised ministry was commissioned.

List of ministers for youth edit

There have been several portfolios to include the term "youth", sometimes separate from or under education portfolios. The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers with various titles that have included the word "youth":[3]

Order Minister Party affiliation Prime Minister Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Ian Viner   Liberal Fraser Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs 5 December 1978 (1978-12-05) 16 April 1981 (1981-04-16) 2 years, 132 days
2 Neil Brown   16 April 1981 (1981-04-16) 7 May 1982 (1982-05-07) 1 year, 21 days
3 Susan Ryan   Labor Hawke Minister for Education and Youth Affairs 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 1 year, 277 days
4 John Dawkins   Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Youth Affairs 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 2 years, 223 days
5 Clyde Holding   Minister for Employment Services and Youth Affairs 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 19 January 1988 (1988-01-19) 179 days
6 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal Howard Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) 1 year, 212 days
7 David Kemp   9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 5 years, 260 days
  Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26)
8 Larry Anthony   National Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) 2 years, 335 days
9 Kate Ellis   Labor Rudd Minister for Youth 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 9 June 2009 (2009-06-09) 2 years, 207 days
  Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth 9 June 2009 (2009-06-09) 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)
10 Peter Garrett   Gillard Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) 26 June 2013 (2013-06-26) 2 years, 363 days
n/a Kate Ellis   Rudd Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 79 days
11 Richard Colbeck Liberal Morrison Minister for Youth and Sport 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 1 year, 207 days
12 Alan Tudge Minister for Education and Youth 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 2 December 2021 345 days
13 Anne Aly Labor Albanese Minister for Youth
Minister for Early Childhood Education
1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) Incumbent 1 year, 218 days

List of ministers for vocational education and skills edit

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, or any of its precedent titles:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Ross Free Labor Keating Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training 24 March 1993 11 March 1996 3 years, 18 days
2 David Kemp   Liberal Howard 11 March 1996 6 October 1997 1 year, 209 days
3 Chris Ellison   6 October 1997 21 October 1998 1 year, 15 days
4 Gary Hardgrave   Liberal Howard Minister for Vocational and Technical Education 22 October 2004 23 January 2007 2 years, 93 days
5 Andrew Robb   Minister for Vocational and Further Education 23 January 2007 3 December 2007 314 days
6 Chris Evans Labor Gillard Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 14 September 2010 14 December 2011 2 years, 172 days
Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs, Science and Research 14 December 2011 2 February 2013
7 Chris Bowen 2 February 2013 22 March 2013 48 days
8 Craig Emerson 25 March 2013 26 June 2013 93 days
9 Kim Carr Rudd Minister for Higher Education 1 July 2013 18 September 2013 79 days
10 Luke Hartsuyker National Turnbull Minister for Vocational Education and Skills 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) 150 days
11 Scott Ryan Liberal 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) 19 July 2016 7 years, 321 days

List of assistant ministers edit

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Education and Training, or any of its precedent titles:[3]

Order Minister Party affiliation Prime Minister Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Sharon Bird Labor Gillard Minister for Higher Education and Skills 25 March 2013 (2013-03-25) 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) 98 days
2 Sussan Ley Liberal Abbott Assistant Minister for Education 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) 1 year, 96 days
3 Simon Birmingham Assistant Minister for Education and Training 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 272 days
Turnbull 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)
4 Anthony Chisholm Labor Albanese Assistant Minister for Education 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) Incumbent 1 year, 218 days

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Press Conference – Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia". pm.gov.au. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. ^ (PDF). Government of Australia. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2007.(Part 6, p14)
  3. ^ a b c d "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

External links edit

  • Official website

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In the Government of Australia the Minister for Education administers the Department of Education The position is held by Labor MP Jason Clare following the Australian federal election in 2022 1 Minister for EducationCommonwealth Coat of ArmsFlag of AustraliaIncumbentJason Claresince 1 June 2022 2022 06 01 Department of Education Australia StyleThe HonourableAppointerGovernor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of AustraliaInaugural holderJohn Gorton as Minister for Education and Science Formation14 December 1966 1966 12 14 Websiteministers wbr education wbr gov wbr au wbr clare Contents 1 Portfolio scope 2 List of ministers for education 3 List of ministers for youth 4 List of ministers for vocational education and skills 5 List of assistant ministers 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPortfolio scope editThe Minister is responsible for a number of areas including 2 Education policy and programs including schools vocational higher education and Indigenous education but excluding migrant adult education Education and training transitions policy and programs Science awareness programs in schools Training including apprenticeships and training services Policy co ordination and support for education exports and services Income support policies and programs for students and apprenticesList of ministers for education editThe persons who have been Ministers for Education are as follows 3 Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office1 John Gorton Liberal Menzies Minister in charge of Commonwealth Activities in Education and Research under the Prime Minister 18 December 1963 1963 12 18 26 January 1966 1966 01 26 4 years 23 daysHolt 26 January 1966 1966 01 26 14 December 1966 1966 12 14 Minister for Education and Science 14 December 1966 1966 12 14 19 December 1967 1967 12 19 McEwen 19 December 1967 1967 12 19 10 January 1968 1968 01 10 Gorton 10 January 1968 1968 01 10 28 February 1968 1968 02 28 2 Malcolm Fraser 28 February 1968 1968 02 28 12 November 1969 1969 11 12 1 year 257 days3 Nigel Bowen 12 November 1969 1969 11 12 10 March 1971 1971 03 10 3 years 22 daysMcMahon 10 March 1971 1971 03 10 22 March 1971 1971 03 22 4 David Fairbairn 22 March 1971 1971 03 22 20 August 1971 1971 08 20 151 daysn a Malcolm Fraser 20 August 1971 1971 08 20 5 December 1972 1972 12 05 1 year 107 days5 Gough Whitlam1 Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 1972 12 05 19 December 1972 1972 12 19 14 days6 Kim Beazley Snr Minister for Education 19 December 1972 1972 12 19 11 November 1975 1975 11 11 2 years 327 days7 Margaret Guilfoyle Liberal Fraser 11 November 1975 1975 11 11 22 December 1975 1975 12 22 41 days8 John Carrick 22 December 1975 1975 12 22 8 December 1979 1979 12 08 3 years 351 days9 Wal Fife 8 December 1979 1979 12 08 7 May 1982 1982 05 07 2 years 150 days10 Peter Baume 7 May 1982 1982 05 07 11 March 1983 1983 03 11 308 days11 Susan Ryan Labor Hawke Minister for Education and Youth Affairs 11 March 1983 1983 03 11 13 December 1984 1984 12 13 4 years 135 daysMinister for Education 13 December 1984 1984 12 13 24 July 1987 1987 07 24 12 John Dawkins Minister for Employment Education and Training 24 July 1987 1987 07 24 20 December 1991 1991 12 20 4 years 156 daysKeating 20 December 1991 1991 12 20 27 December 1991 1991 12 27 13 Kim Beazley 27 December 1991 1991 12 27 23 December 1993 1993 12 23 1 year 361 days14 Simon Crean 23 December 1993 1993 12 23 11 March 1996 1996 03 11 4 years 75 days15 Amanda Vanstone Liberal Howard Minister for Employment Education Training and Youth Affairs 11 March 1996 1996 03 11 9 October 1997 1997 10 09 1 year 212 days16 David Kemp Minister for Education Training and Youth Affairs 9 October 1997 1997 10 09 26 November 2001 2001 11 26 4 years 48 days17 Brendan Nelson Minister for Education Science and Training 26 November 2001 2001 11 26 27 January 2006 2006 01 27 4 years 62 days18 Julie Bishop 27 January 2006 2006 01 27 3 December 2007 2007 12 03 1 year 310 days19 Julia Gillard Labor Rudd Minister for Education 3 December 2007 2007 12 03 24 June 2010 2 years 207 daysGillard 24 June 2010 28 June 2010 2010 06 28 2n a Simon Crean 28 June 2010 2010 06 28 14 September 2010 2010 09 14 78 days20 Peter Garrett Minister for School Education Early Childhood and Youth 14 September 2010 2010 09 14 1 July 2013 2013 07 01 2 years 290 days21 Bill Shorten Rudd Minister for Education 1 July 2013 2013 07 01 18 September 2013 2013 09 18 79 days22 Christopher Pyne Liberal Abbott 18 September 2013 2013 09 18 23 December 2014 2014 12 23 2 years 3 daysMinister for Education and Training 23 December 2014 2014 12 23 15 September 2015 2015 09 15 Turnbull 15 September 2015 2015 09 15 21 September 2015 2015 09 21 23 Simon Birmingham 21 September 2015 2015 09 21 24 August 2018 2018 08 24 2 years 341 daysMorrison 24 August 2018 2018 08 24 28 August 2018 2018 08 28 24 Dan Tehan Minister for Education 28 August 2018 2018 08 28 22 December 2020 2020 12 22 2 years 116 days25 Alan Tudge Minister for Education and Youth 22 December 2020 2020 12 22 2 December 2021 2021 12 02 345 days acting Stuart Robert 2 December 2021 2021 12 02 23 May 2022 2022 05 23 172 days26 Jason Clare Labor Albanese Minister for Education 1 June 2022 2022 06 01 Incumbent 1 year 218 daysNotes 1 Whitlam was part of a two man ministry comprising himself and Lance Barnard for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned 2 Despite the First Rudd Ministry ending on 24 June 2010 Gillard was Minister for Education for four days in her first ministry between 24 June and 28 June 2010 when the revised ministry was commissioned List of ministers for youth editThere have been several portfolios to include the term youth sometimes separate from or under education portfolios The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers with various titles that have included the word youth 3 Order Minister Party affiliation Prime Minister Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office1 Ian Viner Liberal Fraser Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs 5 December 1978 1978 12 05 16 April 1981 1981 04 16 2 years 132 days2 Neil Brown 16 April 1981 1981 04 16 7 May 1982 1982 05 07 1 year 21 days3 Susan Ryan Labor Hawke Minister for Education and Youth Affairs 11 March 1983 1983 03 11 13 December 1984 1984 12 13 1 year 277 days4 John Dawkins Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Youth Affairs 13 December 1984 1984 12 13 24 July 1987 1987 07 24 2 years 223 days5 Clyde Holding Minister for Employment Services and Youth Affairs 24 July 1987 1987 07 24 19 January 1988 1988 01 19 179 days6 Amanda Vanstone Liberal Howard Minister for Employment Education Training and Youth Affairs 11 March 1996 1996 03 11 9 October 1997 1997 10 09 1 year 212 days7 David Kemp 9 October 1997 1997 10 09 21 October 1998 1998 10 21 5 years 260 days Minister for Education Training and Youth Affairs 21 October 1998 1998 10 21 26 November 2001 2001 11 26 8 Larry Anthony National Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 26 November 2001 2001 11 26 26 October 2004 2004 10 26 2 years 335 days9 Kate Ellis Labor Rudd Minister for Youth 3 December 2007 2007 12 03 9 June 2009 2009 06 09 2 years 207 days Minister for Early Childhood Education Childcare and Youth 9 June 2009 2009 06 09 28 June 2010 2010 06 28 10 Peter Garrett Gillard Minister for School Education Early Childhood and Youth 28 June 2010 2010 06 28 26 June 2013 2013 06 26 2 years 363 daysn a Kate Ellis Rudd Minister for Early Childhood Childcare and Youth 1 July 2013 2013 07 01 18 September 2013 2013 09 18 79 days11 Richard Colbeck Liberal Morrison Minister for Youth and Sport 29 May 2019 2019 05 29 22 December 2020 2020 12 22 1 year 207 days12 Alan Tudge Minister for Education and Youth 22 December 2020 2020 12 22 2 December 2021 345 days13 Anne Aly Labor Albanese Minister for YouthMinister for Early Childhood Education 1 June 2022 2022 06 01 Incumbent 1 year 218 daysList of ministers for vocational education and skills editThe following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Vocational Education and Skills or any of its precedent titles 3 Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office1 Ross Free Labor Keating Minister for Schools Vocational Education and Training 24 March 1993 11 March 1996 3 years 18 days2 David Kemp Liberal Howard 11 March 1996 6 October 1997 1 year 209 days3 Chris Ellison 6 October 1997 21 October 1998 1 year 15 days4 Gary Hardgrave Liberal Howard Minister for Vocational and Technical Education 22 October 2004 23 January 2007 2 years 93 days5 Andrew Robb Minister for Vocational and Further Education 23 January 2007 3 December 2007 314 days6 Chris Evans Labor Gillard Minister for Tertiary Education Skills Jobs and Workplace Relations 14 September 2010 14 December 2011 2 years 172 daysMinister for Tertiary Education Skills Jobs Science and Research 14 December 2011 2 February 20137 Chris Bowen 2 February 2013 22 March 2013 48 days8 Craig Emerson 25 March 2013 26 June 2013 93 days9 Kim Carr Rudd Minister for Higher Education 1 July 2013 18 September 2013 79 days10 Luke Hartsuyker National Turnbull Minister for Vocational Education and Skills 21 September 2015 2015 09 21 18 February 2016 2016 02 18 150 days11 Scott Ryan Liberal 18 February 2016 2016 02 18 19 July 2016 7 years 321 daysList of assistant ministers editThe following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Education and Training or any of its precedent titles 3 Order Minister Party affiliation Prime Minister Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office1 Sharon Bird Labor Gillard Minister for Higher Education and Skills 25 March 2013 2013 03 25 1 July 2013 2013 07 01 98 days2 Sussan Ley Liberal Abbott Assistant Minister for Education 18 September 2013 2013 09 18 23 December 2014 2014 12 23 1 year 96 days3 Simon Birmingham Assistant Minister for Education and Training 23 December 2014 2014 12 23 15 September 2015 2015 09 15 272 daysTurnbull 15 September 2015 2015 09 15 21 September 2015 2015 09 21 4 Anthony Chisholm Labor Albanese Assistant Minister for Education 1 June 2022 2022 06 01 Incumbent 1 year 218 daysSee also editMinister for Education Victoria Minister for Youth Victoria Minister for Youth Western Australia Minister for Youth New South Wales References edit Press Conference Parliament House Canberra Prime Minister of Australia pm gov au 23 May 2022 Retrieved 27 May 2022 Administrative Arrangement Order PDF Government of Australia 3 December 2007 Archived from the original PDF on 11 May 2008 Retrieved 15 December 2007 Part 6 p14 a b c d Ministries and Cabinets 43rd Parliamentary Handbook Historical information on the Australian Parliament Parliament of Australia 2010 Retrieved 9 January 2015 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Minister for Education Australia amp oldid 1181494119, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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