Regional minister (New South Wales)
In New South Wales, regional ministers have been appointed since 1995 on a part-time basis as part of the Government of New South Wales. Each minister has other departmental responsibilities, as well as specific responsibilities for one of the regions of New South Wales. The ministries with regional responsibilities first appeared in 2000 during the Carr Labor Government with a position looking after the Central Coast, this would later be expanded by the Iemma Labor Government from 2005 and O'Farrell Coalition Government in 2011 to five different positions including Western Sydney.[1][2]
In 2015, the number of ministers was reduced to just three ministers: the Minister for Regional Development, the Minister for Western New South Wales and the Minister for Western Sydney.[3] In the first Berejiklian ministry the portfolio of regional development changed to Regional New South Wales and a fourth regional portfolio created, Regional Water. Following the 2019 state election the ministries were rearranged, with the portfolio of Regional Water abolished and two new regional portfolios, Regional Transport and Roads and Regional Youth, bringing the total to five with effect from 2 April 2019.[4] A sixth portfolio, Regional Health, was created in the second Perrottet ministry.[2]
Current ministers
In the second Perrottet ministry there are six ministers with specific regional responsibility:
Central Coast
| Title | Minister[2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister Assisting the Premier for the Central Coast | John Della Bosca | Labor | Carr (3) | 31 March 2000 | 2 April 2003 | 4 years, 296 days | ||
| Minister for the Central Coast | Carr (4) | 2 April 2003 | 21 January 2005 | |||||
| Grant McBride | Iemma (1) | 21 January 2005 | 2 April 2007 | 2 years, 71 days | ||||
| John Della Bosca | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007 | 1 September 2009 | 2 years, 152 days | ||||
| John Hatzistergos | Rees | 1 September 2009 | 14 September 2009 | 13 days | ||||
| Nathan Rees | Keneally | 14 September 2009 | 8 December 2009 | 85 days | ||||
| Ian Macdonald | 8 December 2009 | 5 June 2010 | 179 days | |||||
| John Robertson | 5 June 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 296 days | |||||
| Chris Hartcher | Liberal | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 4 December 2013 | 2 years, 245 days | |||
| Mike Gallacher | O'Farrell Baird (1) | 9 December 2013 | 2 May 2014 | 144 days | ||||
| Rob Stokes | Baird (1) | 6 May 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 331 days | ||||
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter and Central Coast | Scot MacDonald | Baird (2) | 24 April 2015 | 23 January 2017 | 1 year, 274 days | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and the Central Coast | Berejiklian (1) | 1 February 2017 | 5 April 2017 | 63 days | ||||
| Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, the Central Coast and the Hunter | 5 April 2017 | 1 March 2019 | 1 year, 330 days | |||||
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast | Adam Crouch | Liberal | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 20 December 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 3 years, 10 days | [5] | |
| Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | ||||||
Regional New South Wales
The following individuals have served as Minister for Regional New South Wales or any precedent titles:
| Title | Minister [2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Regional Development | Ray Chappell | National | Fahey (3) | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | 1 year, 313 days | ||
| Minister for Small Business and Regional Development | Carl Scully | Labor | Carr (1) | 4 April 1995 | 15 December 1995 | 255 days | ||
| Minister for State and Regional Development | Michael Egan | 15 December 1995 | 1 December 1997 | 1 year, 351 days | ||||
| Minister for Regional Development | Harry Woods | Carr (2) (3) | 1 December 1997 | 2 April 2003 | 5 years, 122 days | |||
| David Campbell | Carr (4) Iemma (1) | 2 April 2003 | 2 April 2007 | 4 years, 0 days | ||||
| Tony Kelly | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007 | 5 September 2008 | 1 year, 156 days | ||||
| Phil Costa | Rees | 8 September 2008 | 4 December 2009 | 1 year, 87 days | ||||
| Minister for State and Regional Development | Ian Macdonald | Keneally | 8 December 2009 | 5 June 2010 | 179 days | |||
| Eric Roozendaal | 5 June 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 296 days | |||||
| Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services | Andrew Stoner | National | O'Farrell Baird (1) | 28 March 2011 | 17 October 2014 | 3 years, 203 days | ||
| Troy Grant | Baird (1) | 17 October 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 167 days | ||||
| Minister for Regional Development | John Barilaro | Baird (2) | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 6 years, 187 days | |||
| Minister for Regional New South Wales | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 2 April 2019 | |||||
| Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade | Berejiklian (2) | 2 April 2019 | 6 October 2021 | [6] | ||||
| Minister for Regional New South Wales | Paul Toole | Perrottet (1) (2) | 6 October 2021 | incumbent | 1 year, 85 days | [7][8] | ||
Regional Health
The following individuals have served as Minister for regional health, or any precedent titles:
| Title | Minister[2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Regional Health | Bronnie Taylor | National | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | 1 year, 9 days | [9] | |
Regional Transport and Roads
The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Regional Transport and Roads, or any precedent title.[2]
| Ministerial title | Minister [2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Regional Transport and Roads | Paul Toole | National | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days | [10] | |
| Sam Farraway | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | 1 year, 9 days | [11] | |||
Regional Youth
The following individuals have been appointed Minister for Regional Youth or any precedent titles:
| Title | Minister[2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women | Bronnie Taylor | National | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days | [12] | |
| Minister for Regional Youth | Ben Franklin | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | 1 year, 9 days | [13] | ||
Western New South Wales
The following individuals have served as Minister for Western New South Wales, or any precedent titles:
| Title | Minister[2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Western New South Wales | Kevin Humphries | National | O'Farrell Baird (1) | 3 April 2011 | 2 April 2015 | 3 years, 364 days | ||
| Minister for Agriculture and Western New South Wales | Adam Marshall | National | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days | [14] | |
| Minister for Western New South Wales | Dugald Saunders | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | 1 year, 9 days | [15] | ||
Western Sydney
The following individuals have served as Minister for Western Sydney, or any precedent titles:
| Title | Minister[2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Western Sydney | Kim Yeadon | Labor | Carr (3) | 8 April 1999 | 2 April 2003 | 3 years, 359 days | ||
| Diane Beamer | Carr (4) Iemma (1) | 2 April 2003 | 2 April 2007 | 4 years, 0 days | ||||
| Graham West | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007 | 11 April 2007 | 9 days | ||||
| Barbara Perry | 11 April 2007 | 8 September 2008 | 1 year, 150 days | |||||
| David Borger | Rees Keneally | 8 September 2008 | 28 March 2011 | 2 years, 201 days | ||||
| Barry O'Farrell | Liberal | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 23 April 2014 | 3 years, 364 days | |||
| Mike Baird | Baird (1) (2) | 23 April 2014 | 23 January 2017 | 1 year, 296 days | ||||
| Stuart Ayres | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 5 years, 185 days | ||||
| Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | [16] | ||||
| Minister for Western Sydney | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | 3 August 2022 | [17] | ||||
| David Elliott | 5 August 2022 | incumbent | 147 days | [18] | ||||
Assistant ministers
| Title | Minister[2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney | Kim Yeadon | Labor | Carr (1) (2) | 1 December 1997 | 8 April 1999 | 1 year, 128 days | ||
| Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney | Stuart Ayres | Liberal | O'Farrell Baird (1) | 9 December 2013 | 2 April 2015 | 1 year, 114 days | ||
Former ministerial titles
Hunter
| Title | Minister[2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister Assisting the Premier on Hunter Development | Richard Face | Labor | Carr (1) (2) (3) | 4 April 1995 | 13 February 2003 | 7 years, 315 days | ||
| Michael Egan | Carr (4) | 13 February 2003 | 2 April 2003 | 48 days | ||||
| Minister for the Hunter | Michael Costa | Carr (4) Iemma (1) (2) | 2 April 2003 | 8 September 2008 | 5 years, 159 days | |||
| Jodi McKay | Rees Keneally | 8 September 2008 | 28 March 2011 | 2 years, 201 days | ||||
| Mike Gallacher | Liberal | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 18 December 2013 | 2 years, 259 days | |||
| George Souris | National | 18 December 2013 | 17 April 2014 | 120 days | ||||
| Gladys Berejiklian | Liberal | Baird (1) | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 344 days | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter and Central Coast | Scot MacDonald | Baird (2) | 24 April 2015 | 23 January 2017 | 1 year, 274 days | |||
| Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, the Central Coast and the Hunter | Berejiklian (1) | 5 April 2017 | 1 March 2019 | 1 year, 330 days | ||||
Illawarra
Creation of the role of 'Minister for the Illawarra' was a Labor election commitment in 2003. When the portfolio was abolished in 2015, the region's main newspaper, the Illawarra Mercury, noted that all but one of the men to hold the title later departed politics under a cloud: "The now-defunct ministry has been something of a poisoned chalice over the past 12 years, with five of the six ministers who have held the position being disgraced, sacked or forced to resign over their behaviour."
Labor's David Campbell, the first Minister for the Illawarra, quit politics after being filmed leaving a gay bath-house in Sydney. His successor Matt Brown quit following allegations (denied by Brown) that he'd simulated a sex act and danced in his underpants at a function in Parliament House. Paul McLeay quit cabinet after admitting to using a parliamentary computer to visit gambling and porn websites. Eric Roozendaal was a target of the Independent Commission Against Corruption's Operation Indus due to his dealings with disgraced former minister Eddie Obeid, but was cleared in 2013. Greg Pearce, the first Liberal to hold the post, was dumped from the O'Farrell ministry in 2013 amid claims (denied by Pearce) that he had attended parliament drunk – officially, for failing to declare a conflict of interest in relation to a board appointment. The last Minister for the Illawarra, the Liberal party's John Ajaka, "managed to break the portfolio’s curse," however.[19]
| Title | Minister[2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for the Illawarra | David Campbell | Labor | Carr (4) Iemma (1) (2) | 2 April 2003 | 5 September 2008 | 5 years, 156 days | ||
| Matt Brown | Rees | 8 September 2008 | 11 September 2008 | 3 days | ||||
| David Campbell | 11 September 2008 | 4 December 2009 | 1 year, 84 days | |||||
| Paul McLeay | Keneally | 8 December 2009 | 1 September 2010 | 267 days | ||||
| Eric Roozendaal | 6 September 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 203 days | |||||
| Greg Pearce | Liberal | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 2 August 2013 | 2 years, 121 days | |||
| John Ajaka | 2 August 2013 | 23 April 2014 | 264 days | |||||
| Baird (1) | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 344 days | |||||
North Coast
| Title | Minister[2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for the North Coast | Don Page | National | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 23 April 2014 | 3 years, 20 days | ||
| Andrew Stoner | Baird (1) | 23 April 2014 | 17 October 2014 | 177 days | ||||
| Duncan Gay | 17 October 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 167 days | |||||
Redfern-Waterloo
| Title | Minister[2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Redfern-Waterloo | Frank Sartor | Labor | Iemma (1) (2) | 3 August 2005 | 8 September 2008 | 3 years, 36 days | ||
| Kristina Keneally | Rees Keneally | 8 September 2008 | 28 March 2011 | 2 years, 201 days | ||||
See also
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