Minister for Women (New South Wales)

Minister for Women
Minister for Women
	Incumbent; Jodie Harrison; since 5 April 2023
	Department of Communities and Justice
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Kerry Chikarovski; (as Minister for the Status of Women)
Formation	26 May 1993

The Minister for Women is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for women's issues in New South Wales, Australia.

There had been a Women’s Co-ordination Unit and a Women’s Advisory Council since at least 1977 for which the Premier and later the Minister for Families and Communities had been responsible. In 1993 in the third Fahey ministry these functions were brought together in a portfolio aimed at changing the portrayal of women, improving their status at home, at work and in the community, and reducing violence against women. From the first Carr ministry it was renamed Minister for Women.^[1] A separate portfolio of Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault was created in the second Baird ministry.^[2]

The portfolio became part of the portfolio of Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women in the second Berejiklian ministry^[1] and returned as stane alone portfolio in the second Perrottet ministry. The current minister, since 5 April 2023, is Jodie Harrison serving in the Minns ministry. The minister supports the Attorney General in the administration of that portfolio through the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.

Ultimately, the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

Title	Minister^[2]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for the Status of Women	Kerry Chikarovski	Liberal	Fahey (3)	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days
Minister for Women	Faye Lo Po'	Labor	Carr (1) (2) (3)	4 April 1995	2 April 2003	7 years, 363 days
	Sandra Nori		Carr (4) Iemma (1)	2 April 2003	2 April 2007	4 years, 0 days
	Verity Firth		Iemma (2) Rees	2 April 2007	14 September 2009	2 years, 165 days
	Linda Burney		Rees	14 September 2009	4 December 2009	81 days
	Jodi McKay		Keneally	8 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 110 days
	Pru Goward	Liberal	O'Farrell Baird (1) (2)	3 April 2011	30 January 2017	5 years, 302 days
	Tanya Davies	Liberal	Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	^[3]
Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women	Bronnie Taylor	National	Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	2 April 2019	21 December 2021	3 years, 360 days	^[4]
Minister for Women	Bronnie Taylor	National	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	3 years, 360 days	^[5]
Minister for Women	Jodie Harrison	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 231 days

Related ministerial titles

Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

The following individuals have served as for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault or any precedent titles:

Title	Minister^[2]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault	Pru Goward	Liberal	Berejiklian (1)	2 April 2015	23 March 2019	3 years, 355 days	^[6]
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence	Mark Speakman		Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	27 May 2021	2 years, 263 days	^[7]
Minister for Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence	Mark Speakman		Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	27 May 2021	21 December 2021	2 years, 263 days	^[8]
Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence	Natalie Ward		Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	^[9]
Minister for the Environment	Penny Sharpe	Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	8 days
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault	Jodie Harrison	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 231 days

References

^ ^a ^b "PFO-162 Status of Women (1993-1995) Women [I] (1995-2019)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 May 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
^ Vukovic, Dom; Gerathy, Sarah; McDonald, Philippa (29 January 2017). "NSW Cabinet reshuffle: Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces big changes to front bench". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (230)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 28 May 2021. p. 2-3. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

External links

NSW Department of Justice

[PFO-162-1] "PFO-162 Status of Women (1993-1995) Women [I] (1995-2019)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 May 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[Ministries-2] "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[gladys-3] "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[gazette-20190402-4] "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[gazette-2021-12-21-5] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

[6] Vukovic, Dom; Gerathy, Sarah; McDonald, Philippa (29 January 2017). "NSW Cabinet reshuffle: Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces big changes to front bench". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[7] "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[8] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (230)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 28 May 2021. p. 2-3. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[Minister_for_the_Prevention_of_Domestic_Violence_and_Sexual_Assault_Gazette_2021-12-21-9] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

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Minister for Women

Incumbent Jodie Harrison since 5 April 2023
Department of Communities and Justice
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Kerry Chikarovski (as Minister for the Status of Women)
Formation	26 May 1993

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