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Special Minister of State (New South Wales)
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| Special Minister of State of New South Wales | |
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| Department of Premier and Cabinet (New South Wales) | |
| Style | The Honourable |
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| Reports to | Premier of New South Wales |
| Seat | 52 Martin Place, Sydney |
| Nominator | Premier of New South Wales |
| Appointer | Governor of New South Wales on the advice of the premier |
| Term length | At the governor's pleasure |
| Formation | 25 March 1988 |
| First holder | Matt Singleton |
The New South Wales Special Minister of State is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for special administrative matters in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The portfolio was established in 1988 in first Greiner–Murray ministry as the Minister for Administrative Services, and after several reincarnations as the Special Minister of State, was abolished on 21 December 2021 when the second Perrottet ministry was established.[1] The portfolio was reestablished in 2023 after the election of Chris Minns as Premier of New South Wales following the 2023 election.
The current Special Minister of Minister is John Graham who is also the Minister for Roads and the Night Time Economy.
The minister administers the portfolio through the Premier and Cabinet cluster, in particular through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies.[2]
Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
List of ministers
[edit]Special Minister of State
[edit]The following individuals served as the Special Ministers of State, or any precedent titles:
| Title | Minister [3] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
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| Minister for Administrative Services | Matt Singleton | National | Greiner (1) | 25 March 1988 | 24 January 1989 | 305 days | ||
| Robert Webster | 24 January 1989 | 6 June 1991 | 2 years, 133 days | |||||
| Anne Cohen | Liberal | Greiner (2) | 6 June 1991 | 4 April 1995 | 3 years, 302 days | |||
| Special Minister of State | John Della Bosca | Labor | Carr (3) (4) Iemma (1) |
8 April 1999 | 17 February 2006 | 6 years, 315 days | ||
| Special Minister of State | John Robertson | Labor | Rees | 30 January 2009 | 4 December 2009 | 308 days | ||
| Eric Roozendaal | Keneally ministry | 8 December 2009 | 28 March 2011 | 1 year, 116 days | ||||
| Chris Hartcher | Liberal | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 9 December 2013 | 2 years, 250 days | |||
| Anthony Roberts | O'Farrell Baird (1) |
9 December 2013 | 2 April 2015 | 1 year, 114 days | ||||
| Special Minister of State | Anthony Roberts | Liberal | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | [4][5][6] | |
| Don Harwin | Berejiklian (2) | 2 April 2019 | 15 April 2020 | 1 year, 13 days | [7][8] | |||
| Special Minister of State | Don Harwin | Liberal | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) |
3 July 2020 | 21 December 2021 | 1 year, 171 days | [9][1] | |
| Special Minister of State | John Graham | Labor | Minns | 28 March 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 240 days | ||
Former ministerial titles
[edit]Federal Affairs
[edit]See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "NSW reshuffle: Gladys Berejiklian axes Adrian Piccoli and Duncan Gay from cabinet". The Guardian. Australia. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "NSW Arts Minister Don Harwin resigns after visiting holiday home in breach of coronavirus lockdown rules". ABC News (Australia). Australia. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "NSW Police boss hits back after former Arts minister Don Harwin gets off coronavirus fine". ABC News. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Mr Frederick Maclean Hewitt (1908–1976)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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