Minister for Medical Research (New South Wales)

Government minister in New South Wales, Australia

Minister for Medical Research

Incumbent
David Harris

since 5 April 2023

Style| The Honourable
Nominator| Premier of New South Wales
Appointer| Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder| Frank Sartor (as the Minister for Science and Medical Research)
Formation| 2 April 2003

The Minister for Medical Research is a minister in the New South Wales Government and has responsibilities which included medical research in New South Wales, Australia.

## History

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The New South Wales government was involved in medical research since 1871 with the establishment of the position of Analytical Chemist.[1][2] The NSW Medical Research Council was established on 18 September 1946 with objectives that included (1) carrying out a survey of medical research being conducted; (2) advising the government as to the expenditure of money upon medical research and the merits of reputed cures or methods of treatment. The Council however ceased to operate within a year of its establishment.[3]

Medical Research was not represented at a portfolio level until 2003 with the creation of the portfolio of Science and Medical Research. The issues within the portfolio included gene technology; prohibition of human cloning and regulation of research on human embryos; access to Australia’s genetic and biochemical resources; bioethics; and spinal cord injury.[4] The portfolio was combined with the Health portfolio in 2019 in the second Berejiklian ministry, named Health and Medical Research.[5] The portfolio returned to Health in the second Perrottet ministry.[6]

## List of ministers

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Title | Minister [6] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes

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Minister for Science and Medical Research  | Frank Sartor |   | Labor | Carr (4)
Iemma (1) | 2 April 2003  | 2 April 2007  | 4 years, 0 days
Verity Firth | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007  | 5 September 2008  | 1 year, 159 days
Tony Stewart | Rees | 8 September 2008  | 4 November 2008  | 57 days
Jodi McKay | Rees
Keneally | 4 November 2008  | 28 March 2011  | 2 years, 144 days
Minister for Medical Research  | Jillian Skinner [a] |   | Liberal | O'Farrell
Baird (1) | 3 April 2011  | 2 April 2015  | 3 years, 364 days
Pru Goward | Baird (2) | 2 April 2015  | 30 January 2017  | 1 year, 303 days
Brad Hazzard [a] | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017  | 23 March 2019  | 4 years, 325 days
Minister for Health and Medical Research  | Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1) | 2 April 2019  | 21 December 2021
Minister for Medical Research  | David Harris |   | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023  | incumbent | 2 years, 94 days

## See also

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* New South Wales portal
* Politics portal

* List of New South Wales government agencies
* Minister for Medical Research (Victoria)

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Concurrently held the Health portfolio.

## References

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1. ^ "ACT-128 Medical Research". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
2. ^ "Appointment of Mr Charles Watt to be Analytical Chemist to the Government (216)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 1 September 1871. p. 1932. Retrieved 13 May 2022 – via Trove.
3. ^ "AGY-4581 New South Wales Medical Research Council". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
4. ^ "AGY-5358 Office of Science and Medical Research". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
5. ^ "PFO-275 Science and Medical Research (2003-2011) Medical Research (2011-2019)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
6. ^ a b "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

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