Minister for State Development (New South Wales)

Former government minister in New South Wales, Australia

It has been suggested that this article be merged with Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade to Minister for Industry and Trade. (Discuss) Proposed since January 2024.

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Minister for State Development

The first minister Barrie Unsworth

Style| The Honourable
Appointer| Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder| Barrie Unsworth
Formation| 4 July 1986

The Minister for State Development was a minister in the New South Wales Government that sought to attract new investment into the State and to identify opportunities for existing NSW businesses, through providing services to the business sector and co-ordination services to the public sector to develop an internationally competitive economy in New South Wales.[1][2]

The portfolio was abolished in 2011 with the formation of the O'Farrell ministry and its responsibilities were split between the portfolios of Trade and Investment and Regional Infrastructure and Services.[3]

## List of ministers[edit]

Title | Minister [2] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes

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Minister for State Development  | Barrie Unsworth |  | Labor | Unsworth | 4 July 1986  | 21 March 1988  | 1 year, 261 days
Wal Murray |  | National | Greiner (1) | 21 March 1988  | 24 July 1990  | 2 years, 125 days
John Hannaford |  | Liberal | 24 July 1990  | 6 June 1991  | 317 days
Michael Yabsley | Greiner (2) | 6 June 1991  | 24 June 1992  | 1 year, 18 days
Robert Webster |  | National | Fahey (1) | 24 June 1992  | 3 July 1992  | 9 days
Peter Collins |  | Liberal | Fahey (2) | 3 July 1992  | 26 May 1993  | 327 days
Minister for Economic Development  | John Fahey | Fahey (3) | 26 May 1993  | 4 April 1995  | 1 year, 313 days
Minister for State Development  | Michael Egan |  | Labor |

Carr (1)

| 4 April 1995  | 15 December 1995  | 255 days
Minister for State and Regional Development | 15 December 1995  | 1 December 1997  | 1 year, 351 days
Minister for State Development  | Carr (2) (3) (4) | 1 December 1997  | 21 January 2005  | 7 years, 51 days
Andrew Refshauge |

Iemma (1)

| 21 January 2005  | 3 August 2005  | 194 days
John Watkins | 3 August 2005  | 17 February 2006  | 198 days
Morris Iemma | 17 February 2006  | 2 April 2007  | 1 year, 44 days
Ian Macdonald | Iemma (2)Rees | 2 April 2007  | 17 November 2009  | 2 years, 229 days
Eric Roozendaal |

Keneally

| 17 November 2009  | 4 December 2009  | 17 days
Minister for State and Regional Development | Ian Macdonald | 8 December 2009  | 5 June 2010  | 179 days
Eric Roozendaal | 5 June 2010  | 28 March 2011  | 296 days

## See also[edit]

* New South Wales portal
* Politics portal

* List of New South Wales government agencies

## References[edit]

1. ^ "PFO-158 State Development [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 18 March 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
2. ^ a b "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
3. ^ "PFO-3228 State and Regional Development [II]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 18 March 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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Defunct ministerial portfolios of New South Wales

* Chief Secretary
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* Federal Affairs
* Fisheries
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* Ports and Waterways
* Postmaster-General
* Public Sector Reform
* Public Works
* Railways
* Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade
* Rural Affairs
* Social Housing
* State Development
* Volunteering
* (without portfolio)

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