Minister for Western New South Wales

Government minister in New South Wales, Australia

Minister for Western New South Wales

Incumbent
Tara Moriarty

since 5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)

Department of Regional NSW
Style| The Honourable
Nominator| Premier of New South Wales
Appointer| Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder| Kevin Humphries
Formation| 3 April 2011

The Minister for Western New South Wales is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the region to the west of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales, Australia.

It was first established in 2011 in the O'Farrell ministry. It was not responsible for any legislation, nor tasked with the management of a department.[1] It was abolished in the second Baird ministry and the NSW Farmers' Association called for its return in the lead-up to the 2019 election.[2] It was re-created in the second Berejiklian ministry, combined with the portfolio of Agriculture, before returning as a separate portfolio in the second Perrottet ministry.[3]

## List of ministers

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The following individuals have served as Minister for Western New South Wales, or any precedent titles:

Title | Minister[4] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes

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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  | [5]
Minister for Western New South Wales  | Dugald Saunders | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021  | 28 March 2023  | 1 year, 97 days  | [6]
Tara Moriarty |   | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023  | Incumbent | 2 years, 116 days |

## References

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1. ^ "PFO-343 Western New South Wales [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
2. ^ "Appoint a dedicated Minister for Western New South Wales". NSW Farmers' Association. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
3. ^ "PFO-446 Western New South Wales [II]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
4. ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
5. ^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
6. ^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

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