Minister for Social Services
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| Minister for Social Services | |
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| Department of Social Services | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Formation | 26 April 1939 |
| Website | ministers |
The Minister for Social Services is the Australian federal government minister who oversees Australian Government social services, including mental health, families and children's policy, and support for carers and people with disabilities, and seniors.[1] Amanda Rishworth was appointed as minister on 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022.[2]
Portfolio
[edit]In the Government of Australia, the Ministers administer the portfolio through the Department of Social Services. Other portfolio bodies for which the Ministers are responsible include:
- Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Homelessness
- Community and Disability Services Ministers' Conference
- Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council
- Emergency Relief State Advisory Committees
- National Childcare Accreditation Council Inc.
- National Disability Advisory Council
- National Disability Insurance Agency
- National Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) Coordination and Development Committee (CAD) representatives and Information Sub-committee
- Social Security Appeals Tribunal
List of ministers for social services
[edit]The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Social Services, or any of its precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederick Stewart | United Australia | Menzies | Minister for Social Services | 26 April 1939 | 29 August 1941 | 2 years, 164 days | |
| Fadden | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
| 2 | Jack Holloway | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 21 September 1943 | 1 year, 349 days | ||
| 3 | James Fraser | 21 September 1943 | 6 July 1945 | 2 years, 270 days | ||||
| Forde | 6 July 1934 | 13 July 1945 | ||||||
| Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 18 June 1946 | ||||||
| 4 | Nick McKenna | 18 June 1946 | 19 December 1949 | 3 years, 184 days | ||||
| 5 | Bill Spooner | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 11 May 1951 | 1 year, 143 days | ||
| 6 | Athol Townley | 11 May 1951 | 9 July 1954 | 3 years, 59 days | ||||
| 7 | William McMahon | 9 July 1954 | 28 February 1956 | 1 year, 234 days | ||||
| 8 | Hugh Roberton | Country | 28 February 1956 | 21 January 1965 | 8 years, 328 days | |||
| 9 | Reginald Swartz | Liberal | 21 January 1965 | 22 February 1965 | 32 days | |||
| 10 | Ian Sinclair | Country | 22 February 1965 | 26 January 1966 | 3 years, 6 days | |||
| Holt | 26 January 1966 | 19 December 1967 | ||||||
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 28 February 1968 | ||||||
| 11 | Bill Wentworth | Liberal | 28 February 1968 | 10 March 1971 | 4 years, 281 days | |||
| McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||||||
| 12 | Lance Barnard | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
| 13 | Don Grimes | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Community Services | 13 December 1984 | 16 February 1987 | 2 years, 65 days | |
| 14 | Chris Hurford | 16 February 1987 | 24 July 1987 | 158 days | ||||
| 15 | Neal Blewett | Minister for Community Services and Health | 24 July 1987 | 4 April 1990 | 2 years, 254 days | |||
| 16 | Brian Howe | 4 April 1990 | 7 June 1991 | 3 years, 355 days | ||||
| Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services | 7 June 1991 | 20 December 1991 | ||||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services | 24 March 1993 | 23 December 1993 | ||||||
| Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services | 23 December 1993 | 25 March 1994 | ||||||
| 17 | Carmen Lawrence | Minister for Human Services and Health | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | 1 year, 352 days | |||
| 18 | Michael Wooldridge | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Health and Family Services | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 224 days | |
| 19 | Jocelyn Newman | Minister for Family and Community Services | 21 October 1998 | 30 January 2001 | 2 years, 101 days | |||
| 20 | Amanda Vanstone | 30 January 2001 | 7 October 2003 | 2 years, 250 days | ||||
| 21 | Kay Patterson | 7 October 2003 | 27 January 2006 | 2 years, 112 days | ||||
| 22 | Mal Brough | Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | 27 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 310 days | |||
| 23 | Jenny Macklin | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 5 years, 289 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 December 2011 | ||||||
| Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | 14 December 2011 | 27 June 2013 | ||||||
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| 24 | Kevin Andrews | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Social Services | 18 September 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 1 year, 96 days | |
| 25 | Scott Morrison | 23 December 2014 | 15 September 2015 | 272 days | ||||
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
| 26 | Christian Porter | 21 September 2015 | 20 December 2017 | 2 years, 90 days | ||||
| 27 | Dan Tehan | 20 December 2017 | 28 August 2018 | 251 days | ||||
| 28 | Paul Fletcher | Morrison | Minister for Families and Social Services | 28 August 2018 | 29 May 2019 | 274 days | ||
| 29 | Anne Ruston | 29 May 2019 | 23 May 2022 | 2 years, 359 days | ||||
| 30 | Amanda Rishworth | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Social Services | 1 June 2022 | incumbent | 2 years, 69 days | |
Assistant ministers
[edit]The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Social Services, or any precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Liberal | Abbott | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services | 18 September 2013 | 21 September 2015 | 2 years, 3 days | |
| 2 | Alan Tudge | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Social Services | 30 September 2015 | 18 February 2016 | 141 days | ||
| 3 | Zed Seselja | Liberal | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs | 18 July 2016 | 20 December 2017 | 1 year, 155 days | |
| 4 | David Gillespie | National | Assistant Minister for Children and Families | 20 December 2017 | 28 August 2018 | 251 days | ||
| 5 | Michelle Landry | Morrison | 28 August 2018 | 23 May 2022 | 3 years, 268 days | |||
| 6 | Justine Elliot | Labor | Albanese | Assistant Minister for Social Services Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence |
1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 69 days | |
Former portfolio ministers
[edit]List of ministers for works
[edit]The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Works, or any precedent titles:
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Lynch | National Labor | Hughes | Minister for Works and Railways | 14 November 1916 | 17 February 1917 | 95 days | |
| 2 | William Watt | Nationalist | 17 February 1917 | 27 March 1918 | 1 year, 38 days | |||
| 3 | Littleton Groom | 27 March 1918 | 21 December 1921 | 3 years, 269 days | ||||
| 4 | Richard Foster | 21 December 1921 | 9 February 1923 | 1 year, 50 days | ||||
| 5 | Percy Stewart | Country | Bruce | 9 February 1923 | 8 August 1924 | 1 year, 181 days | ||
| 6 | William Hill | 8 August 1924 | 29 November 1928 | 4 years, 113 days | ||||
| 7 | William Gibson | Country | Bruce | Minister for Works and Railways | 10 December 1928 | 22 October 1929 | 316 days | |
| 8 | Joseph Lyons | Labor | Scullin | 22 October 1929 | 4 February 1931 | 1 year, 105 days | ||
| 9 | Albert Green | 4 February 1931 | 6 January 1932 | 336 days | ||||
| 10 | Charles Marr | United Australia | Lyons | 6 January 1932 | 12 April 1932 | 97 days | ||
| 11 | Bert Lazzarini | Labor | Curtin Forde |
Minister for Works | 2 February 1945 | 13 July 1945 | 161 days | |
| Chifley | Minister for Works and Housing | 13 July 1945 | 1 November 1946 | 1 year, 111 days | ||||
| 12 | Nelson Lemmon | 1 November 1946 | 19 December 1949 | 3 years, 48 days | ||||
| 13 | Richard Casey | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 11 May 1951 | 1 year, 143 days | ||
| 14 | Wilfrid Kent Hughes | 11 May 1951 | 4 June 1952 | 4 years, 245 days | ||||
| Minister for Works | 4 June 1952 | 11 January 1956 | ||||||
| 15 | Allen Fairhall | 11 January 1956 | 10 December 1958 | 2 years, 333 days | ||||
| 16 | Gordon Freeth | 10 December 1958 | 18 December 1963 | 5 years, 8 days | ||||
| 17 | John Gorton | 18 December 1963 | 26 January 1966 | 3 years, 72 days | ||||
| Holt | 26 January 1966 | 28 February 1967 | ||||||
| 18 | Bert Kelly | 28 February 1967 | 28 February 1968 | 1 year, 0 days | ||||
| 19 | Reg Wright | Gorton | 28 February 1968 | 10 March 1971 | 4 years, 281 days | |||
| McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||||||
| 20 | Gough Whitlam1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
| 21 | Jim Cavanagh | 19 December 1972 | 9 October 1973 | 294 days | ||||
| 22 | Les Johnson | 9 October 1973 | 30 November 1973 | 1 year, 240 days | ||||
| Minister for Housing and Construction | 30 November 1973 | 6 June 1975 | ||||||
| 23 | Joe Riordan | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 158 days | ||||
| 24 | John Carrick | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 41 days | ||
| 25 | John McLeay | Minister for Construction | 22 December 1975 | 5 December 1978 | 2 years, 348 days | |||
| 26 | Ray Groom | 5 December 1978 | 3 November 1980 | 1 year, 334 days | ||||
| 27 | Tom McVeigh | National Country | 3 November 1980 | 7 May 1982 | 3 years, 153 days | |||
| 28 | Ralph Hunt | Minister for Transport and Construction | 7 May 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 308 days | |||
| 29 | Chris Hurford | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Housing and Construction | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 1 year, 277 days | |
| 30 | Stewart West | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | 2 years, 223 days | ||||
| 31 | David Beddall | Labor | Keating | Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs | 27 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | 1 year, 87 days | |
| 32 | Chris Schacht | 24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 2 years, 353 days | ||||
| 33 | Paul Fletcher | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Major Projects, Territories, and Local Government | 21 September 2015 | 16 July 2016 | 299 days | |
Notes
- 1 Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.
List of ministers for housing
[edit]The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Housing, or any of its precedent titles:[4]
| Order | Minister | Party | Ministry | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bert Lazzarini | Labor | 1st Chifley | Minister for Works and Housing | 13 July 1945 | 1 November 1946 | 1 year, 111 days | |
| 2 | Nelson Lemmon | 2nd Chifley | 1 November 1946 | 19 December 1949 | 3 years, 48 days | |||
| 3 | Richard Casey | Liberal | 4th Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 11 May 1951 | 1 year, 143 days | ||
| 4 | Wilfrid Kent Hughes | 5th Menzies | 11 May 1951 | 4 June 1952 | 1 year, 24 days | |||
| 5 | Les Bury | Liberal | 10th Menzies | Minister for Housing | 18 December 1963 | 26 January 1966 | 2 years, 39 days | |
| 6 | Annabelle Rankin | 1st Holt 2nd Holt McEwen 1st Gorton 2nd Gorton McMahon |
26 January 1966 | 22 March 1971 | 5 years, 55 days | |||
| 7 | Kevin Cairns | McMahon | 22 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | 1 year, 258 days | |||
| 8 | Gough Whitlam1 | Labor | 1st Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
| 9 | Les Johnson | 2nd Whitlam | 19 December 1972 | 30 November 1973 | 2 years, 169 days | |||
| 2nd Whitlam 3rd Whitlam |
Minister for Housing and Construction | 30 November 1973 | 6 June 1975 | |||||
| 10 | Joe Riordan | 3rd Whitlam | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 158 days | |||
| 11 | John Carrick | Liberal | 1st Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 41 days | ||
| 12 | Ivor Greenwood | 2nd Fraser | Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development | 22 December 1975 | 8 July 1976 | 199 days | ||
| 13 | Kevin Newman | 2nd Fraser | 8 July 1976 | 20 December 1977 | 1 year, 165 days | |||
| 14 | Ray Groom | 3rd Fraser | 20 December 1977 | 5 December 1978 | 2 years, 319 days | |||
| Minister for Housing and Construction | 5 December 1978 | 3 November 1980 | ||||||
| 15 | Tom McVeigh | National Country | 4th Fraser | 3 November 1980 | 7 May 1982 | 1 year, 185 days | ||
| 16 | Chris Hurford | Labor | 1st Hawke | Minister for Housing and Construction | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 1 year, 277 days | |
| 17 | Stewart West | 2nd Hawke | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | 2 years, 223 days | |||
| 18 | Peter Morris | Labor | 3rd Hawke | Minister for Housing and Aged Care | 19 January 1988 | 15 February 1988 | 27 days | |
| 19 | Peter Staples | 3rd Hawke 4th Hawke |
15 February 1988 | 7 May 1990 | 2 years, 81 days | |||
| 20 | Brian Howe | 4th Hawke | Minister for Community Services and Health | 7 May 1990 | 7 June 1991 | 5 years, 309 days | ||
| 4th Hawke 1st Keating |
Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services | 7 June 1991 | 24 March 1993 | |||||
| 2nd Keating | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services | 24 March 1993 | 23 December 1993 | |||||
| Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services | 23 December 1993 | 25 March 1994 | ||||||
| Minister for Housing and Regional Development | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | ||||||
| 21 | Tanya Plibersek | Labor | 1st Rudd 1st Gillard |
Minister for Housing | 3 December 2007 | 14 September 2010 | 2 years, 285 days | |
| 22 | Mark Arbib | 2nd Gillard | Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness | 14 September 2010 | 14 December 2011 | 1 year, 91 days | ||
| 23 | Robert McClelland | Minister for Housing | 14 December 2011 | 5 March 2012 | 82 days | |||
| 24 | Brendan O'Connor | 5 March 2012 | 4 February 2013 | 336 days | ||||
| 25 | Mark Butler | Minister for Housing and Homelessness | 4 February 2013 | 1 July 2013 | 147 days | |||
| 26 | Julie Collins | 2nd Rudd | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | |||
| 27 | Michael Sukkar | Liberal | 2nd Morrison | Minister for Housing | 29 May 2019 | 23 May 2022 | 2 years, 359 days | |
| (26) | Julie Collins | Labor | Albanese | 1 June 2022 | 29 July 2024 | 2 years, 58 days | ||
| 28 | Clare O'Neil | 29 July 2024 | Incumbent | 11 days | ||||
Notes
- 1 Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.
List of ministers for aged care
[edit]The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister for Aged Care, or any of its precedent titles. Ministers for aged care or ageing were appointed from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1998 to 2013. The portfolio gained a mental health component in 2010. The latter returned to the health portfolio in 2013, with ageing moving to social services. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, or any of its precedent titles:[5] The Turnbull government transferred the aged care portfolio back to the Department of Health in October 2015. The position, since January 2017, is a separate outer ministry role that supplements the cabinet role of the Minister for Health and Aged Care.[6]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Morris | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Housing and Aged Care | 19 January 1988 | 15 February 1988 | 27 days | |
| 2 | Peter Staples | 15 February 1988 | 7 May 1990 | 5 years, 64 days | ||||
| Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services | 7 May 1990 | 20 December 1991 | ||||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| 3 | Bronwyn Bishop | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Aged Care | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 3 years, 36 days | |
| 4 | Kevin Andrews | Minister for Ageing | 26 November 2001 | 7 October 2003 | 1 year, 315 days | |||
| 5 | Julie Bishop | 7 October 2003 | 27 January 2006 | 2 years, 112 days | ||||
| 6 | Santo Santoro | 27 January 2006 | 21 March 2007 | 1 year, 53 days | ||||
| 7 | Christopher Pyne | 21 March 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 257 days | ||||
| 8 | Justine Elliot | Labor | Rudd | 3 December 2007 | 28 June 2010 | 2 years, 207 days | ||
| 9 | Mark Butler | Gillard | Minister for Mental Health and Ageing | 28 June 2010 | 1 July 2013 | 3 years, 3 days | ||
| 10 | Jacinta Collins | Rudd | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | |||
| 11 | Sussan Ley | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Aged Care | 30 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | 1 year, 105 days | |
| Minister for Health and Ageing | 19 July 2016 | 13 January 2017 | ||||||
| (acting) | Arthur Sinodinos[7] | 13 January 2017 | 24 January 2017 | 11 days | ||||
| 12 | Ken Wyatt | Minister for Aged Care | 24 January 2017 | 28 August 2018 | 2 years, 125 days | |||
| Morrison | Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care | 28 August 2018 | 29 May 2019 | |||||
| 13 | Richard Colbeck | Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians | 29 May 2019 | 22 December 2020 | 2 years, 359 days | |||
| Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services | 22 December 2020 | 23 May 2022 | ||||||
| (9) | Mark Butler | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Health and Aged Care | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 69 days | |
| 14 | Anika Wells | Minister for Aged Care | ||||||
List of ministers for community services
[edit]A separate outer ministry role of the Minister for Community Services existed between January 2006 and December 2007, supplementing the cabinet role of the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.[8][9]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Cobb | National | Howard | Minister for Community Services | 27 January 2006 | 30 January 2007 | 1 year, 3 days | |
| 2 | Nigel Scullion | 30 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 307 days | ||||
| 3 | Julie Collins | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Community Services | 14 December 2011 | 27 June 2013 | 1 year, 278 days | |
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| 3 | Mitch Fifield | Liberal | Abbott | Assistant Minister for Social Services | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 3 days | |
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
See also
[edit]- Minister for Families and Communities (New South Wales)
- Minister for Mental Health (Western Australia)
- Minister for Families and Children (Victoria)
References
[edit]- ^ "Ministers". Department of Social Services. Government of Australia.
- ^ "Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia". pm.gov.au. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b "The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017". Parliament of Australia. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017". Parliament of Australia. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017". Parliament of Australia. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Ministerial Arrangements - House of Representatives Hansard". Parliament of Australia. 7 February 2017.
- ^ Anderson, Stephanie (18 January 2017). "Greg Hunt announced as Sussan Ley's replacement as Health Minister". ABC News. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Ministerial Arrangements - House Hansard". Parliament of Australia. 7 February 2006.
- ^ "Ministerial Arrangements - House Hansard". Parliament of Australia. 6 February 2007.
