Minister for Police (New South Wales)

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Minister for Police
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Incumbent
Paul Toole
since 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
Department of Communities and Justice
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderJohn Waddy
Formation3 January 1975
Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience
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Incumbent
Steph Cooke
since 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
Department of Communities and Justice
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderBob Heffron (as Minister for National Emergency Services)
Formation1941
Minister for Flood Recovery
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Incumbent
Steph Cooke
since 9 March 2022 (2022-03-09)
Department of Communities and Justice
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderSteph Cooke
Formation2022

The New South Wales Minister for Police is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities which include the conduct and regulation of all police and services agencies and personnel and also deals with operational and event planning issues, and fire and rescue services in New South Wales, Australia.

The current Minister for Police is Paul Toole, since 21 December 2021. Toole also serves as the Deputy Premier of New South Wales and the Minister for Regional New South Wales, since 6 October 2021. The minister is supported in the execution of his duties by the Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience, currently Steph Cooke, also sworn in on 21 December 2021.[1] The ministerial title of Minister for Flood Recovery was created in March 2022 to oversee flood recovery during the floods across the state, and is currently held by Cooke since 9 March 2022.[2]

The ministers administer the portfolio through the Communities and Justice cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies including the New South Wales Crime Commission, the New South Wales Police Force and the Police Integrity Commission, Emergency Management NSW, Fire and Rescue NSW, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service and the New South Wales State Emergency Service.[3][4][5]

Ultimately the ministers are responsible to Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers[]

Police[]

The following individuals have served as Ministers for Police, or any precedent titles:

Minister Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
John Waddy Liberal Minister for Police 3 January 1975 23 January 1976 1 year, 20 days
Bill Crabtree Labor Minister for Police 1980 1981
Peter Anderson 1981 1982
Minister for Police and Emergency Services 1982 1986
George Paciullo 1986 1988
Ted Pickering Liberal 1988 1992
Terry Griffiths Minister for Police 1992 1994
Garry West National 1994 1995
Paul Whelan Labor 4 April 1995 (1995-04-04) 21 November 2001 (2001-11-21) 6 years, 231 days
Michael Costa 2001 2003
John Watkins 2003 2005
Carl Scully 2005 2006
John Watkins 2006 2007
David Campbell 2007 2008
Matt Brown 2008 2008
Tony Kelly 2008 2009
Michael Daley 14 September 2009 28 March 2011 1 year, 195 days
Mike Gallacher Liberal Minister for Police and Emergency Services 4 April 2011 2 May 2014 3 years, 28 days
Stuart Ayres 6 May 2014 1 April 2015 330 days
Troy Grant National Minister for Police and Justice 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 (2017-01-30) 3 years, 355 days
Minister for Police 30 January 2017 (2017-01-30) 23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) [6][7]
David Elliott Liberal Minister for Police and Emergency Services 2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) 2 years, 263 days [8][9]
Paul Toole National Minister for Police 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) incumbent 93 days [1]

Emergency services and resilience[]

The following individuals have served as Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience, or any precedent titles:

Minister Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Michael Bruxner Country Minister in Charge of National Emergency Services 1 February 1939 11 February 1941 2 years, 10 days
Hubert Primrose United Australia 11 February 1941 16 May 1941 94 days [10][11]
Bob Heffron Labor Minister for National Emergency Services 16 May 1941 8 June 1944 3 years, 23 days
Jack Baddeley 8 June 1944 8 September 1949 5 years, 92 days
James McGirr 8 September 1949 21 September 1949 13 days
John Waddy Liberal Minister for Services 1975 1976
Ron Mulock Labor Minister for Services 1976 1977
William Haigh 1977 1978
Bill Crabtree 1978 1981
Peter Anderson 1981 1982
Minister for Police and Emergency Services 1982 1986
George Paciullo 1986 1988
Ted Pickering Liberal 1988 1992
Minister for Emergency Services 1992 1992
Wayne Merton 1992 1993
Terry Griffiths 1993 1994
Garry West National 1994 1995
Bob Debus Labor 1995 1997
Brian Langton 1997 1998
Bob Debus 1998 2003
Tony Kelly 2003 2007
Nathan Rees 2007 2008
Tony Kelly 2008 2009
Steve Whan 2009 4 April 2011
Mike Gallacher Liberal Minister for Police and Emergency Services 4 April 2011 2 May 2014 3 years, 28 days
Stuart Ayres 6 May 2014 1 April 2015 330 days
David Elliott Minister for Emergency Services 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days
Troy Grant National 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days [6]
David Elliott Liberal Minister for Police and Emergency Services 2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) 2 years, 263 days [8][9]
Steph Cooke National Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) incumbent 93 days [1]

Flood recovery[]

The following individuals have served as Minister for Flood Recovery, or any precedent titles:

Minister Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Steph Cooke National Minister for Flood Recovery 9 March 2022 (2022-03-09) incumbent 15 days [2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (93)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 9 March 2022.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "The Ministry for Police and Emergency Services". About us. NSW Government. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Portfolio: Police and Emergency Services". NSW Government Directory. NSW Government. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  6. ^ a b Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b Sas, Nick (31 March 2019). "Gladys Berejiklian says Liberal Party has no women problem as re-elected NSW Premier shuffles Cabinet". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. ^ "N.E. SERVICE ON STATUTORY BASIS". Northern Star. New South Wales, Australia. 12 February 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 7 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "NEW N.E.S. CHIEF WELCOMED". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 12 February 1941. p. 13. Retrieved 7 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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