Minister for Lands and Water

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Minister for Lands and Water
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Incumbent
Kevin Anderson
since 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
Department of Planning and Environment
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales

The New South Wales Minister for Lands and Water is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the administration and development for water and crown lands in New South Wales, Australia.

The current minister is the Hon. Kevin Anderson MP, since 21 December 2021.[1] The minister administers the portfolio through the Planning and Environment cluster, including the Department of Planning and Environment and a range of other government agencies.[2][3]

Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers[]

Lands and water[]

The following individuals have served as the Minister for Lands and Water or any precedent titles:

Minister [3] Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Melinda Pavey   National Minister for Water, Property and Housing 2 April 2019 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) 2 years, 263 days [4]
Kevin Anderson Minister for Lands and Water 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) incumbent 32 days [1]

Former ministerial titles[]

Water[]

Title Minister [3] Party Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Water Resources Bruce Cowan   Country 17 December 1975 14 May 1976 149 days
Lin Gordon   Labor 14 May 1976 2 October 1981 5 years, 141 days
Paul Landa 2 October 1981 1 February 1983 1 year, 122 days
Paul Whelan 1 February 1983 5 April 1984 1 year, 64 days
Minister for Water Resources Janice Crosio   Labor 4 July 1986 21 March 1988 1 year, 261 days
Minister for Water Resources Ian Causley   National 24 July 1990 6 June 1991 317 days
Minister for Land and Water Conservation George Souris   National 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 1 year, 313 days
Kim Yeadon   Labor 4 April 1995 1 December 1997 2 years, 241 days
Richard Amery 1 December 1997 21 November 2001 3 years, 355 days
John Aquilina 21 November 2001 2 April 2003 1 year, 132 days
Minister for Water Utilities David Campbell   Labor 17 February 2006 2 April 2007 1 year, 44 days
Nathan Rees 2 April 2007 27 February 2008 331 days
Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water Phil Koperberg
Minister for Water Nathan Rees 27 February 2008 5 September 2008 191 days
Phil Costa 8 September 2008 28 March 2011 2 years, 201 days
Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water Kevin Humphries   National 23 April 2014 2 April 2015 344 days
Minister for Lands and Water Niall Blair 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 3 years, 355 days
Minister for Regional Water 30 January 2017 23 March 2019

Social housing[]

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Social Housing (New South Wales) § List of ministers.[]
Minister [3] Party affiliation Ministerial title Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Brad Hazzard   Liberal Minister for Social Housing Baird (2) 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days [5]
Pru Goward Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days [6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b c d Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. ^ Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  6. ^ Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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