Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts

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The New South Wales Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts was a minister in the Government of New South Wales who had responsibility for administering legislation and policy in relation to that state's public service, industrial and labour laws and regulations, Indigenous Australians, heritage and the arts in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The most recent dedicated Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts, from 3 July 2020 until 21 December 2021, was The Honourable Don Harwin MLC, who also held the additional portfolio title of Special minister of State,[1][2][3]

Up until the abolition of the portfolio, the Minister administered the portfolio through the Premier and Cabinet cluster, in particular through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies including Aboriginal Affairs NSW and Create NSW.[4]

Ultimately the Minister was responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

Former ministerial titles[]

Arts[]

The following individuals have serviced as Ministers for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts, or any precedent titles:

Minister Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
George Freudenstein Country Minister for Cultural Activities 11 March 1971 3 January 1975 3 years, 298 days [5]
John Barraclough Liberal Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation 3 January 1975 23 January 1976 1 year, 20 days
David Arblaster 23 January 1976 14 May 1976 82 days
Neville Wran Labor Minister for the Arts 10 February 1984 4 July 1986 2 years, 144 days [5]
Frank Walker 4 July 1986 21 March 1988 1 year, 261 days
Peter Collins Liberal 25 March 1988 4 April 1995 7 years, 10 days
Bob Carr Labor 4 April 1995 3 August 2005 10 years, 121 days
Bob Debus 3 August 2005 2 March 2007 1 year, 211 days
Frank Sartor 2 April 2007 5 September 2008 1 year, 156 days
Nathan Rees 8 September 2008 4 December 2009 1 year, 87 days
Virginia Judge 8 December 2009 28 March 2011 1 year, 116 days
George Souris National 3 April 2011 23 April 2014 3 years, 20 days
Troy Grant 23 April 2014 30 January 2017 2 years, 282 days
Don Harwin Liberal 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 5 years, 10 days [6][7][8]
Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations,
Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts 		2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) 15 April 2020 [1][9]
Gladys Berejiklian
(acting) 		15 April 2020 (2020-04-15) 3 July 2020 (2020-07-03) 79 days [10][11]
Don Harwin 3 July 2020 (2020-07-03) 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) 1 year, 171 days [12]

Aboriginal Affairs[]

The following individuals have been appointed Minister for Aboriginal Affairs or any precedent titles:

Minister Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Frank Walker Labor Minister for Aboriginal Affairs 2 October 1981 10 February 1984 2 years, 131 days [5]
Paul Whelan 10 February 1984 5 April 1984 55 days
George Paciullo 5 April 1984 6 February 1986 1 year, 307 days
Peter Anderson 6 February 1986 4 July 1986 148 days
Ken Gabb 4 July 1986 21 March 1988 1 year, 261 days
Jim Longley Liberal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 1 year, 313 days [5]
Andrew Refshauge Labor 4 April 1995 3 August 2005 10 years, 121 days
Carmel Tebbutt 3 August 2005 10 August 2005 7 days
Milton Orkopoulos 10 August 2005 8 November 2006 1 year, 90 days
Reba Meagher 8 November 2006 2 April 2007 145 days
Paul Lynch 2 April 2007 28 March 2011 4 years, 1 day
Victor Dominello Liberal 3 April 2011 2 April 2015 3 years, 364 days
Leslie Williams Nationals 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days
Sarah Mitchell 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 2 years, 52 days [8]

Heritage[]

The following individuals have been appointed Minister responsible for administering the NSW Heritage Act 1977. The actual portfolio of Minister for Heritage has only been used for two separate periods. The title of Minister for Heritage was abolished after the 1988 election and resurrected in 2011 until 2019.

Minister Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Paul Landa Labor Minister for Planning and Environment 21 December 1977 29 February 1980 2 years, 70 days [5]
Eric Bedford 29 February 1980 10 February 1984 3 years, 347 days
Terry Sheahan 10 February 1984 12 December 1984 306 days
Bob Carr 12 December 1984 4 July 1986 1 year, 204 days
Minister for Heritage 4 July 1986 21 March 1988 1 year, 261 days
David Hay Liberal Minister for Planning 21 March 1988 3 May 1991 3 years, 43 days
Robert Webster National 6 June 1991 4 April 1995 3 years, 336 days
Craig Knowles Labor Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning 4 April 1995 8 April 1999 4 years, 4 days
Andrew Refshauge 8 April 1999 2 April 2003 3 years, 359 days
Diane Beamer Minister for Planning Administration 2 April 2003 3 August 2005 2 years, 123 days
Frank Sartor Minister for Planning 3 August 2005 5 September 2008 3 years, 33 days
Kristina Keneally 8 September 2008 4 December 2009 1 year, 90 days
Tony Kelly 8 December 2009 28 March 2011 1 year, 114 days
Robyn Parker Liberal Minister for Heritage 3 April 2011 23 April 2014 3 years, 20 days
Rob Stokes 23 April 2014 2 April 2015 344 days
Mark Speakman 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days
Gabrielle Upton 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days [8]

Industrial relations[]

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Employee Relations (New South Wales) § List of ministers.[]
Minister [13] Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Jacob Garrard   Free Trade Minister of Public Instruction
Minister for Labour and Industry 		11 March 1895 15 August 1898 3 years, 157 days
James Hogue 27 August 1898 13 September 1899 1 year, 17 days
John Perry   Protectionist 14 September 1899 27 March 1901 4 years, 274 days
  Progressive 28 March 1901 14 June 1904
John Fegan 17 June 1904 29 August 1904 73 days
Broughton O'Conor   Liberal Reform 29 August 1904 13 May 1907 2 years, 257 days
James Hogue 14 May 1907 1 October 1907 140 days
William Wood Minister for Labour and Industry 2 October 1907 21 January 1908 111 days
James Hogue 22 January 1908 20 October 1910 2 years, 271 days
George Beeby   Labor 21 October 1910 10 September 1911 324 days
Campbell Carmichael 11 September 1911 26 November 1911 76 days
George Beeby 27 November 1911 9 December 1912 1 year, 12 days
Campbell Carmichael 10 December 1912 29 June 1913 201 days
James McGowen 30 June 1913 29 January 1914 213 days
John Estell 29 January 1914 31 October 1916 2 years, 276 days
Henry Hoyle 31 October 1916 15 November 1916 15 days
George Beeby   Nationalist 15 November 1916 23 July 1919 2 years, 250 days
Augustus James 23 July 1919 12 April 1920 264 days
George Cann   Labor 12 April 1920 10 October 1921 1 year, 181 days
Greg McGirr Minister for Labour 10 October 1921 20 December 1921 71 days
Thomas Ley   Nationalist Minister of Public Instruction and Labour and Industry 20 December 1921 20 December 1921 7 hours
Edward Kavanagh   Labor Minister for Labour 20 December 1921 13 April 1922 114 days
Ernest Farrar   Nationalist Minister for Labour and Industry 13 April 1922 17 June 1925 3 years, 65 days
Jack Baddeley   Labor 17 June 1925 18 October 1927 2 years, 123 days
Ernest Farrar   Nationalist 18 October 1927 3 November 1930 3 years, 16 days
Jack Baddeley   Labor 4 November 1930 15 October 1931 345 days
  Labor (NSW) 15 October 1931 13 May 1932 211 days
John Dunningham   Nationalist 16 May 1932 26 May 1938 6 years, 10 days
Alexander Mair 1 June 1938 13 October 1938 134 days
Herbert Hawkins 13 October 1938 16 June 1939 246 days
Athol Richardson 26 June 1939 5 August 1939 51 days
Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services 5 August 1939 16 August 1939
George Gollan 16 August 1939 16 May 1941 1 year, 273 days
Hamilton Knight   Labor 16 May 1941 6 February 1947 5 years, 266 days
Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare 6 February 1947 29 October 1947
Jack Baddeley 29 October 1947 9 March 1948 132 days
Frank Finnan 9 March 1948 30 June 1950 4 years, 351 days
Minister for Labour and Industry 30 June 1950 23 February 1953
Abe Landa 23 February 1953 15 March 1956 3 years, 21 days
Jim Maloney 15 March 1956 13 May 1965 9 years, 59 days
Eric Willis   Liberal 13 May 1965 11 March 1971 5 years, 302 days
Frederick Hewitt 11 March 1971 14 May 1976 5 years, 64 days
Paul Landa   Labor Minister for Industrial Relations 14 May 1976 9 August 1976 87 days
Pat Hills 9 August 1976 4 July 1986 11 years, 225 days
Minister for Industrial Relations
Minister for Employment 		4 July 1986 21 March 1988
John Fahey   Liberal Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment 25 March 1988 24 July 1990 4 years, 100 days
Minister for Industrial Relations 24 July 1990 3 July 1992
John Hannaford 3 July 1992 26 May 1993 327 days
Kerry Chikarovski Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 1 year, 313 days
Jeff Shaw   Labor Minister for Industrial Relations 4 April 1995 28 June 2000 6 years, 85 days
John Della Bosca 28 June 2000 13 June 2008 7 years, 351 days
Eric Roozendaal 13 June 2008 8 September 2008 87 days
Tony Kelly 8 September 2008 11 September 2008 2 days
John Hatzistergos 11 September 2008 8 December 2009 1 year, 88 days
John Robertson 8 December 2009 21 May 2010 164 days
Paul Lynch 21 May 2010 28 March 2011 311 days
Mike Baird   Liberal Minister for Industrial Relations 12 September 2012 17 April 2014 1 year, 217 days
Mike Gallacher 23 April 2014 7 May 2014 14 days
Andrew Constance 7 May 2014 2 April 2015 330 days
Gladys Berejiklian 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days
Dominic Perrottet 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days [14]
Don Harwin   Liberal Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations,
Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts 		2 April 2019 15 April 2020 1 year, 13 days [15][16]
Gladys Berejiklian
(acting) 		15 April 2020 3 July 2020 79 days [17][18]
Don Harwin 3 July 2020 21 December 2021 1 year, 171 days [19]
Damien Tudehope Minister for Employee Relations 21 December 2021 incumbent 50 days [20]

Public sector reform[]

Minister Party affiliation Ministerial title Term start Term end Time in office
John Della Bosca Labor Minister Assisting the Premier on Public Sector Management 31 March 2000 17 February 2006 5 years, 323 days
John Robertson Labor Minister for Public Sector Reform 30 January 2009 21 May 2010 1 year, 111 days
Paul Lynch 21 May 2010 28 March 2011 311 days

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Statement from Don Harwin". NSW Government. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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  11. ^ Wake, Caroline (7 May 2020). "Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus - but this crisis could be an opportunity". The Conversation. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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  13. ^ Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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  16. ^ "NSW Arts Minister resigns after breaking coronavirus lockdown rules". ABC News. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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  18. ^ Wake, Caroline (7 May 2020). "Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus - but this crisis could be an opportunity". The Conversation. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  19. ^ "NSW Police boss hits back after former Arts minister Don Harwin gets off coronavirus fine". ABC News. Australia. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
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