Minister for the Environment (New South Wales)
Minister for the Environment Minister for Heritage | |
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NSW Office of Environment and Heritage | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
Inaugural holder |
Jack Beale (as the Minister for Environmental Control) Bob Carr (as the Minister for Heritage) Bill Dunn (as the Minister for Conservation) |
Formation |
1971 (Environment) 4 July 1986 (Heritage) 1944 (Conservation) |
The New South Wales Minister for the Environment is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities which includes environmental regulation and policy, national parks, and the protection of built and environmental heritage in New South Wales, Australia.
The current Minister for the Environment is Gabrielle Upton who also holds responsibilities as the Minister for Heritage and as the Minister for Local Government, all with effect since 30 January 2017.[1] The minister assists the Minister for Planning and administers the portfolio through the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, an agency within the Department of Planning and Environment and includes various sub-agencies such as the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.
List of ministers
Environment
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
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Jack Beale | Liberal | Minister for Environmental Control | 1971 | 1973 | 1–2 years |
Sir John Fuller | Country | Minister for Planning and Environment | 1973 | 1976 | 2–3 years |
Bill Crabtree | Labor | Minister for Environment | 1976 | 1976 | – |
Paul Landa | Minister for Planning and Environment | 1976 | 1980 | 3–4 years | |
Eric Bedford | 1980 | 1984 | 3–4 years | ||
Terry Sheahan | 1984 | 1984 | – | ||
Bob Carr | 1984 | 1988 | 3–4 years | ||
Tim Moore | Liberal | Minister for the Environment | 1988 | 1991 | 2–3 years |
Bruce Baird | 1992 | 1992 | – | ||
Chris Hartcher | 1992 | 1995 | 2–3 years | ||
Pamela Allan | Labor | 1995 | 1999 | 3–4 years | |
Bob Debus | 1999 | 2007 | 7–8 years | ||
Phil Koperberg | Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water | 2007 | 2008 | 0–1 years | |
Verity Firth | Minister for Climate Change and the Environment | 2008 | 2008 | – | |
Carmel Tebbutt | 2008 | 2009 | 0–1 years | ||
John Robertson | 2009 | 2009 | – | ||
Frank Sartor | 2009 | 2011 | 1–2 years | ||
Robyn Parker | Liberal | Minister for the Environment | 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 | present | 1 year, 256 days |
Heritage
The following individuals have been appointed Minister responsible for administering the NSW Heritage Act 1977.[2] 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.
Minister | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
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Paul Landa | Labor | Minister for Planning and Environment | 21 December 1977 | 29 February 1980 | 2 years, 70 days |
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 | ||
Bob Carr | 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 | present | 1 year, 256 days |
Former ministerial titles
Conservation
Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial title | |||||
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Bill Dunn | Labor | 8 June 1944 – 9 May 1946 | Minister for Conservation | |||||
George Weir | 9 May 1946 – 3 November 1952 | |||||||
George Enticknap | 3 November 1952 – 15 March 1956 | |||||||
Ernest Wetherell | 15 March 1956 – 31 May 1960 | |||||||
George Enticknap | 31 May 1960 – 13 May 1965 | |||||||
Jack Beale | Liberal | 1965–1971 | ||||||
Wallace Fife | 1971–1972 | |||||||
George Freudenstein | Country | 1972–1975 | ||||||
Lin Gordon | Labor | 1976–1980 | Minister for Conservation | |||||
Garry West | National | 1991–1993 | Minister for Conservation and Land Management | |||||
George Souris | 1993–1995 | Minister for Land and Water Conservation | ||||||
Kim Yeadon | Labor | 1995–1997 | ||||||
Richard Amery | 1997–2003 |
References
- ↑ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "NSW Parliamentary Record (11 August 1824 - November 2007)" (PDF). Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly. Parliament of New South Wales. VIII. November 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2011.