Government minister in New South Wales, Australia
The Innovation, Science and Technology is a minister in the New South Wales Government and has responsibilities that includes all schools and institutes of higher education in New South Wales , Australia .[ 1]
The ministers manages the portfolio through the Premier's Department .[ 2] Ultimately, the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales .
There have previously been ministers responsible for Science, Innovation and Technology; however the combined ministry was first created in December 2021 in the second Perrottet ministry .[ 1] [ 3]
List of ministers
The following individuals have served as the Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, or any precedent titles:
Title
Minister [ 3]
Party
Ministry
Term start
Term end
Time in office
Notes
Minister for Science
Charles Cutler
Country
Askin (1) (2) (3) (4)
13 May 1965
19 June 1972
7 years, 37 days
[ 4]
Minister for Technology
Pat Hills
Labor
Wran (2)
19 October 1978
29 February 1980
1 year, 133 days
[ 5]
Ron Mulock
Wran (3)
29 February 1980
2 October 1981
1 year, 216 days
[ 6]
Pat Hills
Wran (4) (5)
2 October 1981
10 February 1984
2 years, 131 days
[ 5]
Minister for Small Business and Technology
George Paciullo
Wran (6)
10 February 1984
5 April 1984
55 days
[ 7]
Eric Bedford
Wran (7)
5 April 1984
31 December 1985
1 year, 270 days
[ 8]
Neville Wran
1 January 1986
6 February 1986
36 days
[ 9]
Minister for Energy and Technology
Peter Cox
Wran (8) Unsworth
6 February 1986
26 November 1987
1 year, 293 days
[ 10]
Minister for Information Technology
Kim Yeadon
Labor
Carr (2) (3)
1 December 1997
2 April 2003
5 years, 122 days
[ 11]
Minister for Science and Medical Research
Frank Sartor
Carr (4) Iemma (1)
2 April 2003
2 April 2007
4 years, 0 days
[ 12]
Verity Firth
Iemma (2)
2 April 2007
5 September 2008
1 year, 156 days
[ 13]
Tony Stewart
Rees
8 September 2008
4 November 2008
57 days
[ 14]
Jodi McKay
Rees Keneally
4 November 2008
28 March 2011
2 years, 144 days
[ 15]
Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation
Victor Dominello
Liberal
Baird (2)
2 April 2015
30 January 2017
1 year, 303 days
[ 16]
Matt Kean
Berejiklian (1)
30 January 2017
23 March 2019
2 years, 52 days
[ 17]
Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation
Kevin Anderson
National
Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)
2 April 2019
21 December 2021
2 years, 263 days
[ 18]
Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology
Alister Henskens
Liberal
Perrottet (2)
21 December 2021
28 March 2023
1 year, 97 days
[ 1]
Minister for Transport
Jo Haylen
Labor
Minns
28 March 2023
5 April 2023
8 days
Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology
Anoulack Chanthivong
5 April 2023
incumbent
1 year, 235 days
See also
References