Government minister in New South Wales, Australia
The Minister for Western Sydney is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the Greater Western Sydney, Australia.
It was first established in 1997 in the second Carr ministry as an assistant minister,[1] before becoming a separate portfolio in the third Carr ministry. The portfolio was only intermittently responsible for any legislation, nor tasked with the management of a department. The region is not defined, although generally consistent with Greater Western Sydney the portfolio has on occasion been responsible for areas outside that region, such as the Sydney Olympic Park.[2]
In the second Perrottet ministry the portfolio is responsible for the Western Parkland City Authority, which includes the region around the Western Sydney Airport.[3][4]
List of ministers
The following individuals have served as Minister for Western Sydney, or any precedent titles:
Title |
Minister[4] |
Party |
Ministry |
Term start |
Term end |
Time in office |
Notes
|
Minister for Western Sydney
|
Kim Yeadon
|
|
Labor
|
Carr (3)
|
8 April 1999
|
2 April 2003
|
3 years, 359 days
|
|
Diane Beamer
|
Carr (4) Iemma (1)
|
2 April 2003
|
2 April 2007
|
4 years, 0 days
|
|
Graham West
|
Iemma (2)
|
2 April 2007
|
11 April 2007
|
9 days
|
|
Barbara Perry
|
11 April 2007
|
8 September 2008
|
1 year, 150 days
|
|
David Borger
|
Rees Keneally
|
8 September 2008
|
28 March 2011
|
2 years, 201 days
|
|
Barry O'Farrell
|
|
Liberal
|
O'Farrell
|
3 April 2011
|
23 April 2014
|
3 years, 364 days
|
|
Mike Baird
|
Baird (1) (2)
|
23 April 2014
|
23 January 2017
|
1 year, 296 days
|
|
Stuart Ayres
|
Berejiklian (1)
|
30 January 2017
|
23 March 2019
|
5 years, 185 days
|
|
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney
|
Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)
|
2 April 2019
|
21 December 2021
|
[5]
|
Minister for Western Sydney
|
Perrottet (2)
|
21 December 2021
|
3 August 2022
|
[6]
|
David Elliott
|
5 August 2022
|
28 March 2023
|
235 days
|
[7]
|
Prue Car
|
|
Labor
|
Minns
|
5 April 2023
|
incumbent
|
1 year, 231 days
|
|
Assistant ministers
Title |
Minister[4] |
Party |
Ministry |
Term start |
Term end |
Time in office |
Notes
|
Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney
|
Kim Yeadon
|
|
Labor
|
Carr (1) (2)
|
1 December 1997
|
8 April 1999
|
1 year, 128 days
|
|
|
Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney
|
Stuart Ayres
|
|
Liberal
|
O'Farrell Baird (1)
|
9 December 2013
|
2 April 2015
|
1 year, 114 days
|
|
|
References