Minister for Emergency Management

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Minister for Emergency Management
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Incumbent
Murray Watt
since 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Department of Home Affairs
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder Robert McClelland
Formation14 December 2011 (2011-12-14)
Website minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/MurrayWatt

The Minister for Emergency Management is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Murray Watt following the swearing-in of the full Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022. [1]

Contents

In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Home Affairs.

List of ministers

Emergency management

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Emergency Management, or any of its precedent titles: [2]

OrderMinisterPartyMinistryTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in officeRef
1 Robert McClelland   Labor 2nd Gillard Minister for Emergency Management14 December 20115 March 201282 days [3]
2 Nicola Roxon 5 March 20124 February 2013336 days [4]
3 Mark Dreyfus 2nd Gillard
2nd Rudd
4 February 201318 September 2013226 days [5]
4 Linda Reynolds   Liberal 1st Morrison Minister for Emergency Management and North Queensland Recovery2 March 201929 May 201988 days [6]
5 David Littleproud   National (LNP) 2nd Morrison Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management29 May 20196 February 20202 years, 34 days [7]
Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management6 February 20202 July 2021
6 Bridget McKenzie NationalMinister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience2 July 202123 May 2022325 days [8]
7 Murray Watt  Labor Albanese Minister for Emergency Management1 June 2022Incumbent1 year, 117 days [9]

Assisting the attorney-general on Queensland floods recovery

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery, or any of its precedent titles: [2]

OrderMinisterPartyMinistryTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in officeRef
1 Joe Ludwig  Labor 2nd Gillard Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery26 January 20111 July 20132 years, 156 days [10]

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References

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