Minister for Families and Communities

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Minister for Families and Communities
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Incumbent
Kate Washington
since 5 April 2023
Department of Communities and Justice
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder Herbert Hawkins
(as Minister for Social Services)
Formation22 August 1935

The New South Wales Minister for Families and Communities is a minister of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for social policy and welfare, including matters relating to ageing, disability, multiculturalism, and veterans' affairs, women's affairs and youth in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The portfolio is currently held by Kate Washington, who also holds the position of Minister for Disability Inclusion.

Contents

The Minister is assisted in the administration of her portfolio by the following ministers:

Collectively the ministers administer the portfolio through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies. [3] [4]

List of ministers

Ministerial titleMinister  [4] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Social Services Herbert Hawkins   United Australia Stevens (2) 22 August 193513 October 19383 years, 52 days
Athol Richardson Stevens (3) 13 October 19385 August 1939307 days
Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services5 August 193916 August 1939
George Gollan Mair 16 August 193916 May 19411 year, 273 days
Hamilton Knight   Labor McKell (1) (2)16 May 19416 February 19476 years, 166 days
Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare McGirr (1) (2) 6 February 194729 October 1947
Jack Baddeley McGirr (2) 29 October 19479 March 1948132 days
Frank Finnan 9 March 194830 June 19504 years, 351 days
Minister for Social Welfare McGirr (3)
Cahill (1) 		30 June 195023 February 1953
Abe Landa Cahill (2) 23 February 195315 March 19563 years, 21 days
Minister for Social Welfare
Minister for Child Welfare		 Frank Hawkins Cahill (3) (4)
Heffron (1) (2)
Renshaw 		15 March 195613 May 19659 years, 59 days
Arthur Bridges   Liberal Askin (1) (2) 13 May 196522 May 19683 years, 9 days
Harry Jago Askin (2) 23 May 19683 September 1968104 days
Frederick Hewitt Askin (2) (3) 3 September 196811 March 19712 years, 189 days
John Waddy Askin (4) 11 March 197117 January 19732 years, 267 days
Minister for Youth and Community Services Askin (5) 17 January 19733 December 1973
Dick Healey Askin (6) 3 December 19733 January 19751 year, 31 days
Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs Steve Mauger Lewis (1) (2) 3 January 197523 January 19761 year, 20 days
Jim Clough Willis 23 January 197614 May 1976112 days
Minister for Youth and Community Services Rex Jackson   Labor Wran (1) (2) (3) 14 May 19762 October 19815 years, 141 days
Kevin Stewart Wran (4) 2 October 19811 February 19831 year, 122 days
Frank Walker Wran (5) (6) (7) 1 February 19836 February 19863 years, 5 days
Peter Anderson Wran (8) 6 February 19864 July 1986148 days
John Aquilina Unsworth 4 July 198625 March 19881 year, 265 days
Minister for Family and Community Services Virginia Chadwick   Liberal Greiner (1) 25 March 198824 July 19902 years, 121 days
Robert Webster   National 24 July 19906 June 1991317 days
Minister for Health and Community Services John Hannaford   Liberal Greiner (2) 6 June 199124 June 19921 year, 18 days
Minister for Community Services Jim Longley Fahey (1) (2) (3) 24 June 19924 April 19952 years, 284 days
Ron Dyer   Labor Carr (1) 4 April 19951 December 19972 years, 241 days
Faye Lo Po' Carr (2) (3) 1 December 19972 April 20035 years, 122 days
Carmel Tebbutt Carr (4) 2 April 200321 January 20051 year, 294 days
Reba Meagher Iemma (1) 21 January 20052 April 20072 years, 71 days
Kevin Greene Iemma (2) 2 April 20078 September 20081 year, 159 days
Linda Burney Rees
Keneally 		8 September 200828 March 20112 years, 207 days
Minister for Family and Community Services Pru Goward   Liberal O'Farrell 3 April 201123 April 20143 years, 20 days
Gabrielle Upton Baird (1) 23 April 20142 April 2015344 days
Brad Hazzard Baird (2) 2 April 201530 January 20171 year, 303 days [5]
Pru Goward Berejiklian (1) 30 January 201726 March 20192 years, 55 days [6]
Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Gareth Ward Berejiklian (2) 2 April 201914 May 20212 years, 42 days [2]
Alister Henskens Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1) 		27 May 202121 December 2021208 days [7]
Minister for Families and Communities Natasha Maclaren-Jones Perrottet (2) 21 December 20215 April 20232 years, 145 days [1]
Kate Washington   Labor Minns 5 April 2023incumbent1 year, 39 days

Former ministerial title

Social housing

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Housing (New South Wales) § Social housing.[ edit ]
Ministerial titleMinister  [4] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Social Housing Brad Hazzard   Liberal Baird (2) 2 April 201530 January 20171 year, 303 days [8]
Pru Goward Berejiklian (1) 30 January 201723 March 20192 years, 52 days [9]

Volunteering

The Minister for Volunteering is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for volunteering in New South Wales. It was first established in 2007 in the Second Iemma ministry and was abolished in 2011 following the defeat of the Keneally ministry. [10] [4]

TitleMinister [4] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Volunteering Linda Burney   Labor Iemma (2) 2 April 2007 5 September 2008 1 year, 156 days
Graham West Rees 8 September 2008 4 December 2009 1 year, 87 days
Peter Primrose Keneally 4 December 2009 28 March 2011 1 year, 114 days

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  2. 1 2 "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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