Minister for Gaming and Racing

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Minister for Gaming and Racing
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Incumbent
David Harris
since 5 April 2023
Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade
Style The Honourable
Nominator Premier of New South Wales
Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder Michael Cleary (as Minister for Racing)
Formation4 July 1986

The New South Wales Minister for Gaming and Racing is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities for the oversight of hospitality and for racing in the state of New South Wales, Australia. [1]

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Role and responsibilities

Racing became a portfolio for the first time in the Unsworth ministry. [2] The minister was responsible for regulating bookmakers and the control of greyhound, trotting and horse racing, racecourse development and the management of the NSW Totalisator Agency Board. [3] With the establishment of the Sydney Harbour Casino in 1995, the portfolio included the Casino Control Board. [4] The portfolio was abolished in the Second Berejiklian ministry and responsibility shared by the Minister for Customer Service and the Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, before being re-established in the second Perrottet ministry. In addition to racing and gambling, the minister is also responsible for registered clubs. [5]

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister for Gaming and Racing, or any precedent title:

Ministerial titleMinister  [2] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Racing Michael Cleary   Labor Unsworth 4 July 198621 March 19881 year, 261 days
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing Bob Rowland Smith   National Greiner (1) 25 March 198818 September 19893 years, 60 days
Minister for Racing  [a] 18 September 198924 May 1991
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing George Souris Greiner (2)
Fahey (1) 		6 June 199124 June 19921 year, 18 days
Joe Schipp   Liberal Fahey (2) 3 July 199226 May 1993327 days
Chris Downy Fahey (3) 26 May 19934 April 19951 year, 313 days
Minister for Gaming and Racing Richard Face   Labor Carr (1) (2) (3) 4 April 199513 February 20037 years, 315 days
Michael Egan Carr (3) 13 February 20032 April 200348 days
Grant McBride Carr (4)
Iemma (1) 		2 April 20032 April 20074 years, 0 days
Graham West Iemma (2) 2 April 20078 September 20081 year, 159 days
Kevin Greene Rees
Keneally 		8 September 200828 March 20112 years, 201 days
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing George Souris   National O'Farrell 4 April 201123 April 20143 years, 19 days
Minister for Hospitality, Gaming and Racing Troy Grant Baird (1) 23 April 20142 April 20152 years, 282 days
Minister for Racing Baird (2) 2 April 201530 January 2017
Paul Toole Berejiklian (1) 30 January 201723 March 20192 years, 52 days
Minister for Hospitality and Racing Kevin Anderson   National Perrottet (2) 21 December 202128 March 20231 year, 97 days [1]
Minister for Transport Jo Haylen   Labor Minns 28 March 20235 April 20238 days
Minister for Gaming and Racing David Harris  5 April 2023incumbent2 years, 227 days

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The portfolio of Racing was separated from Sport and Recreation however Bob Rowland Smith retained responsibility for both portfolios.

References

  1. 1 2 "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . 21 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "PFO-109 Racing [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ "PFO-110 Gaming and Racing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  5. ↑ "PFO-435 Hospitality and Racing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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