Minister for Housing (Australia)

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Minister for Housing
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Incumbent
Clare O'Neil
since 29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
Department of Social Services
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder Bert Lazzarini
(as Minister for Works and Housing)
Formation13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)
Website ministers.dss.gov.au/clare-oneil

The Minister for Housing is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Clare O'Neil since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry.

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In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Social Services.

The first Minister for Housing was Les Bury, appointed in 1963, although there were Ministers in charge of War Service Homes from 1932 to 1938 and 1941 to 1945. In 1945, Bert Lazzarini was appointed Minister for Works and Housing and this title continued until 1952, when Wilfrid Kent Hughes became Minister for Works. No minister included "works" or "construction" in his portfolio after Stewart West lost this title in 1987, partly reflecting the progressive outsourcing of the Commonwealth's construction activities and even ownership of assets. The Howard government had no Minister of Housing, partly reflecting the decline of the significance of the commonwealth-state housing agreements as a means of providing new housing since the post-war years.

Between 2010 and 2013 and since 2020, the minister appointed to the position is also appointed the Minister for Homelessness.

List of ministers for housing

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Housing, or any of its precedent titles: [1]

OrderMinisterPartyMinistryTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Bert Lazzarini   Labor 1st Chifley Minister for Works and Housing13 July 19451 November 19461 year, 111 days
2 Nelson Lemmon 2nd Chifley 1 November 194619 December 19493 years, 48 days
3 Richard Casey   Liberal 4th Menzies 19 December 194911 May 19511 year, 143 days
4 Wilfrid Kent Hughes 5th Menzies 11 May 19514 June 19521 year, 24 days
5 Les Bury  Liberal 10th Menzies Minister for Housing18 December 196326 January 19662 years, 39 days
6 Annabelle Rankin 1st Holt
2nd Holt
McEwen
1st Gorton
2nd Gorton
McMahon 		26 January 196622 March 19715 years, 55 days
7 Kevin Cairns McMahon 22 March 19715 December 19721 year, 258 days
8 Gough Whitlam 1  Labor 1st Whitlam 5 December 197219 December 197214 days
9 Les Johnson 2nd Whitlam 19 December 197230 November 19732 years, 169 days
2nd Whitlam
3rd Whitlam 		Minister for Housing and Construction 30 November 19736 June 1975
10 Joe Riordan 3rd Whitlam 6 June 197511 November 1975158 days
11 John Carrick  Liberal 1st Fraser 11 November 197522 December 197541 days
12 Ivor Greenwood 2nd Fraser Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development22 December 19758 July 1976199 days
13 Kevin Newman 2nd Fraser 8 July 197620 December 19771 year, 165 days
14 Ray Groom 3rd Fraser 20 December 19775 December 19782 years, 319 days
Minister for Housing and Construction 5 December 19783 November 1980
15 Tom McVeigh   National Country 4th Fraser 3 November 19807 May 19821 year, 185 days
16 Chris Hurford  Labor 1st Hawke Minister for Housing and Construction 11 March 198313 December 19841 year, 277 days
17 Stewart West 2nd Hawke 13 December 198424 July 19872 years, 223 days
18 Peter Morris  Labor 3rd Hawke Minister for Housing and Aged Care 19 January 198815 February 198827 days
19 Peter Staples 3rd Hawke
4th Hawke 		15 February 19887 May 19902 years, 81 days
20 Brian Howe 4th Hawke Minister for Community Services and Health7 May 19907 June 19915 years, 309 days
4th Hawke
1st Keating 		Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services 7 June 199124 March 1993
2nd Keating Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services 24 March 199323 December 1993
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services 23 December 199325 March 1994
Minister for Housing and Regional Development 25 March 199411 March 1996
21 Tanya Plibersek  Labor 1st Rudd
1st Gillard 		Minister for Housing3 December 200714 September 20102 years, 285 days
22 Mark Arbib 2nd Gillard Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness 14 September 201014 December 20111 year, 91 days
23 Robert McClelland Minister for Housing14 December 20115 March 201282 days
24 Brendan O'Connor 5 March 20124 February 2013336 days
25 Mark Butler Minister for Housing and Homelessness 4 February 20131 July 2013147 days
26 Julie Collins 2nd Rudd 1 July 201318 September 201379 days
27 Michael Sukkar  Liberal 2nd Morrison Minister for Housing29 May 201923 May 20222 years, 359 days
(26) Julie Collins  Labor Albanese 1 June 202229 July 20242 years, 58 days
28 Clare O'Neil 29 July 2024Incumbent1 day

Notes

1 Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.

List of assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services, or any of its precedent titles: [1]

OrderMinisterPartyMinistryTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Herbert Johnson  Labor 1st Chifley Minister assisting the Minister for Works and Housing13 July 19451 November 19461 year, 111 days
2 Gary Johns  Labor 1st Keating Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services27 December 199124 March 19931 year, 87 days
3 Andrew Theophanous 2nd Keating Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services24 March 199323 December 19931 year, 1 day
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services23 December 199325 March 1994
4 Mary Crawford Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing and Regional Development25 March 199411 March 19961 year, 352 days
5 Melissa Parke  Labor 2nd Gillard Parliamentary Secretary for Homelessness and Social Housing4 February 20131 July 2013147 days
6 Doug Cameron 2nd Rudd Parliamentary Secretary for Housing and Homelessness1 July 201318 September 201379 days
7 Sarah Henderson  Liberal 1st Morrison Assistant Minister for Social Services, Housing and Disability Services28 August 201829 May 2019274 days
8 Luke Howarth   Liberal National 2nd Morrison Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services29 May 201922 December 20201 year, 207 days

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