Minister for Industrial Relations (New South Wales)

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Minister for Industrial Relations
Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg
Incumbent
Sophie Cotsis
since 5 April 2023
Department of Premier and Cabinet
and New South Wales Treasury
Style The Honourable
Nominator Premier of New South Wales
Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder Jacob Garrard (as the Minister for Labour and Industry)
Formation11 March 1895

The Minister for Industrial Relations is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities for matters relating to industrial and labour laws and regulation in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The portfolio was established in 1895 in the Reid ministry and titled Minister for Labour and Industry, held in conjunction with the Minister of Public Instruction. The minister is responsible for assisting the Premier and the Treasurer in the administration of their respective clusters. [1] [2]

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Ultimately the Minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

History

The 1890s in New South Wales were a period of depression, with soaring unemployment and poverty, accompanied by industrial disputes and strikes, such as the bitter and prolonged 1890 Australian maritime dispute, the 1891 and 1894 shearers' strikes and the 1892 Broken Hill miners' strike.The Government Labour Bureau was established in February 1892 in response to the soaring unemployment and poverty brought on by the depression, with its principal tasks being in finding work for the unemployed and assisting families. [3] There was also a legislative response, such as Trade Disputes Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1892, Apprentices Act 1894, and the Factories and Shops Act 1896.

The portfolio was established to be responsible for industrial registration, safety in the workplace, and the labour exchange, including the Government Labour Bureau. [4]

Industrial relations in NSW was affected by the WorkChoices legislation and the Fair Work Act , which saw the Commonwealth assume responsibility for private sector employment matters. In 2017 Industrial Relations came within The Treasury and the portfolio was abolished in 2019 and merged into the portfolio of Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts. [5] At the time of its abolition, the minister was Dominic Perrottet, who was also the Treasurer, since 30 January 2017. [6] [7]

The ministry was reestablished in December 2021. [2] [8]

List of ministers

Minister  [8] PartyMinisterial titleTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Jacob Garrard   Free Trade Minister of Public Instruction
Minister for Labour and Industry 		11 March 1895 15 August 1898 3 years, 157 days
James Hogue 27 August 1898 13 September 1899 1 year, 17 days
John Perry   Protectionist 14 September 1899 27 March 1901 4 years, 274 days
  Progressive 28 March 1901 14 June 1904
John Fegan 17 June 1904 29 August 1904 73 days
Broughton O'Conor   Liberal Reform 29 August 1904 13 May 1907 2 years, 257 days
James Hogue 14 May 1907 1 October 1907 140 days
William Wood Minister for Labour and Industry 2 October 1907 21 January 1908 111 days
James Hogue 22 January 1908 20 October 1910 2 years, 271 days
George Beeby   Labor 21 October 1910 10 September 1911 324 days
Campbell Carmichael 11 September 1911 26 November 1911 76 days
George Beeby 27 November 1911 9 December 1912 1 year, 12 days
Campbell Carmichael 10 December 1912 29 June 1913 201 days
James McGowen 30 June 1913 29 January 1914 213 days
John Estell 29 January 1914 31 October 1916 2 years, 276 days
Henry Hoyle 31 October 1916 15 November 1916 15 days
George Beeby   Nationalist 15 November 1916 23 July 1919 2 years, 250 days
Augustus James 23 July 1919 12 April 1920 264 days
George Cann   Labor 12 April 1920 10 October 1921 1 year, 181 days
Greg McGirr Minister for Labour 10 October 1921 20 December 1921 71 days
Thomas Ley   Nationalist Minister of Public Instruction and Labour and Industry 20 December 1921 20 December 1921
Edward Kavanagh   Labor Minister for Labour 20 December 1921 13 April 1922 114 days
Ernest Farrar   Nationalist Minister for Labour and Industry 13 April 1922 17 June 1925 3 years, 65 days
Jack Baddeley   Labor 17 June 1925 18 October 1927 2 years, 123 days
Ernest Farrar   Nationalist 18 October 1927 3 November 1930 3 years, 16 days
Jack Baddeley   Labor 4 November 1930 15 October 1931 345 days
  Labor (NSW) 15 October 1931 13 May 1932 211 days
John Dunningham   Nationalist 16 May 1932 26 May 1938 6 years, 10 days
Alexander Mair 1 June 1938 13 October 1938 134 days
Herbert Hawkins 13 October 1938 16 June 1939 246 days
Athol Richardson 26 June 1939 5 August 193951 days
Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services 5 August 1939 16 August 1939
George Gollan 16 August 1939 16 May 1941 1 year, 273 days
Hamilton Knight   Labor 16 May 1941 6 February 1947 5 years, 266 days
Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare 6 February 1947 29 October 1947
Jack Baddeley 29 October 1947 9 March 1948 132 days
Frank Finnan 9 March 1948 30 June 1950 4 years, 351 days
Minister for Labour and Industry 30 June 1950 23 February 1953
Abe Landa 23 February 1953 15 March 1956 3 years, 21 days
Jim Maloney 15 March 1956 13 May 1965 9 years, 59 days
Eric Willis   Liberal 13 May 1965 11 March 1971 5 years, 302 days
Frederick Hewitt 11 March 1971 14 May 1976 5 years, 64 days
Paul Landa   Labor Minister for Industrial Relations 14 May 1976 9 August 1976 87 days
Pat Hills 9 August 1976 4 July 1986 11 years, 225 days
Minister for Industrial Relations
Minister for Employment 		4 July 1986 21 March 1988
John Fahey   Liberal Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment 25 March 1988 24 July 19904 years, 100 days
Minister for Industrial Relations
Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment 		24 July 1990 3 July 1992
John Hannaford Minister for Industrial Relations 3 July 1992 26 May 1993 327 days
Kerry Chikarovski Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 1 year, 313 days
Jeff Shaw   Labor Minister for Industrial Relations 4 April 1995 28 June 2000 6 years, 85 days
John Della Bosca 28 June 2000 13 June 2008 7 years, 351 days
Eric Roozendaal 13 June 2008 8 September 2008 87 days
Tony Kelly 8 September 2008 11 September 2008 2 days
John Hatzistergos 11 September 2008 8 December 2009 1 year, 88 days
John Robertson 8 December 2009 21 May 2010 164 days
Paul Lynch 21 May 2010 28 March 2011 311 days
Mike Baird   Liberal Minister for Industrial Relations 12 September 2012 17 April 2014 1 year, 217 days
Mike Gallacher 23 April 2014 7 May 2014 14 days
Andrew Constance 7 May 2014 2 April 2015 330 days
Gladys Berejiklian 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days
Dominic Perrottet 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days [7]
Don Harwin Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations,
Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts 		2 April 201915 April 20201 year, 13 days [9] [10]
Gladys Berejiklian
(acting)		15 April 20203 July 202079 days [11] [12]
Don Harwin 3 July 202021 December 20211 year, 171 days [13]
Damien Tudehope Minister for Employee Relations21 December 202123 February 20231 year, 64 days [2]
Dominic Perrottet 23 February 202328 March 202333 days
Daniel Mookhey   Labor Minister for the Gig Economy28 March 20235 April 20238 days
Sophie Cotsis Minister for Industrial Relations5 April 2023incumbent1 year, 9 days

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