Minister for Infrastructure (New South Wales)

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Minister for Infrastructure
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Incumbent
Rob Stokes
since 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
Department of Transport
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder Craig Knowles (as the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning)
Formation2 April 2003

The Minister for Infrastructure is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for public infrastructure across New South Wales, Australia.

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The current Minister for Infrastructure is Rob Stokes, who is also the Minister for Cities and Minister for Active Transport, and was sworn in on 21 December 2021. In the second Perrottet ministry since December 2021, it is one of the six ministries in the transport sector and the Minister (for Infrastructure, Cities and Active Transport) works with the Minister for Transport, the Minister for Metropolitan Roads and the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads. [1] [2] Together they administer the portfolio through the Department of Transport (Transport for NSW) and a range of other government agencies that coordinate funding arrangements for transport operators, including hundreds of local and community transport operators. [3]

Role and responsibilities

Infrastructure was first represented at a portfolio level in the fourth Carr ministry, combined with Planning. The minister, Craig Knowles, also held the portfolio of Natural Resources and was responsible for the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources. The government's stated purpose in establishing a combined department was:

  1. to form one department for the purpose of making integrated decisions about natural resource management and land use planning; that is to bring the social, economic and environmental agendas together to promote sustainability;
  2. improve service delivery and provide clear, concise and co-ordinated information to customers;
  3. to simplify policy and regulation to resolve confusion and duplication;
  4. to reduce costs and redirect savings back to the community;
  5. to link decisions about vital infrastructure with the broader plans for NSW; and
  6. to devolve decision making to the communities that those decisions affect. [4]

Infrastructure was established as a separate portfolio in the first Iemma ministry, however it was not responsible for a department nor legislation [5] The portfolio was combined with planning in the O'Farrell ministry before being split into separate portfolios in the first Baird ministry. The portfolio was then combined with Transport in the second Baird ministry, before being abolished in the second Berejiklian ministry, subsumed into Transport. The portfolio was recreated in the second Perrottet ministry. [2]

From December 2021 the minister is responsible for Barangaroo and Infrastructure NSW. [3]

List of ministers

Ministerial titleMinister  [2] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Infrastructure and Planning Craig Knowles   Labor Carr (4) 2 April 20033 August 20052 years, 123 days
Minister for Infrastructure Michael Costa Iemma (1) 3 August 20055 September 20083 years, 33 days
Joe Tripodi Iemma (2) 8 September 200817 November 20091 year, 70 days
Kristina Keneally Rees 17 November 20094 December 200917 days
Tony Kelly Keneally 8 December 200928 March 20111 year, 110 days
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Minister Assisting the Premier on Infrastructure NSW 		Brad Hazzard   Liberal O'Farrell 3 April 201123 April 20143 years, 20 days
Minister for Infrastructure Mike Baird Baird (1) 23 April 20142 April 2015344 days
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance Baird (2)
Berejiklian (1) 		2 April 20152 April 20194 years, 0 days
Minister for Infrastructure Rob Stokes   Liberal Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021incumbent127 days [1]

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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 3 Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Administrative Arrangements (Second Perrottet Ministry—Allocation of Acts and Agencies) Order 2021". NSW Legislation. 21 December 2021. p. 27. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "AGY-3813 Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2022. CC-BY-icon-80x15.png  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  5. ↑ "PFO-296 Infrastructure [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2022. CC-BY-icon-80x15.png  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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