Minister for Northern Australia | |
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Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Kep Enderby (as Minister for the Northern Territory) |
Formation | 19 December 1972 |
Website | minister |
The Minister for Northern Australia is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Madeleine King following the swearing in of the full Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022. [1]
In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Northern Australia, or any of its precedent titles: [2]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Kep Enderby | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for the Northern Territory 1 | 19 December 1972 | 19 October 1973 | 304 days | |
2 | Rex Patterson 1 | 19 October 1973 | 6 June 1975 | 2 years, 2 days | ||||
Minister for Northern Australia | 6 June 1975 | 21 October 1975 | ||||||
3 | Paul Keating | 21 October 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 21 days | ||||
4 | Ian Sinclair | National Country | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 41 days | ||
5 | Evan Adermann | Minister for the Northern Territory | 22 December 1975 | 28 September 1978 | 2 years, 280 days | |||
6 | Bob Collins | Labor | Hawke | Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Northern Australia | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | 2 years, 53 days | |
Keating | 20 December 1991 | 27 May 1992 | ||||||
7 | Ben Humphreys | 27 May 1992 | 24 March 1993 | 301 days | ||||
8 | Josh Frydenberg | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia | 21 September 2015 | 18 February 2016 | 150 days | |
9 | Matt Canavan | Liberal National | Minister for Northern Australia | 18 February 2016 | 19 July 2016 | 1 year, 157 days | ||
Minister for Resources and Northern Australia | 19 July 2016 | 25 July 2017 | ||||||
10 | Barnaby Joyce | National | 25 July 2017 | 27 October 2017 | 94 days | |||
(9) | Matt Canavan | Liberal National | 27 October 2017 | 24 August 2018 | 2 years, 99 days | |||
Morrison | 24 August 2018 | 3 February 2020 | ||||||
11 | Keith Pitt Scott Morrison [3] | Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia | 6 February 2020 | 2 July 2021 | 1 year, 146 days | |||
12 | David Littleproud | Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia | 2 July 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 325 days | |||
13 | Madeleine King | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Northern Australia | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 117 days |
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