Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education

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Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education
Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg
Incumbent
Steve Whan
since 28 September 2023 (2023-09-28)
Department of Education
TAFE NSW
Style The Honourable
Nominator Premier of New South Wales
Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder John Fahey
(as the Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment)
Formation24 July 1990

The New South Wales Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education is a minister in the New South Wales Government and has responsibilities that includes all schools and institutes of higher education in New South Wales, Australia.

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The current minister, since 28 September 2023, is Steve Whan. The minister supports the Minister for Education and Early Learning, Prue Car. [1]

Together, the ministers administer the portfolio through the Education cluster, in particular the Department of Education, TAFE NSW, and a range of other government agencies.

Ultimately, the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister for Skills and Training or any preceding titles:

TitleMinisterPartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment John Fahey   Liberal Grieiner (1) (2)
Fahey (1)
24 July 1990 3 July 1992 1 year, 345 days
Minister for Employment and Training Virginia Chadwick Fahey (2) 3 July 1992 26 May 1993 2 years, 275 days
Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs Fahey (3) 26 May 1993 4 April 1995
Minister for Education and Training John Aquilina   Labor Carr (1) (2) (3) 4 April 1995 21 November 2001 6 years, 231 days
John Watkins Carr (3) 21 November 2001 2 April 2003 1 year, 132 days
Andrew Refshauge Carr (4) 2 April 2003 21 January 2005 1 year, 294 days
Carmel Tebbutt Carr (4)
Iemma (1)
21 January 2005 2 April 2007 2 years, 71 days
John Della Bosca Iemma (2) 2 April 2007 8 September 2008 1 year, 159 days
Verity Firth Rees
Keneally
8 September 2008 28 March 2011 2 years, 201 days
Minister for Skills John Barilaro   National Baird (2)
Berejiklian (1)
2 April 2015 23 March 2019 3 years, 355 days
Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee   Liberal Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)
2 April 2019 21 December 2021 2 years, 263 days [2]
Minister for Skills and Training Alister Henskens Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 28 March 2023 1 year, 97 days [1]
Minister for Education and Early Learning Prue Car   Labor Minns 28 March 2023 5 April 2023 8 days
Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education Tim Crakanthorp 5 April 2023 3 August 2023 120 days
Prue Car 3 August 2023 28 September 2023 56 days
Steve Whan 28 September 2023 incumbent1 year, 4 days

Assistant Ministers

Ministerial titleMinisterPartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in office
Assistant Minister for Skills Adam Marshall   National Berejiklian (2) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days

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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. "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.