Minister for Skills and Training | |
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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) |
Formation | 24 July 1990 |
The New South Wales Minister for Skills and Training 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.
The current minister, since 21 December 2021, is Alister Henskens. The minister supports the Minister for Education and Early Learning, Sarah Mitchell. [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.
The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister for Skills and Training or any preceding titles:
Title | Minister | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
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Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment | John Fahey | Liberal | Grieiner (1) (2) | 24 July 1990 | 3 July 1992 | 1 year, 345 days | ||
Minister for Employment and Training | Virginia Chadwick | Fahey (1) (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 | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days | [2] | |
Minister for Skills and Training | Alister Henskens | Perrottet | 21 December 2021 | incumbent | 79 days | [1] |
Ministerial title | Minister | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | ||
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Assistant Minister for Skills | Adam Marshall | National | Berejiklian (2) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | ||
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