Minister for Skills and Training (New South Wales)

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Minister for Skills and Training
Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg
Incumbent
Alister Henskens

since 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
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 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.

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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.

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) 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 incumbent79 days [1]

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.