Minister for Social Services

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Minister for Social Services
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Incumbent
Amanda Rishworth
since 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Department of Social Services
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor-General
on the advice of the prime minister
Formation26 April 1939 (1939-04-26)
Website ministers.dss.gov.au/amanda-rishworth

The Minister for Social Services is the Australian federal government minister who oversees Australian Government social services, including mental health, families and children's policy, and support for carers and people with disabilities, and seniors. [1] Amanda Rishworth was appointed as minister on 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022. [2]

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Portfolio

In the Government of Australia, the Ministers administer the portfolio through the Department of Social Services. Other portfolio bodies for which the Ministers are responsible include:

List of ministers for social services

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Social Services, or any of its precedent titles: [3]

OrderMinisterPartyPrime MinisterTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Frederick Stewart   United Australia Menzies Minister for Social Services26 April 193929 August 19412 years, 164 days
Fadden 29 August 19417 October 1941
2 Jack Holloway   Labor Curtin 7 October 194121 September 19431 year, 349 days
3 James Fraser 21 September 19436 July 19452 years, 270 days
Forde 6 July 193413 July 1945
Chifley 13 July 194518 June 1946
4 Nick McKenna 18 June 194619 December 19493 years, 184 days
5 Bill Spooner   Liberal Menzies19 December 194911 May 19511 year, 143 days
6 Athol Townley 11 May 19519 July 19543 years, 59 days
7 William McMahon 9 July 195428 February 19561 year, 234 days
8 Hugh Roberton   Country 28 February 195621 January 19658 years, 328 days
9 Reginald Swartz  Liberal21 January 196522 February 196532 days
10 Ian Sinclair  Country22 February 196526 January 19663 years, 6 days
Holt 26 January 196619 December 1967
McEwen 19 December 196710 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 196828 February 1968
11 Bill Wentworth  Liberal28 February 196810 March 19714 years, 281 days
McMahon 10 March 19715 December 1972
12 Lance Barnard  Labor Whitlam 5 December 197219 December 197214 days
13 Don Grimes  Labor Hawke Minister for Community Services13 December 198416 February 19872 years, 65 days
14 Chris Hurford  16 February 198724 July 1987158 days
15 Neal Blewett  Minister for Community Services and Health 24 July 19874 April 19902 years, 254 days
16 Brian Howe  4 April 19907 June 19913 years, 355 days
 Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services7 June 199120 December 1991
  Keating 20 December 199124 March 1993
 Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services24 March 199323 December 1993
 Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services23 December 199325 March 1994
17 Carmen Lawrence  Minister for Human Services and Health 25 March 199411 March 19961 year, 352 days
18 Michael Wooldridge  Liberal Howard Minister for Health and Family Services11 March 199621 October 19982 years, 224 days
19 Jocelyn Newman  Minister for Family and Community Services21 October 199830 January 20012 years, 101 days
20 Amanda Vanstone  30 January 20017 October 20032 years, 250 days
21 Kay Patterson  7 October 200327 January 20062 years, 112 days
22 Mal Brough  Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 27 January 20063 December 20071 year, 310 days
23 Jenny Macklin  Labor Rudd Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 3 December 200724 June 20105 years, 289 days
  Gillard 24 June 201014 December 2011
 Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 14 December 201127 June 2013
 Rudd27 June 201318 September 2013
24 Kevin Andrews  Liberal Abbott Minister for Social Services18 September 201323 December 20141 year, 96 days
25 Scott Morrison  23 December 201415 September 2015272 days
  Turnbull 15 September 201521 September 2015
26 Christian Porter  21 September 201520 December 20172 years, 90 days
27 Dan Tehan  20 December 201728 August 2018251 days
28 Paul Fletcher   Morrison Minister for Families and Social Services28 August 201829 May 2019274 days
29 Anne Ruston  29 May 201923 May 20222 years, 359 days
30 Amanda Rishworth Labor Albanese Minister for Social Services1 June 2022incumbent2 years, 238 days

Assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Social Services, or any precedent titles: [3]

OrderMinisterPartyPrime MinisterTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Concetta Fierravanti-Wells   Liberal Abbott Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services18 September 201321 September 20152 years, 3 days
2 Alan Tudge   Turnbull Assistant Minister for Social Services30 September 201518 February 2016141 days
3 Zed Seselja   Liberal Turnbull Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs 18 July 201620 December 20171 year, 155 days
4 David Gillespie   National Assistant Minister for Children and Families20 December 201728 August 2018251 days
5 Michelle Landry   Morrison 28 August 201823 May 20223 years, 268 days
6 Justine Elliot Labor Albanese Assistant Minister for Social Services
Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence		1 June 2022Incumbent2 years, 238 days

List of ministers for Government Services

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Government Services § List of ministers for government services.[ edit ]

There was a Minister for Social Services or Social Security continuously from 1939 to 1998, when service delivery was partially privatised and residual functions were transferred to the Minister for Finance and Administration. In 2004, the position of Minister for Human Services was recreated to handle the residual functions; Scott Morrison renamed the portfolio to Government Services in 2019.

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Government Services, or any precedent titles: [4] [5]

OrderMinisterParty affiliationPrime MinisterMinisterial titleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Frederick Stewart   United Australia Menzies Minister for Social Services26 April 193929 August 19412 years, 164 days
Fadden 29 August 19417 October 1941
2 Jack Holloway   Labor Curtin 7 October 194121 September 19431 year, 349 days
3 James Fraser 21 September 19436 July 19452 years, 270 days
Forde 6 July 194513 July 1945
Chifley 13 July 194518 June 1946
4 Nick McKenna 18 June 194619 December 19493 years, 184 days
5 Bill Spooner   Liberal Menzies19 December 194911 May 19511 year, 143 days
6 Athol Townley 11 May 19519 July 19543 years, 59 days
7 William McMahon 9 July 195428 February 19561 year, 234 days
8 Hugh Roberton   Country 28 February 195621 January 19658 years, 328 days
9 Reginald Swartz  Liberal21 January 196522 February 196532 days
10 Ian Sinclair  Country22 February 196526 January 19663 years, 6 days
Holt 26 January 196619 December 1967
McEwen 19 December 196710 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 196828 February 1968
11 Bill Wentworth  Liberal28 February 196810 March 19714 years, 281 days
McMahon 10 March 19715 December 1972
12 Lance Barnard  Labor Whitlam 5 December 197219 December 197214 days
13 Bill Hayden Minister for Social Security19 December 19726 June 19752 years, 169 days
14 John Wheeldon 6 June 197511 November 1975158 days
15 Don Chipp  Liberal Fraser 12 November 197522 December 197540 days
16 Margaret Guilfoyle 22 December 19753 November 19804 years, 317 days
17 Fred Chaney 3 November 198011 March 19832 years, 128 days
18 Don Grimes  Labor Hawke 11 March 198313 December 19841 year, 277 days
19 Brian Howe 13 December 19844 April 19905 years, 112 days
20 Graham Richardson 4 April 199020 December 19911 year, 267 days
Keating 20 December 199127 December 1991
21 Neal Blewett 27 December 199124 March 19931 year, 87 days
22 Peter Baldwin 24 March 199311 March 19962 years, 353 days
23 Jocelyn Newman  Liberal Howard 11 March 199621 October 19982 years, 224 days
24 Joe Hockey  LiberalHowardMinister for Human Services26 October 200430 January 20072 years, 96 days
25 Ian Campbell 30 January 20079 March 200738 days
26 Chris Ellison 9 March 20073 December 2007269 days
27 Joe Ludwig  Labor Rudd 3 December 20079 June 20091 year, 188 days
28 Chris Bowen 9 June 200924 June 20101 year, 97 days
Gillard 24 June 201014 September 2010
29 Tanya Plibersek 14 September 201014 December 20111 year, 91 days
30 Brendan O'Connor 14 December 20115 March 201282 days
31 Kim Carr 5 March 201223 March 20131 year, 18 days
32 Jan McLucas 23 March 201327 June 2013179 days
Rudd27 June 201318 September 2013
33 Marise Payne  Liberal Abbott 18 September 201315 September 20152 years, 3 days
Turnbull 15 September 201521 September 2015
34 Stuart Robert 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)144 days
35 Alan Tudge 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)20 December 2017 (2017-12-20)1 year, 305 days
36 Michael Keenan 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20)24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)1 year, 160 days
Morrison 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
(34) Stuart Robert Minister for Government Services29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)1 year, 305 days
37 Linda Reynolds 30 March 2021 (2021-03-30)23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)1 year, 56 days
38 Bill Shorten  Labor Albanese 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)20 January 2025 (2025-01-20)2 years, 233 days
39 Katy Gallagher 20 January 2025 (2025-01-20)Incumbent5 days

List of ministers for housing

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Housing (Australia) § List of ministers for housing.[ edit ]

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Housing, or any of its precedent titles: [6]

OrderMinisterPartyMinistryTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Bert Lazzarini   Labor 1st Chifley Minister for Works and Housing13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)1 November 1946 (1946-11-01)1 year, 111 days
2 Nelson Lemmon 2nd Chifley 1 November 1946 (1946-11-01)19 December 1949 (1949-12-19)3 years, 48 days
3 Richard Casey   Liberal 4th Menzies 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19)11 May 1951 (1951-05-11)1 year, 143 days
4 Wilfrid Kent Hughes 5th Menzies 11 May 1951 (1951-05-11)4 June 1952 (1952-06-04)1 year, 24 days
5 Les Bury  Liberal 10th Menzies Minister for Housing18 December 1963 (1963-12-18)26 January 1966 (1966-01-26)2 years, 39 days
6 Annabelle Rankin 1st Holt
2nd Holt
McEwen
1st Gorton
2nd Gorton
McMahon 		26 January 1966 (1966-01-26)22 March 1971 (1971-03-22)5 years, 55 days
7 Kevin Cairns McMahon 22 March 1971 (1971-03-22)5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)1 year, 258 days
8 Gough Whitlam 1  Labor 1st Whitlam 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)14 days
9 Les Johnson 2nd Whitlam 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)30 November 1973 (1973-11-30)2 years, 169 days
2nd Whitlam
3rd Whitlam 		Minister for Housing and Construction 30 November 1973 (1973-11-30)6 June 1975 (1975-06-06)
10 Joe Riordan 3rd Whitlam 6 June 1975 (1975-06-06)11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)158 days
11 John Carrick  Liberal 1st Fraser 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)22 December 1975 (1975-12-22)41 days
12 Ivor Greenwood 2nd Fraser Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development22 December 1975 (1975-12-22)8 July 1976 (1976-07-08)199 days
13 Kevin Newman 2nd Fraser 8 July 1976 (1976-07-08)20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)1 year, 165 days
14 Ray Groom 3rd Fraser 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)5 December 1978 (1978-12-05)2 years, 319 days
Minister for Housing and Construction 5 December 1978 (1978-12-05)3 November 1980 (1980-11-03)
15 Tom McVeigh   National Country 4th Fraser 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03)7 May 1982 (1982-05-07)1 year, 185 days
16 Chris Hurford  Labor 1st Hawke Minister for Housing and Construction 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11)13 December 1984 (1984-12-13)1 year, 277 days
17 Stewart West 2nd Hawke 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13)24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)2 years, 223 days
18 Peter Morris  Labor 3rd Hawke Minister for Housing and Aged Care 19 January 1988 (1988-01-19)15 February 1988 (1988-02-15)27 days
19 Peter Staples 3rd Hawke
4th Hawke 		15 February 1988 (1988-02-15)7 May 1990 (1990-05-07)2 years, 81 days
20 Brian Howe 4th Hawke Minister for Community Services and Health7 May 1990 (1990-05-07)7 June 1991 (1991-06-07)5 years, 309 days
4th Hawke
1st Keating 		Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services7 June 1991 (1991-06-07)24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
2nd Keating Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)23 December 1993 (1993-12-23)
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23)25 March 1994 (1994-03-25)
Minister for Housing and Regional Development 25 March 1994 (1994-03-25)11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)
21 Tanya Plibersek  Labor 1st Rudd
1st Gillard 		Minister for Housing3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)2 years, 285 days
22 Mark Arbib 2nd Gillard Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)14 December 2011 (2011-12-14)1 year, 91 days
23 Robert McClelland Minister for Housing14 December 2011 (2011-12-14)5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)82 days
24 Brendan O'Connor 5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)4 February 2013 (2013-02-04)336 days
25 Mark Butler Minister for Housing and Homelessness 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04)1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)147 days
26 Julie Collins 2nd Rudd 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)79 days
27 Michael Sukkar  Liberal 2nd Morrison Minister for Housing29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)2 years, 359 days
(26) Julie Collins  Labor Albanese 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)2 years, 58 days
28 Clare O'Neil 29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)Incumbent180 days

Notes

1 Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.

List of ministers for aged care

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Aged Care § List of ministers for aged care.[ edit ]

The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister for Aged Care, or any of its precedent titles. Ministers for aged care or ageing were appointed from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1998 to 2013. The portfolio gained a mental health component in 2010. The latter returned to the health portfolio in 2013, with ageing moving to social services. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, or any of its precedent titles: [7] The Turnbull government transferred the aged care portfolio back to the Department of Health in October 2015. The position is a separate role that supplements the cabinet role of the Minister for Health and Aged Care. Between January 2017 and January 2025, it was an outer ministry role. [8]

OrderMinisterPartyPrime MinisterTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Peter Morris   Labor Hawke Minister for Housing and Aged Care19 January 1988 (1988-01-19)15 February 1988 (1988-02-15)27 days
2 Peter Staples 15 February 1988 (1988-02-15)7 May 1990 (1990-05-07)5 years, 64 days
Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services7 May 1990 (1990-05-07)20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
Keating 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
3 Bronwyn Bishop Liberal Howard Minister for Aged Care21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)26 November 2001 (2001-11-26)3 years, 36 days
4 Kevin Andrews Minister for Ageing26 November 2001 (2001-11-26)7 October 2003 (2003-10-07)1 year, 315 days
5 Julie Bishop 7 October 2003 (2003-10-07)27 January 2006 (2006-01-27)2 years, 112 days
6 Santo Santoro 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27)21 March 2007 (2007-03-21)1 year, 53 days
7 Christopher Pyne 21 March 2007 (2007-03-21)3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)257 days
8 Justine Elliot Labor Rudd 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)2 years, 207 days
9 Mark Butler Gillard Minister for Mental Health and Ageing28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)3 years, 3 days
10 Jacinta Collins Rudd 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)79 days
11 Sussan Ley  Liberal Turnbull Minister for Aged Care30 September 2015 (2015-09-30)19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)1 year, 105 days
Minister for Health and Ageing 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)13 January 2017 (2017-01-13)
(acting) Arthur Sinodinos [9] 13 January 2017 (2017-01-13)24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)11 days
12 Ken Wyatt Minister for Aged Care24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)2 years, 125 days
Morrison Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
13 Richard Colbeck Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)22 December 2020 (2020-12-22)2 years, 359 days
Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services22 December 2020 (2020-12-22)23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)
(9)Mark Butler  Labor Albanese Minister for Health and Aged Care 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)Incumbent2 years, 238 days
14 Anika Wells Minister for Aged Care

Former portfolio ministers

List of ministers for family services

OrderMinisterPartyPrime MinisterTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Peter Staples Labor Hawke Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services7 May 199020 December 19912 years, 321 days
Keating 20 December 199124 March 1993
2 Rosemary Crowley  Minister for Family Services24 March 199311 March 19962 years, 353 days
3 Michael Wooldridge   Liberal Howard Minister for Health and Family Services11 March 199621 October 19982 years, 224 days
4 Jocelyn Newman  Minister for Family and Community Services21 October 199830 January 20012 years, 101 days
5 Amanda Vanstone  30 January 20017 October 20032 years, 250 days
6 Kay Patterson  7 October 200327 January 20062 years, 112 days
7 Mal Brough  Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 27 January 20063 December 20071 year, 310 days
8 Jenny Macklin  Labor Rudd Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 3 December 200724 June 20105 years, 289 days
  Gillard 24 June 201014 December 2011
 Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 14 December 201127 June 2013
 Rudd27 June 201318 September 2013

List of ministers for community services

A separate outer ministry role of the Minister for Community Services existed between January 2006 and December 2007, supplementing the cabinet role of the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. [10] [11]

OrderMinisterPartyPrime MinisterTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 Don Grimes   Labor Hawke Minister for Community Services13 December 198416 February 19872 years, 65 days
2 Chris Hurford  16 February 198724 July 1987158 days
3 Neal Blewett  Minister for Community Services and Health 24 July 19874 April 19902 years, 254 days
4 Brian Howe  4 April 19907 June 19913 years, 263 days
 Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services7 June 199120 December 1991
  Keating 20 December 199124 March 1993
 Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services24 March 199323 December 1993
5 Jocelyn Newman  Liberal Howard Minister for Family and Community Services21 October 199830 January 20012 years, 101 days
6 Amanda Vanstone  30 January 20017 October 20032 years, 250 days
7 Kay Patterson  7 October 200327 January 20062 years, 112 days
8 John Cobb National Minister for Community Services27 January 200630 January 20071 year, 3 days
9 Nigel Scullion 30 January 20073 December 2007307 days
10 Jenny Macklin  Labor Rudd Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 3 December 200724 June 20104 years, 11 days
Gillard 24 June 201014 December 2011
11 Julie Collins Minister for Community Services14 December 201127 June 20131 year, 278 days
Rudd 27 June 201318 September 2013
12 Mitch Fifield  Liberal Abbott Assistant Minister for Social Services18 September 201315 September 20152 years, 3 days
  Turnbull 15 September 201521 September 2015

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