Minister for Women | |
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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Judi Moylan (as Minister for the Status of Women) |
Formation | 9 October 1997 |
Website | ministers |
The Minister for Women in the Government of Australia is Katy Gallagher, who since 23 May 2022 has been a member of the Albanese ministry. [1] Ministers holding the position, first introduced in 1976 during the Second Fraser ministry, have held several different titles. They have often held other portfolios, and sometimes sat in Cabinet of Australia. All but the first two office-holders have been women.
A women's affairs branch was established within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in 1976. [2] Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser announced he wished to "have formal machinery set up for the co-ordination of government activity in women's affairs". [3] He appointed Tony Street as the first Minister Assisting the Prime Minister in Women’s Affairs; [4] Street and his successor Ian Macphee are the only men to have held the post. Senator Margaret Guilfoyle, the only female minister at the time (and one of only six women in parliament), declined the position, as she was unwilling to be pigeonholed into portfolios that were considered "women's work". [5]
In the Government of Australia, the Minister administers the portfolio through the Office for Women within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, with the budget being administered through the Department of Social Services. Currently, the Minister works with other Government Ministers to ensure that women's issues and gender equality are taken into consideration in policy and program development and implementation. The Office for Women supports the Minister in this role, and is the central source of advice for Government agencies on the impact of Government policies and programmes for Australian women.
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Women, or any of its precedent titles: [6]
Order | Minister | Party | Ministry | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | Ref | |
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1 | Judi Moylan | Liberal | 1st Howard | Minister for the Status of Women | 9 October 1997 | 21 October 1998 | 1 year, 12 days | [7] | |
2 | Tanya Plibersek | Labor | 1st Rudd 1st Gillard | Minister for the Status of Women | 3 December 2007 | 14 September 2010 | 2 years, 285 days | [8] | |
3 | Kate Ellis | 2nd Gillard | 14 September 2010 | 14 December 2011 | 1 year, 91 days | [9] | |||
4 | Julie Collins | 2nd Gillard 2nd Rudd | 14 December 2011 | 18 September 2013 | 1 year, 278 days | [10] | |||
5 | Michaelia Cash | Liberal | 1st Turnbull 2nd Turnbull | Minister for Women | 21 September 2015 | 20 December 2017 | 2 years, 90 days | [11] | |
6 | Kelly O'Dwyer | 2nd Turnbull 1st Morrison | 20 December 2017 | 29 May 2019 | 1 year, 160 days | [12] | |||
7 | Marise Payne | 2nd Morrison | 29 May 2019 | 23 May 2022 | 2 years, 359 days | [13] | |||
8 | Katy Gallagher | Labor | Albanese | 23 May 2022 | Incumbent | 272 days | [14] |
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Women, or any of its precedent titles: [6]
Order | Minister | Party | Ministry | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | Ref | |
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1 | Tony Street | Liberal | 2nd Fraser | Minister Assisting the Prime Minister in Women's Affairs | 16 August 1976 | 8 November 1976 | 84 days | [15] | |
2 | Ian Macphee | 8 November 1976 | 20 December 1977 | 1 year, 42 days | [16] | ||||
3 | Susan Ryan | Labor | 1st Hawke 2nd Hawke 3rd Hawke | Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women | 11 March 1983 | 19 January 1988 | 4 years, 314 days | [17] | |
4 | Margaret Reynolds | 3rd Hawke | 19 January 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 2 years, 75 days | [18] | |||
5 | Wendy Fatin | 4th Hawke 1st Keating | 4 April 1990 | 24 March 1993 | 2 years, 354 days | [19] | |||
6 | Rosemary Crowley | 2nd Keating | 24 March 1993 | 23 December 1993 | 274 days | [20] | |||
7 | Ros Kelly | 23 December 1993 | 1 March 1994 | 68 days | [21] | ||||
8 | Carmen Lawrence | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | 1 year, 352 days | [22] | ||||
9 | Jocelyn Newman | Liberal | 1st Howard | 11 March 1996 | 9 October 1997 | 1 year, 212 days | [23] | ||
(9) | Jocelyn Newman | Liberal | 2nd Howard | Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women | 21 October 1998 | 30 January 2001 | 2 years, 101 days | [23] | |
10 | Amanda Vanstone | 2nd Howard 3rd Howard | 30 January 2001 | 7 October 2003 | 2 years, 250 days | [24] | |||
11 | Kay Patterson | 3rd Howard | 7 October 2003 | 26 October 2004 | 2 years, 112 days | [25] | |||
4th Howard | Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues | 26 October 2004 | 27 January 2006 | ||||||
12 | Julie Bishop | 27 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 310 days | [26] | ||||
13 | Michaelia Cash | Liberal | Abbott | Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women | 18 September 2013 | 21 September 2015 | 2 years, 3 days | [11] | |
14 | Amanda Stoker | Liberal (LNP) | 2nd Morrison | Assistant Minister for Women | 30 March 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 54 days | [27] |
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