Minister for the Environment | |
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Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
Inaugural holder |
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The New South Wales Minister for the Environment is minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities which included environmental regulation and policy, national parks, and the conservation and protection of built and environmental heritage in New South Wales, Australia. [1] The current minister, since 28 March 2023, is Penny Sharpe.
Between the 2019 state election and December 2021, the ministerial post was merged with the Energy and Utilities portfolio to create the Minister for Energy and Environment. [2] [3] Between December 2021 and March 2023, the environment ministerial post was combined with heritage to create the title of Minister for the Environment and Heritage.
The minister administers the portfolio through the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and a range of other government agencies.
Ultimately, the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
Ministerial title | Minister [1] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
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Minister for Environmental Control | Jack Beale | Liberal | Askin (4) (5) | 11 March 1971 | 3 December 1973 | 2 years, 267 days | ||
Minister for Planning and Environment | Sir John Fuller | Country | Askin (6) | 3 December 1973 | 14 May 1976 | 2 years, 163 days | ||
Minister for Environment | Bill Crabtree | Labor | Wran (1) | 14 May 1976 | 9 August 1976 | 87 days | ||
Minister for Planning and Environment | Paul Landa | Wran (1) (2) | 9 August 1976 | 29 February 1980 | 3 years, 204 days | |||
Eric Bedford | Wran (3) (4) (5) | 29 February 1980 | 10 February 1984 | 3 years, 347 days | ||||
Terry Sheahan | Wran (6) | 10 February 1984 | 12 December 1984 | 306 days | ||||
Bob Carr | Wran (7) (8) Unsworth | 12 December 1984 | 21 March 1988 | 3 years, 100 days | ||||
Minister for the Environment | Tim Moore | Liberal | Greiner (1) (2) | 25 March 1988 | 24 June 1992 | 4 years, 91 days | ||
Bruce Baird | Fahey (1) | 24 June 1992 | 3 July 1992 | 9 days | ||||
Chris Hartcher | Fahey (2) (3) | 3 July 1992 | 4 April 1995 | 2 years, 275 days | ||||
Pam Allan | Labor | Carr (1) (2) | 4 April 1995 | 8 April 1999 | 4 years, 4 days | |||
Bob Debus | Carr (3) (4) Iemma (1) | 8 April 1999 | 2 April 2007 | 7 years, 359 days | ||||
Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water | Phil Koperberg | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007 | 27 February 2008 | 331 days | |||
Minister for Climate Change and the Environment | Verity Firth | Iemma (2) | 27 February 2008 | 5 September 2008 | 191 days | |||
Carmel Tebbutt | Rees | 8 September 2008 | 14 September 2009 | 1 year, 6 days | ||||
John Robertson | 14 September 2009 | 4 December 2009 | 81 days | |||||
Frank Sartor | Keneally | 8 December 2009 | 28 March 2011 | 1 year, 110 days | ||||
Minister for the Environment | Robyn Parker | Liberal | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 23 April 2014 | 3 years, 20 days | ||
Rob Stokes | Baird (1) | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | 344 days | ||||
Mark Speakman | Baird (2) | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days | ||||
Gabrielle Upton | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | ||||
Minister for Energy and Environment | Matt Kean | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days | [2] | ||
Minister for Environment and Heritage | James Griffin | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | 28 March 2023 | 1 year, 97 days | [4] | ||
Minister for the Environment | Penny Sharpe | Labor | Minns | 28 March 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 226 days |
Ministerial title | Minister [1] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
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Minister for Conservation | Bill Dunn | Labor | McKell (1) | 8 June 1944 | 9 May 1946 | 1 year, 335 days | |||
George Weir | McKell (1) (2) McGirr (1) (2) (3) | 9 May 1946 | 3 November 1952 | 6 years, 178 days | |||||
George Enticknap | McGirr (3) Cahill (1) (2) | 3 November 1952 | 15 March 1956 | 3 years, 133 days | |||||
Ernest Wetherell | Cahill (3) (4) Heffron (1) | 15 March 1956 | 31 May 1960 | 4 years, 77 days | |||||
George Enticknap | Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw | 31 May 1960 | 13 May 1965 | 4 years, 347 days | |||||
Jack Beale | Liberal | Askin (1) (2) (3) | 13 May 1965 | 11 March 1971 | 5 years, 302 days | ||||
Wal Fife | Askin (4) | 11 March 1971 | 19 June 1972 | 1 year, 100 days | |||||
George Freudenstein | Country | Askin (4) (5) (6) | 19 June 1972 | 3 January 1975 | 2 years, 198 days | ||||
Minister for Conservation | Lin Gordon | Labor | Wran (1) (2) | 14 May 1976 | 29 February 1980 | 3 years, 291 days | |||
Minister for Conservation and Land Management | Garry West | National | Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2) | 6 June 1991 | 26 May 1993 | 1 year, 354 days | |||
Minister for Land and Water Conservation | George Souris | Fahey (3) | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | 1 year, 313 days | ||||
Kim Yeadon | Labor | Carr (1) | 4 April 1995 | 1 December 1997 | 2 years, 241 days | ||||
Richard Amery | 1 December 1997 | 21 November 2001 | 3 years, 355 days | ||||||
John Aquilina | Carr (2) (3) | 21 November 2001 | 2 April 2003 | 1 year, 132 days |
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