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{{Short description|Australian cabinet position}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox official post
| post             = Minister for Resources
| insignia         = Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg
| insigniacaption  = [[Coat of arms of Australia|Commonwealth Coat of Arms]]
| flag             = Flag of Australia (converted).svg
| flagcaption      = [[Flag of Australia]]
| flagborder       = yes
| incumbent        = [[Madeleine King]]
| image            = Madeleine King.jpg
| incumbentsince   = {{start date|2022|6|1|df=y}}
| style            = [[The Honourable]]
| appointer        = [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]] on the recommendation of the [[Prime Minister of Australia]]
| inaugural        = [[Rex Connor]]<br />{{small|(as Minister for Minerals and Energy)}}
| formation        = {{start date|1972|12|19|df=y}}
| department       = [[Department of Industry, Science and Resources]]
| website          = {{URL|https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/king}}
}}
The '''Minister for Resources''' is an [[Australian Government]] cabinet position which is currently held by [[Madeleine King]] following the swearing in of the full [[First Albanese ministry|Albanese ministry]] on 1 June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra {{!}} Prime Minister of Australia |url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-parliament-house-canberra |date=23 May 2022|access-date=27 May 2022 |website=www.pm.gov.au}}</ref>

In the [[Australian Government|Government of Australia]], the ministers administer this portfolio through the [[Department of Industry, Science and Resources]].

==Mission and outcomes==
Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the [[Machinery of government#Australian Government Administrative Arrangement Orders|Administrative Arrangements Orders]], the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the department's annual reports and on the department's website.

At its creation, the department was responsible for:<ref name="NAA CA 9160">{{citation|title=CA 9160: Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+9160|publisher=National Archives of Australia|access-date=19 December 2013}}</ref>
*Environment protection and conservation of biodiversity
*Air quality
*National fuel quality standards
*Land contamination
*Meteorology
*Administration of the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
*Natural, built and movable cultural heritage
*Greenhouse policy coordination
*Environmental research
*Water policy and resources

In the [[Howard government]], the portfolio of Water Resources was assigned to the Environment Department; this was an [[Australian Public Service]] department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, [[Malcolm Turnbull]].<ref name="NAA CA 9160"/> The secretary of the department was David Borthwick.<ref name="NAA CA 9160"/>

==List of ministers for resources==
Australia has had ministers who had specific responsibility for matters relating to the development of minerals resources since December 1972, although earlier there were ministers for national development, who had some responsibilities in this area as well.

{| class="wikitable"
! Order
! Minister
! colspan="2" | Party
! Prime Minister
! Title
! Term start
! Term end
! Term in office
|-
| align=center | 1
| [[Rex Connor]]
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=2 | [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan=2 |[[Gough Whitlam|Whitlam]]
| rowspan=2 |Minister for Minerals and [[Minister for Energy (Australia)|Energy]]
| align=center | 19 December 1972
| align=center | 14 October 1975
| align=right | {{age in years and days|1972|12|19|1975|10|14}}
|-
| align=center | 2
| [[Ken Wriedt]]
| align=center | 14 October 1975
| align=center | 11 November 1975
| align=right | {{age in days|1975|10|14|1975|11|11}} days
|-
| rowspan=3 align=center| 3
| rowspan=3 |[[Doug Anthony]]
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|
| rowspan=2 |[[National Party of Australia|National Country]]
| rowspan=3 |[[Malcolm Fraser|Fraser]]
| Minister for National Resources
| align=center| 11 November 1975
| align=center| 20 December 1977
| rowspan=3 align=right| {{age in years and days|1975|11|11|1983|3|11}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | Minister for [[Minister for Trade (Australia)|Trade]] and Resources
| align=center| 20 December 1977
| align=center| 16 October 1982
|-
| [[National Party of Australia|National]]
| align=center | 16 October 1982
| align=center | 11 March 1983
|-
| align=center | 4
| [[Peter Walsh (Australian politician)|Peter Walsh]]
| rowspan=8 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=8 | Labor
| rowspan=5 |[[Bob Hawke|Hawke]]
| rowspan=2 |Minister for Resources and [[Minister for Energy (Australia)|Energy]]
| align=center | 11 March 1983
| align=center | 13 December 1984
| align=right | {{age in years and days|1983|3|11|1984|12|13}}
|-
| align=center | 5
| [[Gareth Evans (politician)|Gareth Evans]]
| align=center | 13 December 1984
| align=center | 24 July 1987
| align=right | {{age in years and days|1984|12|13|1987|7|24}}
|-
| align=center | 6
| [[Peter Morris (politician)|Peter Morris]]
| rowspan=6 |Minister for Resources
| align=center | 24 July 1987
| align=center | 19 January 1988
| align=right | {{age in days|1987|7|24|1988|1|19}} days
|-
| align=center | 7
| [[Peter Cook (Australian politician)|Peter Cook]]
| align=center | 19 January 1988
| align=center | 4 April 1990
| align=right | {{age in years and days|1988|1|19|1990|4|4}}
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center | 8
| rowspan=2 |[[Alan Griffiths]]
| align=center | 4 April 1990
| align=center | 20 December 1991
| rowspan=2 align=right | {{age in years and days|1990|4|4|1993|3|24}}
|-
| rowspan=3 |[[Paul Keating|Keating]]
| align=center | 20 December 1991
| align=center | 24 March 1993
|-
| align=center | 9
| |[[Michael Lee (Australian politician)|Michael Lee]]
| align=center | 24 March 1993
| align=center | 24 December 1993
| align=right | {{age in days|1993|3|24|1993|12|24}} days
|-
| align=center | 10
| [[David Beddall]]
| align=center | 24 December 1993
| align=center | 11 March 1996
| align=right | {{age in years and days|1993|12|24|1996|3|11}}
|-
| align=center| 11
| [[Warwick Parer]]
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| rowspan=3 | [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| rowspan=3 | [[John Howard|Howard]]
| Minister for Resources and [[Minister for Energy (Australia)|Energy]]
| align=center |11 March 1996
| align=center |21 October 1998
| align=right |{{age in years and days|1996|3|11|1998|10|21}}
|-
| align=center| 12
| [[Nick Minchin]]
| Minister for [[Minister for Industry and Science|Industry, Science]] and Resources
| align=center |21 October 1998
| align=center |26 November 2001
| align=right |{{age in years and days|1998|10|21|2001|11|26}}
|-
| align=center| 13
| [[Ian Macfarlane (politician)|Ian Macfarlane]]
| Minister for [[Minister for Industry and Science|Industry]], [[Minister for Tourism (Australia)|Tourism]] and Resources
| align=center |26 November 2001
| align=center |3 December 2007
| align=right |{{age in years and days|2001|11|26|2007|12|3}}
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center | 14
| rowspan=2 |[[Martin Ferguson (politician)|Martin Ferguson]]
| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=4 |Labor
| [[Kevin Rudd|Rudd]]
| rowspan=4 |Minister for Resources and [[Minister for Energy (Australia)|Energy]]
| align=center | 3 December 2007
| align=center | 24 June 2010
| rowspan=2 align=right | {{age in years and days|2007|12|3|2013|3|2}}
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[Julia Gillard|Gillard]]
| align=center | 24 June 2010
| align=center | 22 March 2013
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center | 15
| rowspan=2 |[[Gary Gray (politician)|Gary Gray]]
| align=center | 22 March 2013
| align=center | 27 June 2013
| rowspan=2 align=right | {{age in days|2013|3|22|2013|9|18}} days
|-
| Rudd
| align=center | 27 June 2013
| align=center | 18 September 2013
|-
!colspan=9 style="background: #cccccc;" | 
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center| 16
| rowspan=2 | [[Josh Frydenberg]]
| rowspan=2  {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| rowspan=2 | Liberal
| rowspan=2 | [[Malcolm Turnbull|Turnbull]]
| Minister for Resources, [[Minister for Energy (Australia)|Energy]] and [[Minister for Northern Australia|Northern Australia]]
| align=center| {{start date|2015|9|21|df=y}}
| align=center| {{end date|2016|02|18|df=y}}
| rowspan=2  align=right | {{age in days|2015|9|21|2016|07|19}} days
|-
| Minister for Resources and [[Minister for Energy (Australia)|Energy]]
| align=center| {{start date|2016|02|18|df=y}}
| align=center| {{end date|2016|07|19|df=y}}
|-
| align=center | 17
| [[Matt Canavan]]
| rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|National}} |
| rowspan=6 | National
| rowspan=3 | [[Malcolm Turnbull|Turnbull]]
| rowspan=4 | Minister for Resources and [[Minister for Northern Australia|Northern Australia]]
| align=center | {{start date|2016|07|19|df=y}}
| align=center | {{end date|2017|07|25|df=y}}
| align=right | {{age in years and days|2016|07|19|2017|07|25}}
|-
| align=center| 18
| [[Barnaby Joyce]]
| align=center | {{start date|2017|07|25|df=y}}
| align=center | {{end date|2017|10|27|df=y}}
| align=right | {{age in years and days|2017|07|25|2017|10|27}}
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center| ''(17)''
| rowspan=2 | [[Matt Canavan]]
| align=center | {{start date|2017|10|27|df=y}}
| align=center | {{end date|2018|08|24|df=y}}
| rowspan=2 align=right | {{age in years and days|2017|10|27|2020|02|03}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Scott Morrison|Morrison]]
| align=center | {{start date|2018|08|24|df=y}}
| align=center | {{end date|2020|02|03|df=y}}
|-
| rowspan=3 align=center| 19
| rowspan=2 | [[Keith Pitt]]{{ref|1|1|1}}
| Minister for Resources, [[Minister for Water Resources|Water]] and [[Minister for Northern Australia|Northern Australia]]
| align=center | {{start date|2020|02|06|df=y}}
| align=center | {{end date|2021|07|02|df=y}}
| rowspan=2 align=right | {{age in years and days|2020|02|06|2022|05|23}}
|-
| Minister for Resources and [[Minister for Water Resources|Water]]
| align=center | {{start date|2021|07|02|df=y}}
| rowspan=2 align=center | {{end date|2022|5|23|df=y}}
|-
| ''[[Scott Morrison]]''{{ref|1|1|1}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet |url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/news-centre/government/instruments-scott-morrison-2020-21 |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=www.pmc.gov.au|date=17 August 2022 }}</ref>
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|Liberal
|Minister for [[Minister for Industry and Science|Industry, Science]], [[Minister for Energy (Australia)|Energy]] and Resources
| align=center | {{start date|2021|04|15|df=y}}
| align="right" | {{age in years and days|2021|04|15|2022|05|23}}
|-
| align=center | 20
| [[Madeleine King]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| Labor
| [[Anthony Albanese|Albanese]]
| Minister for Resources
| align=center | {{start date|2022|06|01|df=y}}
| align=center | ''Incumbent''
| align=right | {{age in years and days|2022|06|01}}
|}

:{{ref|1|1|1}} Morrison was appointed as Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources by the Governor-General on Morrison's advice in April 2021, with both Morrison and Pitt holding the position of Minister for Resources until May 2022. However, the [[Scott Morrison ministerial positions controversy|appointment of Morrison]] was not made public until August 2022.

==List of assistant ministers==
{| class="wikitable"
! Order
! Minister
! colspan="2" | Party
! Prime Minister
! Title
! Term start
! Term end
! Term in office
! Reference
|-
| align=center| 1
| [[Anthony Chisholm (politician)|Anthony Chisholm]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| [[Anthony Albanese|Anthony Albanese]]
| Assistant Minister for Resources
| align=center | {{start date|2025|5|13|df=y}}
| align=center | ''Incumbent''
| align=right |{{age in years and days|2025|5|13}}
| align=center | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/ministry-list-13-may-2025 |title=Ministry list as at 13 May 2025 |website=[[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)]] |date=13 May 2025 |access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/king}}

{{Australian federal ministerial portfolios}}

[[Category:Lists of government ministers of Australia|Resources]]