Minister for Resources
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In the 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 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:[2]
- 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.[2] The secretary of the department was David Borthwick.[2]
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.
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rex Connor | rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for Minerals and Energy | 19 December 1972 | 14 October 1975 | Template:Age in years and days |
| 2 | Ken Wriedt | 14 October 1975 | 11 November 1975 | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||||
| 3 | Doug Anthony | rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| | National Country | Fraser | Minister for National Resources | 11 November 1975 | 20 December 1977 | Template:Age in years and days |
| Minister for Trade and Resources | 20 December 1977 | 16 October 1982 | ||||||
| National | 16 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | ||||||
| 4 | Peter Walsh | rowspan=8 Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Resources and Energy | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | Template:Age in years and days |
| 5 | Gareth Evans | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 6 | Peter Morris | Minister for Resources | 24 July 1987 | 19 January 1988 | Script error: No such module "age". days | |||
| 7 | Peter Cook | 19 January 1988 | 4 April 1990 | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 8 | Alan Griffiths | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| 9 | Michael Lee | 24 March 1993 | 24 December 1993 | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||||
| 10 | David Beddall | 24 December 1993 | 11 March 1996 | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 11 | Warwick Parer | rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Resources and Energy | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | Template:Age in years and days |
| 12 | Nick Minchin | Minister for Industry, Science and Resources | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| 13 | Ian Macfarlane | Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources | 26 November 2001 | 3 December 2007 | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| 14 | Martin Ferguson | rowspan=4 Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Resources and Energy | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | Template:Age in years and days |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 22 March 2013 | ||||||
| 15 | Gary Gray | 22 March 2013 | 27 June 2013 | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||||
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| 16 | Josh Frydenberg | rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
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| 17 | Matt Canavan | rowspan=6 Template:Australian party style | | National | Turnbull | Minister for Resources and Northern Australia | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 18 | Barnaby Joyce | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| (17) | Matt Canavan | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| Morrison | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 19 | Keith Pitt1 | Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| Minister for Resources and Water | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| Scott Morrison1 [3] | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |||
| 20 | Madeleine King | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Resources | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days |
- 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 appointment of Morrison was not made public until August 2022.
List of assistant ministers
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Chisholm | Template:Australian party style | | Labor | Anthony Albanese | Assistant Minister for Resources | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days | [4] |
References
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External links
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