Minister for Education (Australia)
| Minister for Education | |
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| Department of Education (Australia) | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | John Gorton (as Minister for Education and Science) |
| Formation | 14 December 1966 |
| Website | ministers |
In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Education administers the Department of Education. The position is held by Labor MP Jason Clare, following the Australian federal election in 2022.[1]
Portfolio scope
[edit]The Minister is responsible for a number of areas, including:[2]
- Education policy and programs including schools, vocational, higher education and Indigenous education, but excluding migrant adult education
- Education and training transitions policy and programs
- Science awareness programs in schools
- Training, including apprenticeships and training services
- Policy, co-ordination and support for education exports and services
- Income support policies and programs for students and apprentices
List of ministers for education
[edit]The persons who have been Ministers for Education are as follows:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Gorton | Liberal | Menzies | Minister in charge of Commonwealth Activities in Education and Research under the Prime Minister | 18 December 1963 | 26 January 1966 | 4 years, 23 days | |
| Holt | 26 January 1966 | 14 December 1966 | ||||||
| Minister for Education and Science | 14 December 1966 | 19 December 1967 | ||||||
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 28 February 1968 | ||||||
| 2 | Malcolm Fraser | 28 February 1968 | 12 November 1969 | 1 year, 257 days | ||||
| 3 | Nigel Bowen | 12 November 1969 | 10 March 1971 | 3 years, 22 days | ||||
| McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 22 March 1971 | ||||||
| 4 | David Fairbairn | 22 March 1971 | 20 August 1971 | 151 days | ||||
| acting | Malcolm Fraser | 20 August 1971 | 5 December 1972 | 1 year, 107 days | ||||
| 5 | Gough Whitlam1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
| 6 | Kim Beazley, Snr. | Minister for Education | 19 December 1972 | 11 November 1975 | 2 years, 327 days | |||
| 7 | Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 41 days | ||
| 8 | John Carrick | 22 December 1975 | 8 December 1979 | 3 years, 351 days | ||||
| 9 | Wal Fife | 8 December 1979 | 7 May 1982 | 2 years, 150 days | ||||
| 10 | Peter Baume | 7 May 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 308 days | ||||
| 11 | Susan Ryan | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Education and Youth Affairs | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 4 years, 135 days | |
| Minister for Education | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | ||||||
| 12 | John Dawkins | Minister for Employment, Education and Training | 24 July 1987 | 20 December 1991 | 4 years, 156 days | |||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 27 December 1991 | ||||||
| 13 | Kim Beazley | 27 December 1991 | 23 December 1993 | 1 year, 361 days | ||||
| 14 | Simon Crean | 23 December 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 4 years, 75 days | ||||
| 15 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 11 March 1996 | 9 October 1997 | 1 year, 212 days | |
| 16 | David Kemp | Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 9 October 1997 | 26 November 2001 | 4 years, 48 days | |||
| 17 | Brendan Nelson | Minister for Education, Science and Training | 26 November 2001 | 27 January 2006 | 4 years, 62 days | |||
| 18 | Julie Bishop | 27 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 310 days | ||||
| 19 | Julia Gillard | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Education | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 207 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 28 June 20102 | ||||||
| n/a | Simon Crean | 28 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | 78 days | ||||
| 20 | Peter Garrett | Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth | 14 September 2010 | 1 July 2013 | 2 years, 290 days | |||
| 21 | Bill Shorten | Rudd | Minister for Education | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | ||
| 22 | Christopher Pyne | Liberal | Abbott | 18 September 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 2 years, 3 days | ||
| Minister for Education and Training | 23 December 2014 | 15 September 2015 | ||||||
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
| 23 | Simon Birmingham | 21 September 2015 | 24 August 2018 | 2 years, 341 days | ||||
| Morrison | 24 August 2018 | 28 August 2018 | ||||||
| 24 | Dan Tehan | Minister for Education | 28 August 2018 | 22 December 2020 | 2 years, 116 days | |||
| 25 | Alan Tudge | Minister for Education and Youth | 22 December 2020 | 2 December 2021[a] | 345 days | |||
| (acting) | Stuart Robert | 2 December 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 172 days | ||||
| 26 | Jason Clare | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Education | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 171 days | |
Notes
- 1 Whitlam was part of a two-man ministry comprising himself and Lance Barnard for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned.
- 2 Despite the First Rudd Ministry ending on 24 June 2010, Gillard was Minister for Education for four days in her first ministry, between 24 June and 28 June 2010, when the revised ministry was commissioned.
List of ministers for early childhood education
[edit]The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers with various titles that have included the words "early childhood":[3]
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kate Ellis | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth | 9 June 2009 | 28 June 2010 | 1 year, 19 days | |
| 2 | Peter Garrett | Gillard | Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth | 28 June 2010 | 26 June 2013 | 2 years, 363 days | ||
| (1) | Kate Ellis | Rudd | Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | ||
| 3 | Anne Aly | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Early Childhood Education | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 171 days | |
List of ministers for vocational education and skills
[edit]The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Skills and Training, or any of its precedent titles:[4]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Baldwin | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Higher Education and Employment Services | 7 May 1990 | 20 December 1991 | 2 years, 321 days | |
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| 2 | Ross Free | Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training | 24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 3 years, 18 days | |||
| 3 | David Kemp | Liberal | Howard | 11 March 1996 | 6 October 1997 | 1 year, 209 days | ||
| 4 | Chris Ellison | 6 October 1997 | 21 October 1998 | 1 year, 15 days | ||||
| 5 | Gary Hardgrave | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Vocational and Technical Education | 22 October 2004 | 23 January 2007 | 2 years, 93 days | |
| 6 | Andrew Robb | Minister for Vocational and Further Education | 23 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 314 days | |||
| 7 | Chris Evans | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations | 14 September 2010 | 14 December 2011 | 2 years, 172 days | |
| Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs, Science and Research | 14 December 2011 | 2 February 2013 | ||||||
| 8 | Chris Bowen | 2 February 2013 | 22 March 2013 | 48 days | ||||
| 9 | Craig Emerson | 25 March 2013 | 26 June 2013 | 93 days | ||||
| 10 | Brendan O'Connor | Rudd | Minister for Skills and Training | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | ||
| 11 | Luke Hartsuyker | National | Turnbull | Minister for Vocational Education and Skills | 21 September 2015 | 18 February 2016 | 150 days | |
| 12 | Scott Ryan | Liberal | 18 February 2016 | 19 July 2016 | 152 days | |||
| 13 | Michaelia Cash | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education | 28 August 2018 | 29 May 2019 | 2 years, 214 days | |
| Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business | 29 May 2019 | 30 March 2021 | ||||||
| 14 | Stuart Robert | Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business | 30 March 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 54 days | |||
| (10) | Brendan O'Connor | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Skills and Training | 1 June 2022 | 29 July 2024 | 2 years, 58 days | |
| 15 | Andrew Giles | 29 July 2024 | Incumbent | 113 days | ||||
Former ministerial titles
[edit]List of ministers for higher education
[edit]The persons who have been Ministers for Higher Education are as follows:
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Baldwin | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Higher Education and Employment Services | 7 May 1990 | 20 December 1991 | 2 years, 321 days | |
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| 2 | Sharon Bird | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Higher Education and Skills | 25 March 2013 | 1 July 2013 | 98 days | |
| 3 | Kim Carr | Rudd | Minister for Higher Education | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | ||
List of assistant ministers
[edit]The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Education and Training, or any of its precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sussan Ley | Liberal | Abbott | Assistant Minister for Education | 18 September 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 1 year, 96 days | |
| 2 | Simon Birmingham | Assistant Minister for Education and Training | 23 December 2014 | 15 September 2015 | 272 days | |||
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
| 3 | Anthony Chisholm | Labor | Albanese | Assistant Minister for Education | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 171 days | |
See also
[edit]- Minister for Education and Early Learning (New South Wales)
- Minister for Education (Victoria)
- Minister for Education (Western Australia)
- Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education
References
[edit]- ^ On leave from 2 December 2021. Officially resigned on 4 March 2022.
- ^ "Press Conference – Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia". pm.gov.au. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Administrative Arrangement Order" (PDF). Government of Australia. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2007.(Part 6, p14)
- ^ a b c "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
