Greiner–Murray ministry (1988–91)

First Greiner–Murray ministry
80th Cabinet of Government of New South Wales
Date formed	21 March 1988
Date dissolved	6 June 1991
People and organisations
Head of government	Nick Greiner
Deputy head of government	Wal Murray
Head of state	Queen Elizabeth II (represented by Sir James Rowland, and subsequently Sir David Martin and Peter Sinclair)
Number of ministers	20
Ministers removed (Death/resignation/dismissal)	3
Total number of ministers	23
Member party	Liberal–National coalition
Status in legislature	Majority Coalition Government
Opposition parties	Labor
Opposition leader	Bob Carr
History
Election(s)	New South Wales state election, 1988
Outgoing election	New South Wales state election, 1991
Predecessor	Unsworth ministry
Successor	Second Greiner–Murray ministry

The Greiner–Murray ministry (1988–1991) or First Greiner–Murray ministry or First Greiner ministry was the 80th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 37th Premier of New South Wales, the Honourable Nick Greiner, MP, representing the Liberal Party in coalition with the National Party, led by the Honourable Wal Murray, MP.

The ministry covers the period from 21 March 1988 when the coalition defeated the sitting Unsworth Labor government at the 1988 state election until 6 June 1991, when Greiner reconfigured his ministry following victory at the 1991 state election.

Composition of ministry

Ministers are listed in order of seniority.^[1][2]

First arrangement

The first arrangement covers the period from 21 March 1988 until 23 May 1988, when the sudden death of Dr Ray Aston, who was served as Minister for Corrective Services, required a minor reconfiguration of the ministry.

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Premier Treasurer Minister for Ethnic Affairs	Hon. Nick Greiner, MP		Liberal	21 March 1988	6 June 1991	3 years, 76 days
Deputy Premier Minister for State Development Minister for Public Works	Hon. Wal Murray, MP		National		24 July 1990	2 years, 125 days
Minister for Health Minister for the Arts	Hon. Peter Collins, MP		Liberal		6 June 1991	3 years, 76 days
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs	Hon. Ian Armstrong, OBE MP		National
Attorney General	Hon. John Dowd, MP		Liberal
Minister for Housing	Hon. Joe Schipp, MP
Minister for the Environment Assistant Minister for Transport	Hon. Tim Moore, MP				18 September 1989	1 year, 181 days
Chief Secretary Minister for Tourism	Hon. Garry West, MP		National		24 July 1990	2 years, 125 days
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Vice-President of the Executive Council	Hon. Ted Pickering, MLC		Liberal		6 June 1991	3 years, 76 days
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing	Hon. Bob Rowland Smith, MLC		National		18 September 1989	1 year, 181 days
Minister for Family and Community Services	Hon. Virginia Chadwick, MLC		Liberal		24 July 1990	2 years, 125 days
Minister for Education and Youth Affairs	Hon. Terry Metherell, MP				20 July 1990	2 years, 121 days
Minister for Transport	Hon. Bruce Baird, MP				24 July 1990	2 years, 125 days
Minister for Administrative Services Assistant Minister for Transport	Hon. Matt Singleton, MP		National		24 January 1989	309 days
Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs	Hon. Gerry Peacocke, MP				6 June 1991	3 years, 76 days
Minister for Mineral Resources Minister for Energy	Hon. Neil Pickard, MP		Liberal		19 October 1988	212 days
Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment Minister Assisting the Premier	Hon. John Fahey, MP				24 July 1990	2 years, 125 days
Minister for Natural Resources	Hon. Ian Causley, MP		National		24 July 1990	2 years, 125 days
Minister for Local Government Minister for Planning	Hon. David Hay, MP		Liberal		6 June 1991	3 years, 76 days
Minister for Corrective Services	Hon. Dr Ray Aston, MP				23 May 1988	63 days

Second arrangement

The second arrangement covers the period from 23 May 1988 until 24 January 1989, when Matt Singleton resigned from the ministry, triggering a reshuffle. Only changes in portfolio are shown.

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Minister for Corrective Services ^1	Hon. John Fahey, MP		Liberal	23 May 1988	8 June 1988	16 days
	Hon. Michael Yabsley, MP			8 June 1988	24 July 1990	2 years, 46 days
Minister for Minerals and Energy ^2	Hon. Neil Pickard, MP			19 October 1988	6 June 1991	2 years, 230 days

¹ Following the sudden death of Dr Ray Aston, responsibility for the Corrective Services portfolio was assumed by Fahey. Yabsley assumed responsibility for the portfolio following his election to Parliament.

² The portfolios of Minerals and Energy were combined into one portfolio.

Third arrangement

The third arrangement covers the period from 24 January 1989 until 18 September 1989, when Tim Moore continued in the ministry, yet relinquished the portfolio of Assistant Minister for Transport, triggering a minor reshuffle. Only changes in portfolio are shown.

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Minister for Administrative Services ^1 Assistant Minister for Transport ^1	Hon. Robert Webster, MP		National	24 January 1989	24 July 1990	1 year, 181 days

¹ Administrative Services and Assistant Transport portfolios transferred from Singleton to Webster, following Singleton's resignation from the ministry.

Fourth arrangement

The fourth arrangement covers the period from 18 September 1989 until 24 July 1990, when there was a major rearrangement of the ministry following the resignation of Terry Metherell from the ministry on 20 July 1990. Only changes in portfolio are shown.

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Minister for the Environment	Hon. Tim Moore, MP		Liberal	18 September 1989	6 June 1991	1 year, 261 days
Minister for Sport and Recreation Minister for Racing Assistant Minister for Transport ^1	Hon. Bob Rowland Smith, MLC		National		24 May 1991	1 year, 248 days

¹ Assistant Transport portfolio transferred from Moore to Rowland Smith.

Fifth arrangement

The fourth arrangement covers the period from 24 July 1990, when there was a major rearrangement of the ministry, until 6 June 1991, when the ministry was disestablished. Only changes in portfolio are shown.

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Term commence	Term end	Term of office
Deputy Premier Minister for Public Works Minister for Roads ^1	Hon. Wal Murray, MP		National	24 July 1990	6 June 1991	317 days
Minister for Tourism Minister for Lands and Forests ^2	Hon. Garry West, MP
Minister for School Education and Youth Affairs ^3	Hon. Virginia Chadwick, MP		Liberal
Minister for Transport Minister Assisting the Premier ^4 Minister Assisting the Treasurer ^5	Hon. Bruce Baird, MP
Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment ^3	Hon. John Fahey, MP
Chief Secretary ^6 Minister for Water Resources ^2	Hon. Ian Causley, MP		National
Minister for Corrective Services Assistant Minister for Roads ^7	Hon. Michael Yabsley, MP		Liberal
Minister for Family and Community Services ^8 Minister for Administrative Services	Hon. Robert Webster, MP		National
Minister for State Development ^9	Hon. John Hannaford, MLC		Liberal

¹ New portfolio of Roads created for Murray.

² Natural Resources portfolio split and renamed as Land and Forests, transferred from Causley to West; and Water Resources, retained by Causley.

³ Education portfolio split and renamed as School Education, transferred from Metherell to Chadwick; and Further Education, Training and Employment, transferred from Metherell to Fahey.

⁴ Assisting the Premier portfolio transferred from Fahey to Baird.

⁵ New portfolio of Assisting the Treasurer created for Baird.

⁶ Chief Secretary portfolio transferred from West to Causley.

⁷ Assistant Transport renamed as Assistant Roads and transferred from Webster to Yabsley.

⁸ Family and Community Services portfolio transferred from Chadwick to Webster.

⁹ State Development portfolio transferred from Murray to Hannaford.

See also

• Hon. Nick Greiner, MP – 37th Premier of New South Wales
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1988–1991
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1988–1991

References

1. "Former Members - Chronological List of Ministries 1856 to 2009 (requires download)" (Excel). Project for the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
2. Wah, Malvyne Jong; Page, Jeffrey E. (November 2007). "New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824 – 2007" (PDF) VI. Parliament of New South Wales: 54. Retrieved 26 July 2014.