Minister for Education and Training
| Minister for Education and Training | |
|---|---|
| Department of Education (Australia) | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | John Gorton |
| Formation | 18 December 1963 |
In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Education and Training administers the Department of Education and Training. Since 21 September 2015, the Minister has been Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham.
The Minister for Vocational Education and Skills is Senator the Hon. Scott Ryan, since 18 February 2016.[1]
Portfolio scope
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 and training
The persons who have been Ministers for Education and Training, or any of its earlier titles, 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 | ||||
| n/a | 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 | incumbent | 229 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 vocational education and skills
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, or any of its precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross Free | Labor | Keating | Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training | 24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 3 years, 18 days | |
| 2 | David Kemp | Liberal | Howard | 11 March 1996 | 6 October 1997 | 1 year, 209 days | ||
| 3 | Chris Ellison | 6 October 1997 | 21 October 1998 | 1 year, 15 days | ||||
| 4 | Gary Hardgrave | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Vocational and Technical Education | 22 October 2004 | 23 January 2007 | 2 years, 93 days | |
| 5 | Andrew Robb | Minister for Vocational and Further Education | 23 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 314 days | |||
| 6 | 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 | ||||||
| 7 | Chris Bowen | 2 February 2013 | 22 March 2013 | 48 days | ||||
| 8 | Craig Emerson | 25 March 2013 | 26 June 2013 | 93 days | ||||
| 9 | Kim Carr | Rudd | Minister for Higher Education | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | ||
| 10 | Luke Hartsuyker | National | Turnbull | Minister for Vocational Education and Skills | 21 September 2015 | 18 February 2016 | 150 days | |
| 11 | Scott Ryan | Liberal | 18 February 2016 | Incumbent | 79 days | |||
List of ministers for youth
There have been several portfolios to include the term "youth", sometimes separate from or under education portfolios. The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers with various titles that have included the word "youth":[3]
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Viner | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs | 5 December 1978 | 16 April 1981 | 2 years, 132 days | |
| 2 | Neil Brown | 16 April 1981 | 7 May 1982 | 1 year, 21 days | ||||
| 3 | Susan Ryan | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Education and Youth Affairs | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 1 year, 277 days | |
| 4 | John Dawkins | Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Youth Affairs | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | 2 years, 223 days | |||
| 5 | Clyde Holding | Minister for Employment Services and Youth Affairs | 24 July 1987 | 19 January 1988 | 179 days | |||
| 6 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 11 March 1996 | 9 October 1997 | 1 year, 212 days | |
| 7 | David Kemp | 9 October 1997 | 21 October 1998 | 5 years, 260 days | ||||
| Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | ||||||
| 8 | Larry Anthony | National | Minister for Children and Youth Affairs | 26 November 2001 | 26 October 2004 | 2 years, 335 days | ||
| 9 | Kate Ellis | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Youth | 3 December 2007 | 9 June 2009 | 2 years, 207 days | |
| Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth | 9 June 2009 | 28 June 2010 | ||||||
| 10 | Peter Garrett | Gillard | Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth | 28 June 2010 | 26 June 2013 | 2 years, 363 days | ||
| n/a | Kate Ellis | Rudd | Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | ||
List of assistant ministers
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 | ||||||
References
- ↑ "Ministerial Swearing-in Ceremony". Events. Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ↑ "Administrative Arrangement Order" (PDF). Government of Australia. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-15.(Part 6, p14)
- 1 2 3 4 "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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