The Minister for Trade and Tourism is a portfolio in the Government of Australia, falling within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).[1] The position is currently held by Senator Don Farrell, sworn in as part of the Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022.[2] The minister is assisted by the Assistant Minister for Trade, held by Senator Tim Ayres.
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| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | Charles Kingston (as Minister for Trade and Customs) |
| Formation | 1 January 1901 |
| Website | www |
Portfolio
editIn the Government of Australia, the minister and assistant minister(s) administer the portfolio through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) jointly with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Other trade-related bodies for which the minister and assistant minister are responsible are:
DFAT was created in 1987 through the merger of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Trade. In sequence, the trade portfolio has been administered by the following departments:
- Department of Trade and Customs (1901–1956)
- Department of Trade (1956–1963)
- Department of Trade and Industry (1963–1972)
- Department of Overseas Trade (1972–1977)
- Department of Trade and Resources (1977–1983)
- Department of Trade (1983–1987)
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1987–present)
List of ministers for trade
editThe following individuals have been appointed as minister for trade, tourism and investment, or any of its precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Kingston | Protectionist | Barton | Minister for Trade and Customs | 1 January 1901 | 24 July 1903 | 2 years, 204 days | |
| 2 | William Lyne | Protectionist | Barton | Minister for Trade and Customs | 11 August 1903 | 24 September 1903 | 260 days | |
| Deakin | 24 September 1903 | 27 April 1904 | ||||||
| 3 | Andrew Fisher | Labor | Watson | 27 April 1904 | 17 August 1904 | 112 days | ||
| 4 | Allan McLean | Protectionist | Reid | 17 August 1904 | 5 July 1905 | 322 days | ||
| n/a | William Lyne | Deakin | 5 July 1905 | 30 July 1907 | 2 years, 25 days | |||
| 5 | Austin Chapman | 30 July 1907 | 13 November 1908 | 1 year, 106 days | ||||
| 6 | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | 13 November 1908 | 2 June 1909 | 201 days | ||
| 7 | Robert Best | Liberal | Deakin | 2 June 1909 | 29 April 1910 | 331 days | ||
| n/a | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | 29 April 1910 | 24 June 1913 | 3 years, 56 days | ||
| 8 | Littleton Groom | Liberal | Cook | 24 June 1913 | 17 September 1914 | 1 year, 85 days | ||
| n/a | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | 17 September 1914 | 27 October 1915 | 1 year, 363 days | ||
| Hughes | 27 October 1915 | 14 September 1916 | ||||||
| 9 | Billy Hughes | Labor | Hughes | Minister for Trade and Customs | 29 September 1916 | 14 November 1916 | 46 days | |
| 10 | William Archibald | National Labor | 14 November 1916 | 17 February 1917 | 95 days | |||
| 11 | Jens Jensen | Nationalist | 17 February 1917 | 13 December 1918 | 1 year, 299 days | |||
| 12 | William Watt | 13 December 1918 | 17 January 1919 | 35 days | ||||
| 13 | Walter Massy-Greene | 17 January 1919 | 21 December 1921 | 2 years, 338 days | ||||
| 14 | Arthur Rodgers | 21 December 1921 | 5 February 1923 | 1 year, 46 days | ||||
| n/a | Austin Chapman | Nationalist | Bruce | Minister for Trade and Customs | 9 February 1923 | 26 May 1924 | 1 year, 107 days | |
| n/a | Littleton Groom | 26 May 1924 | 13 June 1924 | 18 days | ||||
| 15 | Herbert Pratten | 13 June 1924 | 7 May 1928 | 3 years, 329 days | ||||
| 16 | Stanley Bruce | 8 May 1928 | 28 November 1928 | 204 days | ||||
| 17 | Henry Gullett | 28 November 1928 | 22 October 1929 | 328 days | ||||
| 18 | James Fenton | Labor | Scullin | 22 October 1929 | 4 February 1931 | 1 year, 105 days | ||
| 19 | Frank Forde | 4 February 1931 | 6 January 1932 | 336 days | ||||
| n/a | Henry Gullett | United Australia | Lyons | 6 January 1932 | 14 January 1933 | 1 year, 8 days | ||
| 20 | Thomas White | 14 January 1933 | 8 November 1938 | 5 years, 298 days | ||||
| 21 | John Perkins | 8 November 1938 | 7 April 1939 | 169 days | ||||
| Page | 7 April 1939 | 26 April 1939 | ||||||
| 22 | John Lawson | Menzies | 26 April 1939 | 23 February 1940 | 303 days | |||
| 23 | Robert Menzies | 23 February 1940 | 14 March 1940 | 20 days | ||||
| 24 | George McLeay | 14 March 1940 | 28 October 1940 | 228 days | ||||
| 25 | Eric Harrison | 28 October 1940 | 29 August 1941 | 344 days | ||||
| Fadden | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
| 26 | Richard Keane | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 6 July 1945 | 4 years, 201 days | ||
| Forde | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | ||||||
| Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 26 April 1946 | ||||||
| 27 | John Dedman | 26 April 1946 | 18 June 1946 | 53 days | ||||
| 28 | James Fraser | 18 June 1946 | 1 November 1946 | 136 days | ||||
| 29 | Ben Courtice | 1 November 1946 | 19 December 1949 | 3 years, 48 days | ||||
| 30 | Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 11 January 1956 | 6 years, 23 days | ||
| 31 | John McEwen | Country | Minister for Trade | 11 January 1956 | 18 December 1963 | 15 years, 25 days | ||
| Minister for Trade and Industry | 18 December 1963 | 26 January 1966 | ||||||
| Holt | 26 January 1966 | 19 December 1967 | ||||||
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 5 February 1971 | ||||||
| 32 | Doug Anthony | 5 February 1971 | 10 March 1971 | 1 year, 270 days | ||||
| McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||||||
| 33 | Gough Whitlam1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
| 34 | Jim Cairns | Minister for Overseas Trade | 19 December 1972 | 11 December 1974 | 1 year, 357 days | |||
| 35 | Frank Crean | 11 December 1974 | 11 November 1975 | 335 days | ||||
| n/a | Doug Anthony | National Country | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 20 December 1977 | 7 years, 120 days | ||
| Minister for Trade and Resources | 20 December 1977 | 16 October 1982 | ||||||
| National | 16 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | ||||||
| 36 | Lionel Bowen | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Trade | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 1 year, 277 days | |
| 37 | John Dawkins | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | 2 years, 223 days | ||||
| 38 | Michael Duffy | Minister for Trade Negotiations | 24 July 1987 | 4 April 1990 | 2 years, 254 days | |||
| 39 | Neal Blewett | 4 April 1990 | 1 February 1991 | 1 year, 267 days | ||||
| Minister for Trade and Overseas Development | 1 February 1991 | 20 December 1991 | ||||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 27 December 1991 | ||||||
| 40 | John Kerin | 27 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | 1 year, 87 days | ||||
| 41 | Peter Cook | Minister for Trade | 24 March 1993 | 30 January 1994 | 312 days | |||
| 42 | Bob McMullan | 30 January 1994 | 11 March 1996 | 2 years, 41 days | ||||
| 43 | Tim Fischer | National | Howard | 11 March 1996 | 20 July 1999 | 3 years, 131 days | ||
| 44 | Mark Vaile | 20 July 1999 | 29 September 2006 | 7 years, 71 days | ||||
| 45 | Warren Truss | 29 September 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 65 days | ||||
| 46 | Simon Crean | Labor | Rudd | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 207 days | ||
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 28 June 2010 | ||||||
| 47 | Stephen Smith | 28 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | 78 days | ||||
| 48 | Craig Emerson | 14 September 2010 | 5 March 2012 | 2 years, 286 days | ||||
| Minister for Trade and Competitiveness | 5 March 2012 | 27 June 2013 | ||||||
| 49 | Richard Marles | Rudd | Minister for Trade | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 83 days | ||
| 50 | Andrew Robb | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Trade and Investment | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 153 days | |
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 18 February 2016 | ||||||
| 51 | Steven Ciobo | 18 February 2016 | 19 July 2016 | 2 years, 191 days | ||||
| Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 19 July 2016 | 28 August 2018 | ||||||
| 52 | Simon Birmingham | Morrison | 28 August 2018 | 22 December 2020 | 2 years, 116 days | |||
| 53 | Dan Tehan | 22 December 2020 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 152 days | ||||
| 54 | Don Farrell | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Trade and Tourism | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 172 days | |
Notes
- 1 Whitlam was part of a two-man ministry that comprised just Gough Whitlam and Lance Barnard for fourteen days, until the full ministry was announced.
List of ministers for tourism
editSince 1966, Australia had ministers responsible for tourism under various titles. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Tourism, or any of its precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Chipp | Liberal | Holt | Minister in charge of Tourist Activities | 14 December 1966 | 19 December 1967 | 1 year, 76 days | |
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 28 February 1968 | ||||||
| 2 | Reg Wright | 28 February 1968 | 10 March 1971 | 3 years, 92 days | ||||
| McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 31 May 1971 | ||||||
| 3 | Peter Howson | 31 May 1971 | 5 December 1972 | 1 year, 188 days | ||||
| 4 | Frank Stewart | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for Tourism and Recreation | 19 December 1972 | 11 November 1975 | 2 years, 327 days | |
| 5 | Reg Withers | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 41 days | ||
| 6 | John Brown | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism | 11 March 1983 | 24 July 1987 | 4 years, 282 days | |
| Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | 24 July 1987 | 18 December 1987 | ||||||
| 7 | Graham Richardson | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | 19 January 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 2 years, 75 days | |
| 8 | Ros Kelly | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | 1 year, 267 days | ||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 27 December 1991 | ||||||
| 9 | Alan Griffiths | Minister for Tourism | 27 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | 1 year, 87 days | |||
| 10 | Michael Lee | 24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 2 years, 353 days | ||||
| 11 | John Moore | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism | 11 March 1996 | 9 October 1997 | 1 year, 212 days | |
| 12 | Andrew Thomson | Minister for Sport and Tourism | 9 October 1997 | 21 October 1998 | 1 year, 12 days | |||
| 13 | Jackie Kelly | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 3 years, 36 days | ||||
| 14 | Joe Hockey | Minister for Small Business and Tourism | 26 November 2001 | 26 October 2004 | 2 years, 335 days | |||
| 15 | Fran Bailey | 26 October 2004 | 3 December 2007 | 3 years, 38 days | ||||
| 16 | Martin Ferguson | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Tourism | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 5 years, 112 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 25 March 2013 | ||||||
| 17 | Gary Gray | 25 March 2013 | 27 June 2013 | 177 days | ||||
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| 18 | Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Tourism and International Education | 21 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | 302 days | |
| 19 | Steven Ciobo | Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 19 July 2016 | 28 August 2018 | 2 years, 40 days | |||
| 20 | Simon Birmingham | Morrison | 28 August 2018 | 22 December 2020 | 2 years, 116 days | |||
| 21 | Dan Tehan | 22 December 2020 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 152 days | ||||
| 22 | Don Farrell | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Trade and Tourism | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 172 days | |
List of ministers assisting the minister for trade and investment
editThe following individuals have been appointed as minister assisting the minister for trade and investment, or its preceding titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Sinclair | Country | Holt | Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Industry | 14 December 1966 | 19 December 1967 | 4 years, 53 days | |
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 5 February 1971 | ||||||
| 2 | John Howard | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Special Trade Negotiations | 17 July 1977 | 20 December 1977 | 156 days | |
| 3 | Victor Garland | Minister for Special Trade Representations | 20 December 1977 | 8 December 1979 | 1 year, 353 days | |||
| 4 | Douglas Scott | National Country | Minister for Special Trade Representations Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Resources |
8 December 1979 | 19 August 1980 | 255 days | ||
| 5 | Ian Sinclair | Minister for Special Trade Representations | 19 August 1980 | 3 November 1980 | 76 days | |||
| 6 | Tom McVeigh | Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Resources | 3 November 1980 | 11 March 1983 | 2 years, 128 days | |||
| 7 | Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment | 21 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | 302 days | |
| 8 | Andrew Gee | Morrison | National | Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment | 6 February 2020 | 2 July 2021 | 1 year, 146 days | |
| 9 | David Gillespie | 2 July 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 325 days | ||||
List of parliamentary secretaries and assistant ministers for trade
editThe following individuals have been appointed as parliamentary secretary and assistant ministers for trade:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Martin | Labor | Keating | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | 27 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | 1 year, 87 days | |
| 2 | David Brownhill | National | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 224 days | |
| 3 | Larry Anthony | 21 October 1998 | 20 July 1999 | 272 days | ||||
| 4 | De-Anne Kelly | National | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade | 7 October 2003 | 26 October 2004 | 1 year, 19 days | |
| 5 | Bruce Billson | Liberal | Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade | 26 October 2004 | 6 July 2005 | 253 days | ||
| 6 | Sandy Macdonald | National | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade | 6 July 2005 | 27 January 2006 | 205 days | ||
| (4) | De-Anne Kelly | 27 January 2006 | 29 September 2006 | 245 days | ||||
| 7 | John Murphy | Labor | Rudd | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade | 3 December 2007 | 25 February 2009 | 1 year, 84 days | |
| 8 | Anthony Byrne | Parliamentary Secretary for Trade | 25 February 2009 | 24 June 2010 | 1 year, 201 days | |||
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
| 9 | Justine Elliot | 14 September 2010 | 4 February 2013 | 2 years, 143 days | ||||
| 10 | Kelvin Thomson | 4 February 2013 | 1 June 2013 | 117 days | ||||
| 11 | Steven Ciobo | Liberal | Abbott | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Investment | 23 December 2014 | 21 September 2015 | 272 days | |
| 12 | Keith Pitt | National | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 19 July 2016 | 20 December 2017 | 1 year, 154 days | |
| 13 | Luke Hartsuyker | 20 December 2017 | 26 February 2018 | 68 days | ||||
| 14 | Mark Coulton | 5 March 2018 | 29 May 2019 | 1 year, 345 days | ||||
| Morrison | Assistant Minister for Trade and Investment | 29 May 2019 | 6 February 2020 | |||||
| 15 | Tim Ayres | Labor | Albanese | Assistant Minister for Trade | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 172 days | |
List of assistant ministers for regional tourism
editThe following individuals have been appointed as assistant minister for regional tourism:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathon Duniam | Liberal | Morrison | Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism | 29 May 2019 | 23 May 2022 | 2 years, 359 days | |
References
edit- ^ "Ministers and Assistant Ministers". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia". www.pm.gov.au. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2013.