Minister for Families and Communities

Minister for Families and Communities
Minister for Families and Communities
	Incumbent; Kate Washington; since 5 April 2023
	Department of Communities and Justice
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Herbert Hawkins; (as Minister for Social Services)
Formation	22 August 1935

The New South Wales Minister for Families and Communities is a minister of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for social policy and welfare, including matters relating to ageing, disability, multiculturalism, and veterans' affairs, women's affairs and youth in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The portfolio is currently held by Kate Washington, who also holds the position of Minister for Disability Inclusion.

The Minister is assisted in the administration of her portfolio by the following ministers:

Minister for Housing, Homelessness and Youth, currently Rose Jackson
Minister for Seniors,^[1] Women and Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault ,^[2] currently Jodie Harrison
Minister for Veterans,^[1] currently David Harris

Collectively the ministers administer the portfolio through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.^[3]^[4]

List of ministers

Ministerial title	Minister ^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Social Services	Herbert Hawkins	United Australia	Stevens (2)	22 August 1935	13 October 1938	3 years, 52 days
Minister for Social Services	Athol Richardson		Stevens (3)	13 October 1938	5 August 1939	307 days
Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services	Athol Richardson		Stevens (3)	5 August 1939	16 August 1939	307 days
	George Gollan		Mair	16 August 1939	16 May 1941	1 year, 273 days
	Hamilton Knight	Labor	McKell (1) (2)	16 May 1941	6 February 1947	6 years, 166 days
Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare	Hamilton Knight		McGirr (1) (2)	6 February 1947	29 October 1947	6 years, 166 days
	Jack Baddeley		McGirr (2)	29 October 1947	9 March 1948	132 days
	Frank Finnan		McGirr (2)	9 March 1948	30 June 1950	4 years, 351 days
Minister for Social Welfare	Frank Finnan		McGirr (3) Cahill (1)	30 June 1950	23 February 1953	4 years, 351 days
Minister for Social Welfare	Abe Landa		Cahill (2)	23 February 1953	15 March 1956	3 years, 21 days
Minister for Social Welfare Minister for Child Welfare	Frank Hawkins		Cahill (3) (4) Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw	15 March 1956	13 May 1965	9 years, 59 days
	Arthur Bridges	Liberal	Askin (1) (2)	13 May 1965	22 May 1968	3 years, 9 days
	Harry Jago		Askin (2)	23 May 1968	3 September 1968	104 days
	Frederick Hewitt		Askin (2) (3)	3 September 1968	11 March 1971	2 years, 189 days
	John Waddy		Askin (4)	11 March 1971	17 January 1973	2 years, 267 days
Minister for Youth and Community Services	John Waddy		Askin (5)	17 January 1973	3 December 1973	2 years, 267 days
Minister for Youth and Community Services	Dick Healey		Askin (6)	3 December 1973	3 January 1975	1 year, 31 days
Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs	Steve Mauger		Lewis (1) (2)	3 January 1975	23 January 1976	1 year, 20 days
Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs	Jim Clough		Willis	23 January 1976	14 May 1976	112 days
Minister for Youth and Community Services	Rex Jackson	Labor	Wran (1) (2) (3)	14 May 1976	2 October 1981	5 years, 141 days
	Kevin Stewart		Wran (4)	2 October 1981	1 February 1983	1 year, 122 days
	Frank Walker		Wran (5) (6) (7)	1 February 1983	6 February 1986	3 years, 5 days
	Peter Anderson		Wran (8)	6 February 1986	4 July 1986	148 days
	John Aquilina		Unsworth	4 July 1986	25 March 1988	1 year, 265 days
Minister for Family and Community Services	Virginia Chadwick	Liberal	Greiner (1)	25 March 1988	24 July 1990	2 years, 121 days
Minister for Family and Community Services	Robert Webster	National	Greiner (1)	24 July 1990	6 June 1991	317 days
Minister for Health and Community Services	John Hannaford	Liberal	Greiner (2)	6 June 1991	24 June 1992	1 year, 18 days
Minister for Community Services	Jim Longley	Liberal	Fahey (1) (2) (3)	24 June 1992	4 April 1995	2 years, 284 days
	Ron Dyer	Labor	Carr (1)	4 April 1995	1 December 1997	2 years, 241 days
	Faye Lo Po'		Carr (2) (3)	1 December 1997	2 April 2003	5 years, 122 days
	Carmel Tebbutt		Carr (4)	2 April 2003	21 January 2005	1 year, 294 days
	Reba Meagher		Iemma (1)	21 January 2005	2 April 2007	2 years, 71 days
	Kevin Greene		Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	8 September 2008	1 year, 159 days
	Linda Burney		Rees Keneally	8 September 2008	28 March 2011	2 years, 207 days
Minister for Family and Community Services	Pru Goward	Liberal	O'Farrell	3 April 2011	23 April 2014	3 years, 20 days
	Gabrielle Upton		Baird (1)	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
	Brad Hazzard		Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days	^[5]
	Pru Goward		Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017 (2017-01-30)	26 March 2019 (2019-03-26)	2 years, 55 days	^[6]
Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services	Gareth Ward		Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019 (2019-04-02)	14 May 2021 (2021-05-14)	2 years, 42 days	^[2]
Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services	Alister Henskens		Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	27 May 2021 (2021-05-27)	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	208 days	^[7]
Minister for Families and Communities	Natasha Maclaren-Jones		Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)	2 years, 337 days	^[1]
Minister for Families and Communities	Kate Washington	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 231 days

Former ministerial title

Social housing

Ministerial title	Minister ^[4]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Social Housing	Brad Hazzard		Liberal	Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days	^[8]
Minister for Social Housing	Pru Goward		Liberal	Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	^[9]

Volunteering

The Minister for Volunteering is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for volunteering in New South Wales. It was first established in 2007 in the Second Iemma ministry and was abolished in 2011 following the defeat of the Keneally ministry.^[10]^[4]

Title	Minister^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Minister for Volunteering	Linda Burney	Labor	Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 156 days
	Graham West		Rees	8 September 2008	4 December 2009	1 year, 87 days
	Peter Primrose		Keneally	4 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 114 days

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
^ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ Smith, Alexandra (26 May 2021). "Berejiklian fills cabinet vacancies after ministers forced to quit". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
^ Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ "PFO-306 Volunteering". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 10 April 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[gazette-2021-12-21-1] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

[gazette-20190402-2] "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[gazette-20190402admin-3] "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

[Ministries-4] "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[SMH_Baird_2_ministry-5] Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

[gladys-6] "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[7] Smith, Alexandra (26 May 2021). "Berejiklian fills cabinet vacancies after ministers forced to quit". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[Minister_for_Housing_(New_South_Wales)_SMH_Baird_2_ministry-8] Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.

[Minister_for_Housing_(New_South_Wales)_gladys-9] Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[PFO-306-10] "PFO-306 Volunteering". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 10 April 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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