Minister for Education and Training

Minister for Education and Training
Incumbent
Simon Birmingham

since 21 September 2015
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]

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 1 year, 86 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 302 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 Sharon Bird Labor Gillard Minister for Higher Education and Skills 25 March 2013 1 July 2013 98 days
2 Sussan Ley Liberal Abbott Assistant Minister for Education 18 September 2013 23 December 2014 1 year, 96 days
3 Simon Birmingham Assistant Minister for Education and Training 23 December 2014 15 September 2015 272 days
Turnbull 15 September 2015 21 September 2015

References

  1. "Ministerial Swearing-in Ceremony". Events. Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. "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)
  3. 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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