Special Minister of State (New South Wales)

For the federal office in Australia, see Special Minister of State.

Special Minister of State of New South Wales
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Incumbent John Graham since 28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)
Department of Premier and Cabinet (New South Wales)
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament Cabinet Executive Council
Reports to	Premier of New South Wales
Seat	52 Martin Place, Sydney
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales on the advice of the premier
Term length	At the governor's pleasure
Formation	25 March 1988
First holder	Matt Singleton

The New South Wales Special Minister of State is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for special administrative matters in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The portfolio was established in 1988 in first Greiner–Murray ministry as the Minister for Administrative Services, and after several reincarnations as the Special Minister of State, was abolished on 21 December 2021 when the second Perrottet ministry was established.[1] The portfolio was reestablished in 2023 after the election of Chris Minns as Premier of New South Wales following the 2023 election.

The current Special Minister of Minister is John Graham who is also the Minister for Roads and the Night Time Economy.

The minister administers the portfolio through the Premier and Cabinet cluster, in particular through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies.[2]

Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

Special Minister of State

The following individuals served as the Special Ministers of State, or any precedent titles:

Title	Minister [3]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Administrative Services	Matt Singleton		National	Greiner (1)	25 March 1988	24 January 1989	305 days
	Robert Webster				24 January 1989	6 June 1991	2 years, 133 days
	Anne Cohen		Liberal	Greiner (2)	6 June 1991	4 April 1995	3 years, 302 days
Special Minister of State	John Della Bosca		Labor	Carr (3) (4) Iemma (1)	8 April 1999	17 February 2006	6 years, 315 days
Special Minister of State	John Robertson		Labor	Rees	30 January 2009	4 December 2009	308 days
	Eric Roozendaal			Keneally ministry	8 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 116 days
	Chris Hartcher		Liberal	O'Farrell	3 April 2011	9 December 2013	2 years, 250 days
	Anthony Roberts			O'Farrell Baird (1)	9 December 2013	2 April 2015	1 year, 114 days
Special Minister of State	Anthony Roberts		Liberal	Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	[4][5][6]
	Don Harwin			Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	15 April 2020	1 year, 13 days	[7][8]
Special Minister of State	Don Harwin		Liberal	Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	3 July 2020	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	1 year, 171 days	[9][1]
Special Minister of State	John Graham		Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	incumbent	1 year, 313 days

Former ministerial titles

Federal Affairs

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Federal Affairs (New South Wales) § List of ministers.[edit]

Title	Minister [3]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Federal Affairs	Frederick Hewitt		Liberal	Lewis (1) (2) Willis	3 January 1975	23 January 1976	1 year, 20 days	[10]

See also

• List of New South Wales government agencies

References

1. "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
2. "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.
3. "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
4. "NSW reshuffle: Gladys Berejiklian axes Adrian Piccoli and Duncan Gay from cabinet". The Guardian. Australia. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
5. Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
6. "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
7. "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
8. "NSW Arts Minister Don Harwin resigns after visiting holiday home in breach of coronavirus lockdown rules". ABC News (Australia). Australia. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
9. "NSW Police boss hits back after former Arts minister Don Harwin gets off coronavirus fine". ABC News. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
10. "Mr Frederick Maclean Hewitt (1908–1976)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.