Minister for Indigenous Affairs (Australia)

Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Incumbent
Nigel Scullion
since 18 September 2013
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder Don Grimes
(Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)
William Wentworth
(Indigenous Affairs)
Formation 1984
(Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs)
1968
(Indigenous Affairs)

The Australian Minister for Indigenous Affairs is Senator the Hon. Nigel Scullion, since 18 September 2013.

Portfolio

In the Government of Australia, the Minister administers the portfolio through the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and a range of other government agencies, including:

List of Ministers for Indigenous Affairs

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Indigenous Affairs, or any precedent titles:[1]

Order Minister Party affiliation Prime Minister Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Bill Wentworth   Liberal Gorton Minister in charge of Aboriginal Affairs under the Prime Minister 28 February 1968 10 March 1971 3 years, 92 days
McMahon 10 March 1971 31 May 1971
2 Peter Howson Minister for the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts 31 May 1971 5 December 1972 1 years, 188 days
3 Gough Whitlam1   Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 19 December 1972 14 days
4 Gordon Bryant Minister for Aboriginal Affairs 19 December 1972 9 October 1973 294 days
5 Jim Cavanagh 9 October 1973 6 June 1975 1 years, 240 days
6 Les Johnson 6 June 1975 11 November 1975 158 days
7 Tom Drake-Brockman   National Country Fraser 11 November 1975 22 December 1975 41 days
8 Ian Viner   Liberal 22 December 1975 5 December 1978 2 years, 348 days
9 Fred Chaney 5 December 1978 3 November 1980 1 years, 334 days
10 Peter Baume 3 November 1980 7 May 1982 1 years, 185 days
11 Ian Wilson 7 May 1982 11 March 1983 308 days
12 Clyde Holding   Labor Hawke 11 March 1983 24 July 1987 4 years, 135 days
13 Gerry Hand 24 July 1987 4 April 1990 2 years, 254 days
14 Robert Tickner 4 April 1990 19 December 1991 5 years, 342 days
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs 19 December 1991 20 December 1991
Keating 20 December 1991 11 March 1996
15 John Herron   Liberal Howard 11 March 1996 30 January 2001 4 years, 325 days
16 Philip Ruddock Minister for Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs 30 January 2001 26 November 2001 2 years, 250 days
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs 26 November 2001 7 October 2003
17 Amanda Vanstone 7 October 2003 27 January 2006 2 years, 112 days
18 Mal Brough Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 27 January 2006 3 December 2007 1 years, 310 days
19 Jenny Macklin   Labor Rudd Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 3 December 2007 24 June 2010 5 years, 289 days
Gillard 24 June 2010 14 December 2011
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 24 June 2010 27 June 2013
Rudd 27 June 2013 18 September 2013
20 Nigel Scullion   Country Liberal Party Abbott Minister for Indigenous Affairs 18 September 2013 incumbent 1 years, 224 days

List of Ministers assisting the Prime Minister for Reconciliation

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Philip Ruddock   Liberal Howard Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Reconciliation 21 October 1998 30 January 2001 4 years, 351 days
  Minister for Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs 30 January 2001 26 November 2001
  Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Reconciliation 26 November 2001 7 October 2003
2 Amanda Vanstone   7 October 2003 22 October 2004 1 years, 15 days

Notes

1 Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2013.