Minister for Small Business (Australia)
| Minister for Small Business | |
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| Department of the Treasury | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | Barry Jones (as Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business) |
| Formation | 19 January 1988 |
| Website | ministers |
The Australian Minister for Small Business is the Hon Julie Collins MP.[1]
In the Government of Australia, the minister administers their portfolio through the Department of the Treasury.
List of ministers[edit]
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Small Business, or any precedent titles:[2]
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry Jones | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business | 19 January 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 2 years, 75 days | |
| 2 | David Beddall | Minister for Small Business and Customs | 4 April 1990 | 27 December 1991 | 2 years, 354 days | |||
| Keating | Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs | 27 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | |||||
| 3 | Chris Schacht | Minister for Science and Small Business | 24 March 1993 | 25 March 1994 | 2 years, 353 days | |||
| Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | ||||||
| 4 | Geoff Prosser | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs | 11 March 1996 | 18 July 1997 | 1 year, 129 days | |
| 5 | Peter Reith | Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business | 18 July 1997 | 21 October 1998 | 3 years, 196 days | |||
| Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business | 21 October 1998 | 30 January 2001 | ||||||
| 6 | Ian Macfarlane | Minister for Small Business | 30 January 2001 | 26 November 2001 | 300 days | |||
| 7 | Joe Hockey | Minister for Small Business and Tourism | 26 November 2001 | 26 October 2004 | 2 years, 335 days | |||
| 8 | Fran Bailey | 26 October 2004 | 3 December 2007 | 3 years, 38 days | ||||
| 9 | Craig Emerson | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 285 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
| 10 | Nick Sherry | Minister for Small Business | 14 September 2010 | 14 December 2011 | 1 year, 91 days | |||
| 11 | Mark Arbib | 14 December 2011 | 5 March 2012 | 82 days | ||||
| 12 | Brendan O'Connor | 5 March 2012 | 4 February 2013 | 336 days | ||||
| 13 | Chris Bowen | 4 February 2013 | 25 March 2013 | 49 days | ||||
| 14 | Gary Gray | 25 March 2013 | 27 June 2013 | 177 days | ||||
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| 15 | Bruce Billson | Liberal | Abbott | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 3 days | ||
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
| 16 | Kelly O'Dwyer | 21 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | 302 days | ||||
| 17 | Michael McCormack | National | 19 July 2016 | 20 December 2017 | 1 year, 154 days | |||
| 18 | Craig Laundy | Liberal | Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation | 20 December 2017 | 28 August 2018 | 251 days | ||
| 19 | Michaelia Cash | Morrison | Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education | 28 August 2018 | 29 May 2019 | 2 years, 214 days | ||
| Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business | 29 May 2019 | 30 March 2021 | ||||||
| 20 | Stuart Robert | Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business | 30 March 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 54 days | |||
| 21 | Julie Collins | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Small Business | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 687 days | |
References[edit]
- ^ "Albanese Government Full Ministry". 31 May 2022.
- ^ "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 29 September 2013.
