Minister for Women
Incumbent
Jodie Harrison
since 5 April 2023
Ministry of Health
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderKerry Chikarovski
(as Minister for the Status of Women)
Formation26 May 1993

The Minister for Women is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for women's issues in New South Wales, Australia.

There had been a Women’s Co-ordination Unit and a Women’s Advisory Council since at least 1977 for which the Premier and later the Minister for Family and Community Services had been responsible. In 1993 in the third Fahey ministry these functions were brought together in a portfolio aimed at changing the portrayal of women, improving their status at home, at work and in the community, and reducing violence against women. From the first Carr ministry it was renamed Minister for Women.[1] A separate portfolio of Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault was created in the second Baird ministry.[2]

The portfolio became part of the portfolio of Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women in the second Berejiklian ministry.[1]

List of ministers

TitleMinister[2]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for the Status of Women Kerry Chikarovski   Liberal Fahey (3) 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 1 year, 313 days
Minister for Women Faye Lo Po'   Labor Carr (1) (2) (3) 4 April 1995 2 April 2003 7 years, 363 days
Sandra Nori Carr (4)
Iemma (1)		 2 April 2003 2 April 2007 4 years, 0 days
Verity Firth Iemma (2)
Rees		 2 April 2007 14 September 2009 2 years, 165 days
Linda Burney Rees 14 September 2009 4 December 2009 81 days
Jodi McKay Keneally 8 December 2009 28 March 2011 1 year, 110 days
Pru Goward   Liberal O'Farrell
Baird (1) (2)		 3 April 2011 30 January 2017 5 years, 302 days
Tanya Davies Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days [3]
Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women Bronnie Taylor   National Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)		 2 April 2019 21 December 2021 4 years, 288 days [4]
Minister for Women Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 28 March 2023 [5]
Jodie Harrison   Labor Minns 5 April 2023 incumbent 285 days

The Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence has responsibility for the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault in New South Wales, Australia. The reduction in violence against women was one of the objectives in establishing the Minister for the Status of Women in the third Fahey ministry in 1993.[1] A separate portfolio of Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault was created in the second Baird ministry. Women's safety was added to the portfolio title in the second Perrottet ministry. The current minister, since 21 December 2021, is Natalie Ward.[2] The minister supports the Attorney General in the administration of that portfolio. through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.

TitleMinister[2]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Pru Goward   Liberal Berejiklian (1) 2 April 2015 23 March 2019 3 years, 355 days [6]
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Mark Speakman Berejiklian (2) 2 April 2019 27 May 2021 2 years, 263 days [7]
Minister for Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)		 27 May 2021 21 December 2021 [8]
Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence Natalie Ward Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 5 April 2023 1 year, 105 days [9]
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Jodie Harrison   Labor Minns 5 April 2023 incumbent 285 days

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "PFO-162 Status of Women (1993-1995) Women [I] (1995-2019)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Vukovic, Dom; Gerathy, Sarah; McDonald, Philippa (29 January 2017). "NSW Cabinet reshuffle: Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces big changes to front bench". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 29 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. ↑ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (230)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 28 May 2021. p. 2-3. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
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