Minister for Industry and Science facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Minister for Industry and Science |
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.jpg) Ed Husic since 1 June 2022 |
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| Department of Industry, Science and Resources | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | John Latham (as Minister for Industry) Alexander McLachlan (as Minister in charge of Development and Scientific and Industrial Research) |
| Formation | 10 December 1928 (industry) 6 January 1932 (science) |
The Minister for Industry and Science is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Ed Husic in the Albanese ministry since 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022.
In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
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Scope
As of 2013[update] other bodies in the portfolio included:
- Australian Institute of Marine Science
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Australian Qualifications Framework
- Australian Research Council
- Australian Skills Quality Authority
- Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency
- CSIRO
- Geoscience Australia
- IP Australia
- National Advisory for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
- Office of the Chief Scientist
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
The Australian Space Agency opened in Adelaide in February 2020.
List of industry ministers
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Industry or any precursor title.
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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| 1 | John Latham | Nationalist | Bruce | Minister for Industry | 10 December 1928 | 22 October 1929 | 316 days | |
| 2 | James Scullin | Labor | Scullin | 22 October 1929 | 6 January 1932 | 2 years, 76 days | ||
| (1) | John Latham | United Australia | Lyons | 6 January 1932 | 12 October 1934 | 2 years, 279 days | ||
| 3 | Robert Menzies | 12 October 1934 | 20 March 1939 | 4 years, 159 days | ||||
| 4 | Billy Hughes | 20 March 1939 | 7 April 1939 | 1 year, 222 days | ||||
| Page | 20 March 1939 | 26 April 1939 | ||||||
| Menzies | 26 April 1939 | 28 October 1940 | ||||||
| 5 | Eric Spooner | Minister for War Organisation of Industry | 28 October 1940 | 28 August 1941 | 344 days | |||
| Fadden | 28 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
| 6 | John Dedman | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 19 February 1945 | 3 years, 135 days | ||
| 7 | John McEwen | Country | Menzies | Minister for Trade and Industry | 18 December 1963 | 21 January 1966 | 7 years, 49 days | |
| Holt | 26 January 1966 | 19 December 1967 | ||||||
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 5 February 1971 | ||||||
| 8 | Doug Anthony | 5 February 1971 | 10 March 1971 | 1 year, 304 days | ||||
| McMahon | 5 February 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||||||
| 9 | Gough Whitlam | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
| 10 | Jim Cairns | Minister for Secondary Industry | 19 December 1972 | 9 October 1973 | 294 days | |||
| 11 | Kep Enderby | 9 October 1973 | 12 June 1974 | 1 year, 124 days | ||||
| Minister for Manufacturing Industry | 12 June 1974 | 10 February 1975 | ||||||
| 12 | Jim McClelland | 10 February 1975 | 6 June 1975 | 116 days | ||||
| 13 | Lionel Bowen | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 158 days | ||||
| 14 | Bob Cotton | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 2 years, 39 days | ||
| Minister for Industry and Commerce | 22 December 1975 | 20 December 1977 | ||||||
| 15 | Phillip Lynch | 20 December 1977 | 11 October 1982 | 4 years, 295 days | ||||
| 16 | Andrew Peacock | 11 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 151 days | ||||
| 17 | John Button | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 10 years, 13 days | ||
| Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce | 13 December 1984 | 20 December 1991 | ||||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| 18 | Alan Griffiths | Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development | 24 March 1993 | 22 January 1994 | 304 days | |||
| 19 | Peter Cook | 30 January 1994 | 25 March 1994 | 2 years, 41 days | ||||
| Minister for Industry, Science and Technology | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | ||||||
| 20 | John Moore | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 224 days | |
| 21 | Nick Minchin | Minister for Industry, Science and Resources | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 3 years, 36 days | |||
| 22 | Ian Macfarlane | Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources | 26 November 2001 | 3 December 2007 | 6 years, 7 days | |||
| 23 | Kim Carr | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 4 years, 11 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 December 2011 | ||||||
| 24 | Greg Combet | Minister for Industry and Innovation | 14 December 2011 | 26 June 2013 | 1 year, 194 days | |||
| (23) | Kim Carr | Rudd | Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | 26 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 145 days | ||
| (22) | Ian Macfarlane | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Industry | 18 September 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 2 years, 3 days | |
| Minister for Industry and Science | 23 December 2014 | 15 September 2015 | ||||||
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
| 25 | Christopher Pyne | Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science | 21 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | 302 days | |||
| 26 | Greg Hunt | 19 July 2016 | 24 January 2017 | 189 days | ||||
| 27 | Arthur Sinodinos | 24 January 2017 | 20 December 2017 | 330 days | ||||
| 28 | Karen Andrews | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Industry, Science and Technology | 28 August 2018 | 29 March 2021 | 2 years, 213 days | |
| 29 | Christian Porter | 29 March 2021 | 19 September 2021 | 174 days | ||||
| Scott Morrison | Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources | 15 April 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 38 days | ||||
| 30 | Angus Taylor | Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction | 8 October 2021 | 227 days | ||||
| 31 | Ed Husic | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Industry and Science | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 207 days | |
- Morrison was appointed as Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources by the Governor-General on Morrison's advice in April 2021, with both Morrison and Porter holding the position of Minister for Industry until September 2021, and then Morrison and Taylor until May 2022. However, the appointment of Morrison was not made public until August 2022.
List of science ministers
In 1931 and from 1932 to 1937, 1940 to 1949 and 1950 to 1963 there were ministers in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and its successors. In 1963 John Gorton was given responsibility for science (and education) generally.
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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| 1 | Jack Holloway | Labor | Scullin | Assistant Minister for Industry, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research | 3 March 1931 | 12 June 1931 | 101 days | |
| 2 | Alexander McLachlan | United Australia | Lyons | Minister in charge of Development and Scientific and Industrial Research | 6 January 1932 | 29 November 1937 | 5 years, 327 days | |
| 3 | Henry Gullett | United Australia | Menzies | Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research | 14 March 1940 | 13 August 1940 | 121 days | |
| 4 | Herbert Collett | 14 August 1940 | 28 October 1940 | 44 days | ||||
| 5 | Harold Holt | 28 October 1940 | 28 August 1941 | 304 days | ||||
| 6 | John Dedman | Labor | Curtin | Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research | 7 October 1941 | 6 July 1945 | 8 years, 73 days | |
| Forde | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | ||||||
| Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 19 December 1949 | ||||||
| 7 | Richard Casey | Liberal | Menzies | Minister in charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | 23 March 1950 | 4 February 1960 | 9 years, 318 days | |
| 8 | Donald Cameron | 4 February 1960 | 22 December 1961 | 1 year, 322 days | ||||
| 9 | Robert Menzies | 22 December 1961 | 16 February 1962 | 56 days | ||||
| 10 | John Gorton | 16 February 1962 | 18 December 1963 | 6 years, 2 days | ||||
| Minister in charge of Commonwealth Activities in Education and Research under the Prime Minister | 18 December 1963 | 21 January 1966 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 11 | Malcolm Fraser | 28 February 1968 | 12 November 1969 | 1 year, 257 days | ||||
| 12 | Nigel Bowen | 12 November 1969 | 10 March 1971 | 495 days | ||||
| McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 22 March 1971 | ||||||
| 13 | David Fairbairn | 22 March 1971 | 20 August 1971 | 161 days | ||||
| n/a | Malcolm Fraser | 20 August 1971 | 5 December 1972 | 1 year, 107 days | ||||
| 14 | Gough Whitlam | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
| 15 | Bill Morrison | Minister for Science | 19 December 1972 | 6 June 1975 | 2 years, 169 days | |||
| Minister for Science and Consumer Affairs | 6 June 1975 | 6 June 1975 | ||||||
| 16 | Clyde Cameron | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 158 days | ||||
| 17 | Bob Cotton | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 158 days | ||
| 18 | James Webster | National Country | Minister for Science | 22 December 1975 | 5 December 1978 | 3 years, 351 days | ||
| Minister for Science and the Environment | 5 December 1978 | 8 December 1979 | ||||||
| 19 | David Thomson | 8 December 1979 | 3 November 1980 | 3 years, 93 days | ||||
| Minister for Science and Technology | 3 November 1980 | 16 October 1982 | ||||||
| National | 16 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | ||||||
| 20 | Barry Jones | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 7 years, 24 days | ||
| Minister for Science | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | ||||||
| Minister for Science and Small Business | 24 July 1987 | 19 January 1988 | ||||||
| Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business | 19 January 1988 | 4 April 1990 | ||||||
| 21 | Simon Crean | Minister for Science and Technology | 4 April 1990 | 4 June 1991 | 1 year, 61 days | |||
| 22 | Ross Free | 4 June 1991 | 20 December 1991 | 2 years, 293 days | ||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| 23 | Chris Schacht | Minister for Science and Small Business | 24 March 1993 | 25 March 1994 | 1 year, 1 day | |||
| 24 | Peter Cook | Minister for Science and Small Business | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | 1 year, 352 days | |||
| 25 | Peter McGauran | National | Howard | Minister for Science and Technology | 11 March 1996 | 26 September 1997 | 1 year, 199 days | |
| 26 | John Moore | Liberal | Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 224 days | ||
| 27 | Nick Minchin | Minister for Industry, Science and Resources | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 3 years, 36 days | |||
| n/a | Peter McGauran | National | Minister for Science | 26 November 2001 | 22 October 2004 | 2 years, 331 days | ||
| 26 | Brendan Nelson | Liberal | Minister for Education, Science and Training | 22 October 2004 | 27 January 2006 | 1 year, 97 days | ||
| 27 | Julie Bishop | 27 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 310 days | ||||
| 28 | Kim Carr | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 4 years, 11 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 December 2011 | ||||||
| 29 | Chris Evans | Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research | 14 December 2011 | 2 February 2013 | 1 year, 50 days | |||
| 30 | Chris Bowen | 2 February 2013 | 22 March 2013 | 48 days | ||||
| 31 | Craig Emerson | 25 March 2013 | 26 June 2013 | 93 days | ||||
| n/a | Kim Carr | Rudd | Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | 26 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 145 days | ||
| 32 | Ian Macfarlane | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Industry and Science | 23 December 2014 | 15 September 2015 | 272 days | |
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
| 33 | Christopher Pyne | Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science | 21 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | 302 days | |||
| 34 | Greg Hunt | 19 July 2016 | 24 January 2017 | 189 days | ||||
| 35 | Arthur Sinodinos | 24 January 2017 | 20 December 2017 | 330 days | ||||
| 36 | Karen Andrews | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Industry, Science and Technology | 28 August 2018 | 30 March 2021 | 2 years, 214 days | |
| 37 | Christian Porter | 30 March 2021 | 19 September 2021 | 173 days | ||||
| 38 | Melissa Price | Minister for Science and Technology | 8 October 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 227 days | |||
| 39 | Ed Husic | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Industry and Science | 1 June 2022 | incumbent | 2 years, 207 days | |
Former ministerial titles
List of ministers for manufacturing
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Manufacturing, or any of its precedent titles:
| Order | Minister | Party | Ministry | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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| 1 | Kim Carr | Labor | 2nd Gillard | Minister for Manufacturing | 14 December 2011 | 5 March 2012 | 82 days | |
| 2 | Kate Lundy | Labor | Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation | 5 March 2012 | 27 June 2013 | 1 year, 197 days | ||
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
List of ministers for commerce
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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| 1 | Charles Hawker | United Australia | Lyons | Minister for Commerce | 13 April 1932 | 23 September 1932 | 163 days | |
| 2 | Joseph Lyons | 3 October 1932 | 13 October 1932 | 10 days | ||||
| 3 | Frederick Stewart | 13 October 1932 | 9 November 1934 | 757 days | ||||
| 4 | Earle Page | Country | 9 November 1934 | 7 April 1939 | 4 years, 149 days | |||
| Page | 7 April 1939 | 26 April 1939 | ||||||
| 5 | George McLeay | United Australia | Menzies | 26 April 1939 | 14 March 1940 | 323 days | ||
| 6 | Archie Cameron | Country | 14 March 1940 | 28 October 1940 | 228 days | |||
| (4) | Earle Page | 28 October 1940 | 29 August 1941 | 344 days | ||||
| Fadden | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
| 7 | William Scully | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 22 December 1942 | 5 years, 25 days | ||
| Minister for Commerce and Agriculture | 22 December 1942 | 6 July 1945 | ||||||
| Forde | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | ||||||
| Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 1 November 1946 | ||||||
| 8 | Reg Pollard | 1 November 1946 | 19 December 1949 | 3 years, 48 days | ||||
| 9 | John McEwen | Country | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 11 January 1956 | 6 years, 23 days | ||
| 10 | Bob Cotton | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Industry and Commerce | 22 December 1975 | 20 December 1977 | 1 year, 363 days | |
| 11 | Phillip Lynch | 20 December 1977 | 11 October 1982 | 4 years, 295 days | ||||
| 12 | Andrew Peacock | 11 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 151 days | ||||
| 13 | John Button | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 10 years, 13 days | ||
| Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce | 13 December 1984 | 20 December 1991 | ||||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
Assistant ministers
List of industry parliamentary secretaries
The following individual has been appointed as parliamentary secretaries for industry, or any of its precedent titles:
| Order | Assistant Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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| 1 | Warren Entsch | Liberal | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Science and Resources | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 7 years, 98 days | |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Tourism and Resources | 26 November 2001 | 27 January 2006 | ||||||
| 2 | Bob Baldwin | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Tourism and Resources | 27 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 310 days | |||
| 3 | Richard Marles | Labor | Rudd | Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry | 9 June 2009 | 24 June 2010 | 1 year, 97 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
| 4 | Mark Dreyfus QC | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation | 14 December 2011 | 4 February 2013 | 1 year, 52 days | |
| 5 | Yvette D'Ath | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation | 25 March 2013 | 27 June 2013 | 177 days | |
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| (2) | Bob Baldwin | Liberal | Abbott | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry | 18 September 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 310 days | |
| 6 | Karen Andrews | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Science | 23 December 2014 | 21 September 2015 | 1 year, 209 days | |||
| Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Science | 21 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | |||||
| 7 | Craig Laundy | Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science | 19 July 2016 | 20 December 2017 | 1 year, 154 days | |||
| 8 | Zed Seselja | Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation | 20 December 2017 | 23 August 2018 | 246 days | |||
List of assistant science ministers
The following individual has been appointed as assistant minister for science, or any of its precedent titles:
| Order | Assistant Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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| 1 | Warren Entsch | Liberal | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Science and Resources | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 3 years, 36 days | |
| 2 | Karen Andrews | Liberal | Abbott | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Science | 23 December 2014 | 21 September 2015 | 1 year, 209 days | |
| Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Science | 21 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | |||||
| 3 | Craig Laundy | Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science | 19 July 2016 | 20 December 2017 | 1 year, 154 days | |||
| 4 | Zed Seselja | Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation | 20 December 2017 | 23 August 2018 | 246 days | |||
List of assistant ministers for innovation
The following individuals have been appointed as assistant minister for innovation, or any of its precedent titles:
| Order | Assistant Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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| 1 | Richard Marles | Labor | Rudd | Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry | 9 June 2009 | 24 June 2010 | 1 year, 97 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
| 2 | Mark Dreyfus QC | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation | 14 December 2011 | 4 February 2013 | 1 year, 52 days | |
| 3 | Yvette D'Ath | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation | 25 March 2013 | 27 June 2013 | 177 days | |
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| 4 | Wyatt Roy | Liberal | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Innovation | 21 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | 302 days | |
| 5 | Craig Laundy | Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science | 19 July 2016 | 20 December 2017 | 1 year, 154 days | |||
| 6 | Zed Seselja | Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation | 20 December 2017 | 23 August 2018 | 246 days | |||
List of assistant ministers for manufacturing
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Manufacturing, or any of its precedent titles:
| Order | Minister | Party | Ministry | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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| 1 | Tim Ayres | Labor | Albanese | Assistant Minister for Manufacturing | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 207 days | |
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