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Minister for Industry and Innovation (Australia)
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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) |
| Website | www |
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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.[1]
In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
Scope
 | This section needs to be updated. (June 2022) |
As of 2013[update] other bodies in the portfolio included:[2]
- 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.[3]
List of industry ministers
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Industry or any precursor title.[4][5][6]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Porter1 | 29 March 2021 | 19 September 2021 | 174 days | ||||
| Scott Morrison1 [7] | Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources | 15 April 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 38 days | ||||
| 30 | Angus Taylor1 | 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, 3 days | |
- 1 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.