Minister for Social Services (Australia)

Portfolio

In the Government of Australia, the Ministers administer the portfolio through the Department of Social Services. Other portfolio bodies for which the Ministers are responsible include:

Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency

Australian Institute of Family Studies

Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Homelessness

Community and Disability Services Ministers' Conference

Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council

Emergency Relief State Advisory Committees

National Childcare Accreditation Council Inc.

National Disability Advisory Council

National Disability Insurance Agency

National Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) Coordination and Development Committee (CAD) representatives and Information Sub-committee

Social Security Appeals Tribunal

List of Ministers for Social Services

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Social Services, or any of its precedent titles:

List of assistant ministers for disability services

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Disability Services, or any of its precedent titles:

List of assistant ministers for social services and for multicultural affairs

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, or any precedent titles:

List of housing ministers

The first Minister for Housing was Les Bury, appointed in 1963, although there were Ministers in charge of War Service Homes from 1932 to 1938 and 1941 to 1945. In 1945 Bert Lazzarini was appointed Minister for Works and Housing and this title continued until 1952, when Wilfrid Kent Hughes became Minister for Works. No minister included "works" or "construction" in his portfolio after Stewart West lost this title in 1987, partly reflecting the progressive outsourcing of the Commonwealth's construction activities and even ownership of assets. The John Howard government had no Minister of Housing, partly reflecting the decline of the significance of the commonwealth-state housing agreements as a means of providing new housing since the post-war years.

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Housing and Homelessness, or any precedent titles:

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.

List of major projects ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Major Projects, or any other precedent titles:

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.

List of ministers for aged care

Ministers for aged care or ageing were appointed from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1998 to 2013. The portfolio gained a mental health component in 2010. The latter returned to the health portfolio in 2013, with ageing moving to social services. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, or any of its precedent titles: The Turnbull Government transferred the aged care portfolio back to the Department of Health in October 2015.