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Minister for Cities (Australia)

Minister for Cities
since 29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holderTom Uren (as Minister for Urban and Regional Development)
Formation19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)
Websiteminister.infrastructure.gov.au/mcallister

The Minister for Cities in the Government of Australia is a position which is currently held by Jenny McAllister since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry.[1]

List of ministers for cities

The following individuals have served as the Minister for Cities, or any other precedent titles:[2][3] The Minister for Sustainable Population was a ministerial portfolio administered through the Department of the Treasury responsible for "planning properly for the infrastructure needs, for the housing needs, for the transport needs, for the regional needs" of the Australian population of the future.[4] Originally entitled the Minister for Population by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, his successor, Julia Gillard, renamed the portfolio to the Minister for Sustainable Population to reflect her policy changes on the matter of population growth and the need for a sustainable future for Australia, saying the change sends a clear message about the new direction the Government is taking.[5] After the 2010 federal election, the portfolio was subsumed by the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities portfolio.[6]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Tom Uren   Labor Whitlam Minister for Urban and Regional Development 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 2 years, 327 days
2 John Carrick Liberal Fraser 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 41 days
3 Ivor Greenwood Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 8 July 1976 (1976-07-08) 199 days
4 Kevin Newman 8 July 1976 (1976-07-08) 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) 1 year, 165 days
5 Ray Groom 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) 5 December 1978 (1978-12-05) 350 days
6 Tony Burke   Labor Rudd Minister for Population 14 April 2010 (2010-04-14) 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) 3 years, 78 days
Gillard Minister for Sustainable Population 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)
7 Jamie Briggs Liberal Abbott Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 15 September 2015 2 years, 102 days
Turnbull 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 21 September 2015
Minister for Cities and the Built Environment 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) 29 December 2015
8 Paul Fletcher Liberal Turnbull Minister for Urban Infrastructure 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 2 years, 39 days
Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
9 Alan Tudge Morrison Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 2 years, 116 days
Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22)
(8) Paul Fletcher Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 1 year, 152 days
10 Jenny McAllister   Labor Albanese Minister for Cities 29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) Incumbent 147 days

References

  1. ^ Albanese, Anthony. "Ministerial arrangements". www.pm.gov.au. Australian Government. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ "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 9 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Swearing-in Ceremony". Events. Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Burke takes on population portfolio". ABC News. Australia. 3 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Gillard puts brakes on 'big Australia'". ABC News. Australia. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Second Gillard Ministry" (PDF). The Australian. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.