List of female cabinet ministers of Australia

Image	Minister	Position	Time Period	Party
	Enid Lyons[1]	Vice-President of the Executive Council	1949–1951	Liberal
	Margaret Guilfoyle[2]	Minister for Education	1975	Liberal
		Minister for Social Security	1976–1980
		Minister for Finance	1980–1983
	Susan Ryan[3]	Minister for Education and Youth Affairs	1983–1984	Labor
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women	1983–1988
		Minister for Education	1984–1987
		Special Minister of State	1987–1988
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Bicentennial	1987–1988
		Minister Assisting the Minister for Community Services and Health
	Ros Kelly[4]	Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories	1990–1991	Labor
		Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories	1991–1993
		Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories	1993–1994
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women	1993–1994
	Carmen Lawrence[5]	Minister for Human Services and Health	1994–1996	Labor
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
	Jocelyn Newman[6]	Minister for Social Security	1996–1998	Liberal
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women	1996–1997
		Minister for Family and Community Services	1998–2001
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
	Amanda Vanstone[7]	Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs	1996–1997	Liberal
		Minister for Family and Community Services	2001–2003
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
		Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs	2003–2006
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Reconciliation	2003–2004
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs	2004–2006
		Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs	2006–2007
	Kay Patterson[8]	Minister for Health and Ageing	2001–2003	Liberal
		Minister for Family and Community Services	2003–2006
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women	2003–2004
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues	2004–2006
	Helen Coonan[9]	Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts	2004–2007	Liberal
		Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate	2006–2007
	Julie Bishop[10]	Minister for Education, Science and Training	2006–2007	Liberal
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues
		Minister for Foreign Affairs	2013–2018
	Julia Gillard[11]	Deputy Prime Minister	2007–2010	Labor
		Minister for Education
		Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
		Minister for Social Inclusion
		Prime Minister	2010–2013
	Nicola Roxon[12]	Minister for Health and Ageing	2007–2011	Labor
		Attorney-General	2011–2013
		Minister for Emergency Management	2012–2013
	Jenny Macklin[13]	Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs	2007–2011	Labor
		Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs	2011–2013
		Minister for Disability Reform
	Penny Wong[14]	Minister for Climate Change and Water	2007–2010	Labor
		Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water	2010
		Minister for Finance and Deregulation	2010–2013
		Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate	2013
		Leader of the Government in the Senate	2013
		Minister for Foreign Affairs	2022–present
		Leader of the Government in the Senate
	Tanya Plibersek[15]	Minister for Health	2011–2013	Labor
		Minister for Health and Medical Research	2013
		Minister for the Environment and Water	2022–present
	Jacinta Collins[16]	Minister for Mental Health and Ageing	2013	Labor
		Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
		Manager of Government Business in the Senate
	Julie Collins[17]	Minister for Housing and Homelessness	2013	Labor
		Minister for Community Services
		Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development
		Minister for the Status of Women
		Minister for Housing	2022–2024
		Minister for Homelessness
		Minister for Small Business	2022–present
		Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	2024–present
	Catherine King[18]	Minister for Regional Australia, Local Government and Territories	2013	Labor
		Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government	2022–present
	Sussan Ley[19]	Minister for Health	2014–2016	Liberal
		Minister for Sport	2014–2017
		Minister for Aged Care	2015–2016
		Minister for Health and Aged Care	2016–2017
		Minister for the Environment	2019–2022
	Marise Payne[20]	Minister for Defence	2015–2018	Liberal
		Minister for Foreign Affairs	2018–2022
		Minister for Women	2019–2022
	Michaelia Cash[21]	Minister for Employment	2015–2017	Liberal
		Minister for Women
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service
		Minister for Jobs and Innovation	2017–2018
		Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education	2018–2019
		Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business	2019–2021
		Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate	2020–2022
		Attorney-General	2021–2022
		Minister for Industrial Relations
	Kelly O'Dwyer[22]	Assistant Treasurer	2015–2016	Liberal
		Minister for Small Business
		Minister for Revenue and Financial Services	2016–2018
		Minister for Women	2017–2019
		Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service	2017–2018
		Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations	2018–2019
	Fiona Nash[23]	Minister for Rural Health	2016	National
		Minister for Regional Communications	2016–2017
		Minister for Regional Development
		Minister for Local Government and Territories	2016–2017
	Bridget McKenzie[24]	Minister for Rural Health	2017–2018	National
		Minister for Regional Communications
		Minister for Sport	2017–2019
		Minister for Regional Services, Local Government and Decentralisation	2018–2019
		Minister for Agriculture	2019–2020
		Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience	2021–2022
		Minister for Regionalisation, Regional Communications and Regional Education
	Karen Andrews[25]	Minister for Industry, Science and Technology	2018–2021	Liberal
		Minister for Home Affairs	2021–2022
	Melissa Price[26]	Minister for the Environment	2018–2019	Liberal
		Minister for Defence Industry	2021–2022
		Minister for Science and Technology	2021–2022
	Linda Reynolds[27]	Minister for Defence Industry	2019	Liberal
		Minister for Emergency Management and North Queensland Recovery
		Minister for Defence	2019–2021
		Minister for Government Services	2021–2022
		Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
	Anne Ruston[28]	Minister for Families and Social Services	2019–2022	Liberal
		Manager of Government Business in the Senate
		Minister for Women's Safety	2021–2022
	Katy Gallagher[29]	Attorney-General	2022	Labor
		Minister for Finance	2022–present
		Minister for the Public Service
		Minister for Women
		Vice-President of the Executive Council
		Manager of Government Business in the Senate
	Amanda Rishworth[30]	Minister for Social Services	2022–present	Labor
	Linda Burney[31]	Minister for Indigenous Australians	2022–2024	Labor
	Michelle Rowland[32]	Minister for Communications	2022–present	Labor
	Madeleine King[33]	Minister for Resources	2022–present	Labor
		Minister for Northern Australia
	Clare O'Neil[34]	Minister for Home Affairs	2022–2024	Labor
		Minister for Cyber Security
		Minister for Housing	2024–present
		Minister for Homelessness
	Malarndirri McCarthy	Minister for Indigenous Australians	2024–present	Labor

See also

• Cabinet (government)
• Cabinet of Australia
• Politics of Australia

References

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7. "Former Senator Amanda Vanstone". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
8. "Former Senator Kay Patterson". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
9. "Former Senator Helen Coonan". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
10. "Hon Julie Bishop MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
11. "Hon Julia Gillard MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
12. "Hon Nicola Roxon MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
13. "Hon Jenny Macklin MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
14. "Senator the Hon Penny Wong". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
15. "Hon Tanya Plibersek MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
16. "Former Senator Jacinta Collins". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
17. "Hon Julie Collins MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
18. "Hon Catherine King MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
19. "Hon Sussan Ley MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
20. "Senator the Hon Marise Payne". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
21. "Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
22. "Hon Kelly O'Dwyer MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
23. "Former Senator Fiona Nash". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
24. "Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
25. "Hon Karen Andrews MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
26. "Hon Melissa Price MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
27. "Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
28. "Senator the Hon Anne Ruston". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
29. "Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
30. corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "Hon Amanda Rishworth MP". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 3 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
31. corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "Hon Linda Burney MP". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 3 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
32. corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "Hon Michelle Rowland MP". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 3 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
33. corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "Hon Madeleine King MP". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 3 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
34. corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "Hon Clare O'Neil MP". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 3 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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