Minister for Planning and Public Spaces

The New South Wales Minister for Planning and Public Spaces is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for regional and urban planning with the goal of facilitating sustainable growth and employment in New South Wales, Australia.

Minister for Planning and Public Spaces
Incumbent Paul Scully since 5 April 2023
Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Sir John Fuller (as the Minister for Planning and Environment)
Formation	3 December 1973

The minister administers the portfolio through the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies.^[1]

The minister is supported in the administration of the Department by the following ministers:^[2]

• Minister for Lands and Property
• Minister for Local Government
• Minister for Housing
• Attorney General
• Minister for Western Sydney

Ultimately the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, or similar titles.^[3][4]

Ministerial title	Minister [5]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Planning and Environment	Sir John Fuller		Country	Askin (6)	3 December 1973	14 May 1976	2 years, 163 days
Minister for Planning	Harry Jensen		Labor	Wran (1)	14 May 1976	9 August 1976	87 days
Minister for Planning and Environment	Paul Landa			Wran (1) (2)	9 August 1976	29 February 1980	3 years, 204 days
	Eric Bedford			Wran (2) (3) (4) (5)	29 February 1980	10 February 1984	3 years, 347 days
	Terry Sheahan			Wran (6) (7)	10 February 1984	12 December 1984	306 days
	Bob Carr			Wran (7) (8) Unsworth	12 December 1984	21 March 1988	3 years, 100 days
Minister for Planning	David Hay		Liberal	Greiner (1)	21 March 1988	6 June 1991	3 years, 77 days
	Robert Webster		National	Greiner (2) Fahey (1) (2) (3)	6 June 1991	4 April 1995	3 years, 302 days
Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning	Craig Knowles		Labor	Carr (1) (2)	4 April 1995	8 April 1999	4 years, 4 days
	Andrew Refshauge			Carr (3)	8 April 1999	21 November 2001	3 years, 359 days
Minister for Planning					21 November 2001	2 April 2003
Minister for Infrastructure and Planning	Craig Knowles			Carr (4)	2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days
Minister for Planning	Frank Sartor			Iemma (1) (2)	3 August 2005	5 September 2008	3 years, 33 days
	Kristina Keneally			Rees	8 September 2008	4 December 2009	1 year, 87 days
	Tony Kelly			Keneally	4 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 114 days
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure	Brad Hazzard		Liberal	O'Farrell	3 April 2011	23 April 2014	3 years, 20 days
Minister for Planning	Pru Goward			Baird (1)	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
	Rob Stokes			Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days
	Anthony Roberts			Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	[6][7][8]
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces	Rob Stokes			Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	2 April 2019	21 December 2021	2 years, 263 days	[9]
Minister for Planning	Anthony Roberts			Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	[10]
Treasurer	Daniel Mookhey		Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	8 days
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces	Paul Scully				5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 230 days

Former ministerial titles

Assistant Ministers for Planning

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Planning, or similar titles.^[3][4]

Ministerial title	Minister [5]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister Assisting the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning (Planning Administration)	Diane Beamer		Labor	Carr (4)	2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days
Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning	Barbara Perry		Labor	Keneally	8 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 110 days
Minister for the State Plan	Linda Burney				8 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 110 days
Assistant Minister for Planning	Rob Stokes		Liberal	Baird (1)	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
	Mark Speakman			Baird (2) Berejiklian (1)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days

Cities

The New South Wales Minister for Cities was a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for dividing Sydney into three separate cities, and interconnecting them with the cities of Central Coast, Newcastle and Wollongong to form connections between the six cities in "north-south" and "east-west" axes.^[11] The minister's responsibilities were held jointly with the portfolios of Planning and Active Transport. These included Callan Park, Centennial Park, Moore Park, Newcastle National Park, including the Number 1 Sports Ground,^[12] Parramatta Park, Old Government House, Royal Botanic Gardens, The Domain, Sydney Olympic Park and Western Sydney Parklands.^[13]

Ministerial title	Minister [5]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Cities	Rob Stokes		Liberal	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	[10]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Politics portal

• List of New South Wales government agencies

References

1. "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
2. "Administrative Arrangements (Public Service agencies and Ministers) Order 2023". legislation.nsw.gov.au. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
3. "NSW Parliamentary Record (11 August 1824 - November 2007)" (PDF). Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly. VIII. Parliament of New South Wales. November 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
4. Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
5. "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
6. "NSW reshuffle: Gladys Berejiklian axes Adrian Piccoli and Duncan Gay from cabinet". The Guardian. Australia. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
7. Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
8. "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
9. "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
10. "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
11. "Premier's plan to grow Sydney, create new cities and science minister". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
12. "National Park". City of Newcastle. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
13. "Administrative Arrangements (Second Perrottet Ministry—Allocation of Acts and Agencies) Order 2021" (PDF). NSW Legislation. 21 December 2021. p. 27. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

External links

• New South Wales Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure