Minister for Resources

The Minister for Resources is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Madeleine King following the swearing in of the full Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022.^[1]

Minister for Resources
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Incumbent Madeleine King since 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder	Rex Connor (as Minister for Minerals and Energy)
Formation	19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)
Website	www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/king

In the Government of Australia, the ministers administer this portfolio through the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

Mission and outcomes

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the department's annual reports and on the department's website.

At its creation, the department was responsible for:^[2]

• Environment protection and conservation of biodiversity
• Air quality
• National fuel quality standards
• Land contamination
• Meteorology
• Administration of the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• Natural, built and movable cultural heritage
• Greenhouse policy coordination
• Environmental research
• Water policy and resources

In the Howard government, the portfolio of Water Resources was assigned to the Environment Department; this was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Malcolm Turnbull.^[2] The secretary of the department was David Borthwick.^[2]

List of ministers for resources

Australia has had ministers who had specific responsibility for matters relating to the development of minerals resources since December 1972, although earlier there were ministers for national development, who had some responsibilities in this area as well.

Order	Minister	Party		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Rex Connor		Labor	Whitlam	Minister for Minerals and Energy	19 December 1972	14 October 1975	2 years, 299 days
2	Ken Wriedt					14 October 1975	11 November 1975	28 days
3	Doug Anthony		National Country	Fraser	Minister for National Resources	11 November 1975	20 December 1977	7 years, 120 days
					Minister for Trade and Resources	20 December 1977	16 October 1982
			National			16 October 1982	11 March 1983
4	Peter Walsh		Labor	Hawke	Minister for Resources and Energy	11 March 1983	13 December 1984	1 year, 277 days
5	Gareth Evans					13 December 1984	24 July 1987	2 years, 223 days
6	Peter Morris				Minister for Resources	24 July 1987	19 January 1988	179 days
7	Peter Cook					19 January 1988	4 April 1990	2 years, 75 days
8	Alan Griffiths					4 April 1990	20 December 1991	2 years, 354 days
				Keating		20 December 1991	24 March 1993
9	Michael Lee					24 March 1993	24 December 1993	275 days
10	David Beddall					24 December 1993	11 March 1996	2 years, 78 days
11	Warwick Parer		Liberal	Howard	Minister for Resources and Energy	11 March 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 224 days
12	Nick Minchin				Minister for Industry, Science and Resources	21 October 1998	26 November 2001	3 years, 36 days
13	Ian Macfarlane				Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources	26 November 2001	3 December 2007	6 years, 7 days
14	Martin Ferguson		Labor	Rudd	Minister for Resources and Energy	3 December 2007	24 June 2010	5 years, 89 days
				Gillard		24 June 2010	22 March 2013
15	Gary Gray					22 March 2013	27 June 2013	180 days
				Rudd		27 June 2013	18 September 2013
16	Josh Frydenberg		Liberal	Turnbull	Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia	21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)	18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)	302 days
					Minister for Resources and Energy	18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)	19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)
17	Matt Canavan		National	Turnbull	Minister for Resources and Northern Australia	19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)	1 year, 6 days
18	Barnaby Joyce					25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)	27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)	94 days
(17)	Matt Canavan					27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)	24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)	2 years, 99 days
				Morrison		24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)	3 February 2020 (2020-02-03)
19	Keith Pitt1				Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia	6 February 2020 (2020-02-06)	2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)	2 years, 106 days
					Minister for Resources and Water	2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)	23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)
	Scott Morrison1 [3]		Liberal		Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources	15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)		1 year, 38 days
20	Madeleine King		Labor	Albanese	Minister for Resources	1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)	Incumbent	2 years, 161 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 Pitt holding the position of Minister for Resources until May 2022. However, the appointment of Morrison was not made public until August 2022.

References

1. "Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia". www.pm.gov.au. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
2. CA 9160: Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 19 December 2013
3. "Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet". www.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

External links

• Official website