Minister for Veterans (New South Wales)

The Minister for Veterans is a minister of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for veterans' affairs in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Minister for Veterans
Incumbent David Harris since 5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)
Department of Communities and Justice
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Graham West (as Minister Assisting the Premier on Veterans Affairs)
Formation	23 January 2009

The Minister since 5 April 2023 is David Harris, who also holds the Aboriginal Affairs portfolio.

The Minister assists the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Inclusion administer her portfolio through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.^[1][2]

List of ministers

Ministerial title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister Assisting the Premier on Veterans Affairs	Graham West		Labor	Rees	23 January 2009	4 December 2009	315 days
	Peter Primrose			Keneally	4 December 2009	21 May 2010	168 days
	Frank Terenzini				21 May 2010	28 March 2011	311 days
Minister for Veterans Affairs	Victor Dominello		Liberal	Baird (1)	23 April 2014	28 March 2015	339 days
	David Elliott			Baird (2) Berejiklian (1)	2 April 2015	23 March 2019	3 years, 355 days
Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans	John Sidoti			Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	17 September 2019	168 days	[3]
	Geoff Lee (acting)				17 September 2019	27 May 2021	1 year, 252 days
	Natalie Ward			Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	27 May 2021	21 December 2021	208 days	[4]
Minister for Veterans	David Elliott			Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	[5]
	David Harris		Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 231 days

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Politics portal

• List of New South Wales government agencies
• Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Australia)
  • Minister for Veterans (Victoria)
  • Minister for Veterans (Western Australia)

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. "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
3. Smith, Alexandra (17 September 2019). "Sports Minister John Sidoti to stand aside pending ICAC inquiry". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
4. Smith, Alexandra. "Berejiklian fills cabinet vacancies after ministers forced to quit". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
5. "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.