| Minister for Education | |
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Jason Clare since 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | |
| Department of Education (Australia) | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | John Gorton (as Minister for Education and Science) |
| Formation | 14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) |
| Website | ministers |
In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Education administers the Department of Education. The position is held by Labor MP Jason Clare, following the Australian federal election in 2022.[1]
The Minister is responsible for a number of areas, including:[2]
The persons who have been Ministers for Education are as follows:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Gorton | Liberal | Menzies | Minister in charge of Commonwealth Activities in Education and Research under the Prime Minister | 18 December 1963 (1963-12-18) | 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) | 4 years, 23 days | |
| Holt | 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) | 14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) | ||||||
| Minister for Education and Science | 14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) | 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) | ||||||
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) | 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) | 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28) | ||||||
| 2 | Malcolm Fraser | 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28) | 12 November 1969 (1969-11-12) | 1 year, 257 days | ||||
| 3 | Nigel Bowen | 12 November 1969 (1969-11-12) | 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) | 3 years, 22 days | ||||
| McMahon | 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) | 22 March 1971 (1971-03-22) | ||||||
| 4 | David Fairbairn | 22 March 1971 (1971-03-22) | 20 August 1971 (1971-08-20) | 151 days | ||||
| acting | Malcolm Fraser | 20 August 1971 (1971-08-20) | 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) | 1 year, 107 days | ||||
| 5 | Gough Whitlam1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) | 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) | 14 days | ||
| 6 | Kim Beazley, Snr. | Minister for Education | 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) | 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) | 2 years, 327 days | |||
| 7 | Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) | 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) | 41 days | ||
| 8 | John Carrick | 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) | 8 December 1979 (1979-12-08) | 3 years, 351 days | ||||
| 9 | Wal Fife | 8 December 1979 (1979-12-08) | 7 May 1982 (1982-05-07) | 2 years, 150 days | ||||
| 10 | Peter Baume | 7 May 1982 (1982-05-07) | 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) | 308 days | ||||
| 11 | Susan Ryan | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Education and Youth Affairs | 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) | 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) | 4 years, 135 days | |
| Minister for Education | 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) | 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) | ||||||
| 12 | John Dawkins | Minister for Employment, Education and Training | 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) | 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) | 4 years, 156 days | |||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) | 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) | ||||||
| 13 | Kim Beazley | 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) | 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) | 1 year, 361 days | ||||
| 14 | Simon Crean | 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) | 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) | 4 years, 75 days | ||||
| 15 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) | 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) | 1 year, 212 days | |
| 16 | David Kemp | Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) | 4 years, 48 days | |||
| 17 | Brendan Nelson | Minister for Education, Science and Training | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) | 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) | 4 years, 62 days | |||
| 18 | Julie Bishop | 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) | 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) | 1 year, 310 days | ||||
| 19 | Julia Gillard | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Education | 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 207 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)2 | ||||||
| n/a | Simon Crean | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) | 78 days | ||||
| 20 | Peter Garrett | Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth | 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) | 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) | 2 years, 290 days | |||
| 21 | Bill Shorten | Rudd | Minister for Education | 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 79 days | ||
| 22 | Christopher Pyne | Liberal | Abbott | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) | 2 years, 3 days | ||
| Minister for Education and Training | 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) | ||||||
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | ||||||
| 23 | Simon Birmingham | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) | 2 years, 341 days | ||||
| Morrison | 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | ||||||
| 24 | Dan Tehan | Minister for Education | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 2 years, 116 days | |||
| 25 | Alan Tudge | Minister for Education and Youth | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 2 December 2021 (2021-12-02)[a] | 345 days | |||
| (acting) | Stuart Robert | 2 December 2021 (2021-12-02) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 172 days | ||||
| 26 | Jason Clare | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Education | 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | Incumbent | 2 years, 51 days | |
Notes
The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers with various titles that have included the words "early childhood":[3]
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kate Ellis | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth | 9 June 2009 (2009-06-09) | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 1 year, 19 days | |
| 2 | Peter Garrett | Gillard | Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 26 June 2013 (2013-06-26) | 2 years, 363 days | ||
| (1) | Kate Ellis | Rudd | Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth | 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 79 days | ||
| 3 | Anne Aly | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Early Childhood Education | 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | Incumbent | 2 years, 51 days | |
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Skills and Training, or any of its precedent titles:[4]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross Free | Labor | Keating | Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training | 24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 3 years, 18 days | |
| 2 | David Kemp | Liberal | Howard | 11 March 1996 | 6 October 1997 | 1 year, 209 days | ||
| 3 | Chris Ellison | 6 October 1997 | 21 October 1998 | 1 year, 15 days | ||||
| 4 | Gary Hardgrave | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Vocational and Technical Education | 22 October 2004 | 23 January 2007 | 2 years, 93 days | |
| 5 | Andrew Robb | Minister for Vocational and Further Education | 23 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 314 days | |||
| 6 | Chris Evans | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations | 14 September 2010 | 14 December 2011 | 2 years, 172 days | |
| Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs, Science and Research | 14 December 2011 | 2 February 2013 | ||||||
| 7 | Chris Bowen | 2 February 2013 | 22 March 2013 | 48 days | ||||
| 8 | Craig Emerson | 25 March 2013 | 26 June 2013 | 93 days | ||||
| 9 | Brendan O'Connor | Rudd | Minister for Skills and Training | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | ||
| 10 | Luke Hartsuyker | National | Turnbull | Minister for Vocational Education and Skills | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) | 150 days | |
| 11 | Scott Ryan | Liberal | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 152 days | |||
| 12 | Michaelia Cash | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 2 years, 214 days | |
| Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) | ||||||
| 13 | Stuart Robert | Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business | 30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 1 year, 54 days | |||
| (9) | Brendan O'Connor | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Skills and Training | 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | Incumbent | 2 years, 51 days | |
The persons who have been Ministers for Higher Education are as follows:
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Baldwin | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Higher Education and Employment Services | 7 May 1990 (1990-05-07) | 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) | 2 years, 321 days | |
| Keating | 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) | 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) | ||||||
| 2 | Sharon Bird | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Higher Education and Skills | 25 March 2013 (2013-03-25) | 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) | 98 days | |
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Education and Training, or any of its precedent titles:[3]
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sussan Ley | Liberal | Abbott | Assistant Minister for Education | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) | 1 year, 96 days | |
| 2 | Simon Birmingham | Assistant Minister for Education and Training | 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) | 272 days | |||
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | ||||||
| 3 | Anthony Chisholm | Labor | Albanese | Assistant Minister for Education | 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | Incumbent | 2 years, 51 days | |
