Minister for the Arts (New South Wales) explained

Insignia:Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg
Post:Minister for the Arts
Incumbent:John Graham
Style:The Honourable
Appointer:Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural:George Freudenstein
Formation:11 March 1971
Department:Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade

The Minister for the Arts is a Minister of the Crown in the New South Wales Government who has responsibilities for the administration and support for the arts in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The portfolio was abolished in 2019 and merged into the portfolio of Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts; and reinstated in December 2021. [1]

The minister administer the portfolio through Create NSW (formerly Arts NSW) within the Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade, as well as a range of additional government agencies.

Ultimately, the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

Office history

The role of an 'arts' minister, overseeing the management and support for all cultural activities in New South Wales, before the early 1970s was an unheard of concept in politics. However, by the early 1970s, various governments in Australia recognised the need for a steering authority for state support for the arts. In response, premier Bob Askin appointed George Freudenstein as the first Minister for Cultural Activities+ on 11 March 1971. This coincided with the appointment of the first federal minister with a responsibility for the arts on 10 March and a Minister for Cultural Affairs in Western Australia on 3 March 1971. Premier of Victoria Rupert Hamer commissioned himself with a ministry of the arts in 1972 and South Australia followed suit on 18 September 1979.

On his appointment Freudenstein requested the establishment of an organisation to enable him to carry out his responsibilities and the Premier agreed. On 13 May 1971 the "Ministry of Cultural Activities" was established, taking over responsibility for various legislation and bodies that had previously been under the purview of the Department of Education, including the Archives Office of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, State Library of New South Wales, Australian Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney Observatory, the Advisory Committee on Cultural Grants, NSW Film Council, and the Sydney Opera House Trust. In the case of the opera house, the Ministry had responsibility for its completion and final official opening on 20 October 1973.[2] With Freudenstein's departure on 3 January 1975, a new Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation was appointed and on 6 January 1975, the Ministry of Cultural Activities was replaced by the new "Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation".[3]

This arrangement lasted until 14 May 1976 when the new Labor Government of Neville Wran transferred the responsibility for cultural activities to the Premier's Department. This became the "Cultural Activities Division" under the administration of the Premier himself.[3] This situation continued until 1984, when Wran established the "Office of the Minister for the Arts" within the Premier's Department and commissioned himself with the title of Minister for the Arts. On 15 June 1988 a "Ministry for the Arts" independent of the Premier's Department was established.[4] This ministry was abolished on 3 March 2006 and its responsibilities were moved to the new "Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation".[5] Arts NSW became the new dedicated division for the Minister and it transferred to "Communities NSW" in July 2009 and then the "Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services" from 4 April 2011.[6] From the appointment of Troy Grant as the minister in 2014 (who also served as Minister for Justice and Police), Arts NSW came within the Justice Department.

Following the 2019 state election the portfolio responsibilities were transferred to the Premier and Cabinet cluster, with Create NSW (formerly Arts NSW) administered through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, a department of the Government of New South Wales. In December 2021, the portfolio responsibilities and Create NSW were transferred to the new Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade.

List of ministers

Arts

The following individuals have served as Minister for Arts and any precedent titles:

Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Cultural Activities width=8% Askin (4) (5) (6)align=center 11 March 1971 align=center 3 January 1975align=right
Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation Lewis (1) (2)align=center 3 January 1975 align=center 23 January 1976align=right
Willisalign=center 23 January 1976 align=center 14 May 1976align=right
Minister for the Arts Wran (6) (7) (8)align=center 10 February 1984 align=center 4 July 1986align=right
Unsworth4 July 1986 21 March 1988align=right
 Greiner (1) (2)
Fahey (1) (2) (3)		25 March 1988 4 April 1995align=right
 Carr (1) (2) (3) (4)align=center 4 April 1995 align=center 3 August 2005align=right
Iemma (1)align=center 3 August 2005 align=center 2 March 2007align=right
Iemma (2)align=center 2 April 2007 align=center 5 September 2008align=right
Reesalign=center 8 September 2008 align=center 4 December 2009align=right
Keneallyalign=center 8 December 2009 align=center 28 March 2011align=right
 O'Farrellalign=center 3 April 2011 align=center 23 April 2014align=right
Baird (1) (2)23 April 2014 30 January 2017align=right
 Berejiklian (1)align=center 30 January 2017 align=center 23 March 2019[7] [8] [9]
Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations,
Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts		Berejiklian (2)align=center 2 April 2019align=center 15 April 2020 [10]
(acting)align=center 15 April 2020align=center 3 July 2020align=right [11] [12]
Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)		align=center 3 July 2020align=center 21 December 2021align=right [13]
Minister for the Arts Perrottet (2)21 December 202128 March 2023
 Minns28 March 2023incumbentalign=right

Music and the Night-time Economy

Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry data-sort-type="date" Term start !data-sort-type=date Term end !Time in office Notes
Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy Minnsalign=center align=center incumbentalign=right

Assistant Ministers

Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts Carr (1) (2) (3)align=center 13 March 1996 align=center 2 April 2003align=right
Carr (4)align=center 2 April 2003 align=center 3 August 2005align=right
Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts Reesalign=center 8 September 2008 align=center 4 December 2009align=right

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NSW Government. Changes to NSW ministerial arrangements . 3 August 2022 .
  2. Web site: Ministry of Cultural Activities . NSW State Records . NSW Government . 18 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150930083450/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/404 . 30 September 2015 .
  3. Web site: Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation . NSW State Records . NSW Government . 18 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150930180811/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/403 . 30 September 2015 .
  4. Web site: Ministry for the Arts . NSW State Records . NSW Government . 18 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150929221445/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/3630 . 29 September 2015 .
  5. Web site: Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation . NSW State Records . NSW Government . 18 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150929203818/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/5059 . 29 September 2015 .
  6. Web site: Arts NSW . NSW State Records . NSW Government . 18 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150929221409/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/6374 . 29 September 2015 .
  7. News: NSW reshuffle: Gladys Berejiklian axes Adrian Piccoli and Duncan Gay from cabinet . . Australia . 29 January 2017 . 29 January 2017.
  8. News: Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle . . Robertson, James . 28 January 2017 . 29 January 2017.
  9. News: AAP. Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in. 30 January 2017. Sky News. Australia. 30 January 2017.
  10. Web site: NSW Arts Minister resigns after breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. 2020-04-10. ABC News. en-AU. 2020-04-10.
  11. Web site: Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Ministers and Public Service Agencies) Order 2020. 15 April 2020. 11 May 2020.
  12. Web site: Wake . Caroline . Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus - but this crisis could be an opportunity . The Conversation . 7 May 2020 . 11 May 2020.
  13. Web site: NSW Police boss hits back after former Arts minister Don Harwin gets off coronavirus fine. ABC News. 3 July 2020. 7 July 2020.

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