Border: | parliamentary |
Minister: | not_prime |
Insignia: | Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg |
Post: | Minister for Disability Services |
Incumbent: | Kate Washington |
Style: | The Honourable |
Appointer: | Governor of New South Wales |
Department: | Department of Communities and Justice |
Inaugural: | Ron Dyer |
Formation: | 4 April 1995 |
The Minister for Disability Services is a minister of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for social policy and welfare, including matters relating disability in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The Minister since 21 December 2021 is Natasha Maclaren-Jones who also holds the Families and Communities portfolio.
Collectively the ministers administer the portfolio through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.
Ministerial title | Minister | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||||||
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Minister for Disability Services | Carr (1) | align=center | 4 April 1995 | align=center | 1 December 1997 | align=right | |||||||
Carr (2) (3) | align=center | 1 December 1997 | align=center | 2 April 2003 | align=right | ||||||||
Iemma (1) | align=center | 2 April 2003 | align=center | 21 January 2005 | align=right | ||||||||
align=center | 21 January 2005 | align=center | 2 April 2007 | align=right | |||||||||
Iemma (2) Rees | align=center | 2 April 2007 | align=center | 8 September 2009 | align=right | ||||||||
Rees Keneally | align=center | 8 September 2009 | align=center | 28 March 2011 | align=right | ||||||||
O'Farrell | align=center | 3 April 2011 | align=center | 23 April 2014 | align=right | ||||||||
O'Farrell Baird (1) (2) | align=center | 23 April 2014 | align=center | 30 January 2017 | align=right | [1] | |||||||
Berejiklian (1) | align=center | 30 January 2017 | align=center | 23 March 2019 | align=right | [2] | |||||||
Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services | Berejiklian (2) | align=center | 2 April 2019 | align=center | 14 May 2021 | align=right | |||||||
Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | align=center | 27 May 2021 | align=center | 21 December 2021 | align=right | ||||||||
Minister for Disability Services | Perrottet (2) | align=center | 21 December 2021 | align=center | 5 April 2023 | align=right | |||||||
Minister for Disability Inclusion | Minns | align=center | 5 April 2023 | align=center | incumbent | align=right |