Minister for Jobs and Tourism explained

Post:Minister for Jobs and Tourism
Incumbent:John Graham
Department:Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport
Insignia:Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg
Incumbentsince:5 April 2023
Style:The Honourable
Nominator:Premier of New South Wales
Appointer:Governor of New South Wales
Formation:9 May 1946

The Minister for Jobs and Tourism is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities for tourism in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tourism has often been combined with other portfolio responsibilities, most commonly Sport.

The Minister in Charge of Tourist Activities and Immigration was a ministry in the government of New South Wales, responsible for promoting New South Wales as a place to visit and encouraging migration through its offices in London, and for the management of government-owned resorts.[1] It was created in 1946 and abolished in 1950.

Role and responsibilities

A government agency responsible for tourism and immigration was first created in 1905, the Intelligence Department, whose duties were "designed to make the attractions and possibilities of the State better known at home and a abroad, and to promote settlement on the land and to encourage immigration". It was renamed the Immigration and Tourist Bureau in 1908. In 1919 the bureau was divided into two separate agencies, with immigration becoming the responsibility of the Minister for Labour and Industry while the Tourist Bureau was the responsibility of the Chief Secretary. In 1938 Management of the Tourist Bureau was transferred to the Department of Railways.[2] The responsibilities of the Tourist Bureau were managing the tourist resorts at Jenolan Caves, Jenolan Caves House, Abercrombie Caves, Yarrangobilly Caves, Wombeyan Caves and Hotel Kosciusko. The also conducted tours and published promotional material on NSW tourist attractions.[3]

The elevation of tourist activities to a ministerial level was controversial. The Premier William McKell stated that there was a need for a Minister to devote himself to these matters and that "It is becoming increasingly, recognised, not only here but throughout the world, that we have much to offer the tourist, but to take full advantage of our opportunities we must take active steps to organise the trade and provide the facilities required".[4] The Sydney Morning Herald criticised the unnecessary cost of the portfolio, stating there was no justification for the new office as immigration was a commonwealth matter and the political sphere was the worst way to develop tourist activities.[5]

The portfolio was abolished in the third McGirr ministry, with a new portfolio of immigration, while tourism ceased to be represented at a ministerial level until the fourth Cahill ministry in 1959.

List of ministers

Jobs

Minister for Employment was a title which existed beside Industrial Relations in the Wran and Unsworth ministries. Employment continued at a portfolio as part of composite portfolios until the Third Fahey ministry in 1995 when it was merged into the Industrial relations portfolio.[6]

The portfolio was responsible for developing and managing job creation programs, to advise the government on the employment impacts of its policies and to analyse the labour market with particular interest in the effects of structural change and constraints in employment growth. Employment had not previously been represented in a portfolio.

The following individuals have served as Minister where Employment was one of the responsibilities in the portfolio:

Title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Employment  align=center 10 February 1984 align=center 5 April 1984 align=right [7]
align=center 5 April 1984 align=center 4 July 1986 align=right [8]
Minister for Employment
Minister for Industrial Relations		align=center 4 July 1986 align=center 21 March 1988 align=right [9]
Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment  align=center 25 March 1988 align=center 24 July 1990 align=right [10]
align=center 24 July 1990 align=center 3 July 1992 align=right
Minister for Employment and Trainingalign=center 3 July 1992 align=center 26 May 1993 align=right [11]
Minister for Industrial Relations and Employmentalign=center 26 May 1993 align=center 4 April 1995 align=right [12]
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney  align=center 2 April 2019 align=center 21 December 2021 align=right [13]
Minister for Jobs and Tourism  align=center 6 April 2023 align=center Incumbent align=right [14]

Tourism

The following individuals have served as minister where tourism was one of the responsibilities in the portfolio:

Title Minister Party Ministry data-sort-type="date" Term start !data-sort-type=date Term end !Time in office Notes
Minister in Charge of Tourist Activities and Immigration  align=center 9 May 1946 align=center 6 February 1947 align=right [15]
align=center 6 February 1947 align=center 9 March 1948 align=right [16]
align=center 9 March 1948 align=center 21 September 1949 align=right [17]
align=center 21 September 1949 align=center 30 June 1950 align=right [18]
Minister for Tourist Activities  align=center 1 April 1959 align=center 13 May 1965 align=right [19]
  align=center 13 May 1965 align=center 5 March 1968
Minister for Tourism align=center 5 March 1968 align=center 11 March 1971
align=center 11 March 1971 align=center 19 June 1972
Minister for Tourismalign=center 19 June 1972 align=center 3 January 1975 align=right [20]
  align=center 3 January 1975 align=center 16 December 1975 align=right [21]
align=center 17 December 1975 align=center 23 January 1976 align=right [22]
  align=center 23 January 1976 align=center 14 May 1976 align=right
  align=center 14 May 1976 align=center 2 October 1981 align=right
align=center 2 October 1981 align=center 26 May 1982
Minister for Leisure, Sport and Tourism align=center 26 May 1982 align=center 10 February 1984
Minister for Tourism align=center 10 February 1984 align=center 25 March 1988
  align=center 25 March 1988 align=center 6 June 1991 align=right [23]
  align=center 6 June 1991 align=center 24 June 1992 align=right [24]
  align=center 24 June 1992 align=center 3 July 1992 align=right [25]
  align=center 3 July 1992 align=center 26 May 1993 align=right [26]
align=center 26 May 1993 align=center 4 April 1995 align=right [27]
  align=center 4 April 1995 align=center 1 December 1997 align=right [28]
align=center 1 December 1997 align=center 8 April 1999 align=right [29]
align=center 8 April 1999 align=center 2 April 2003
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation align=center 2 April 2003 align=center 2 April 2007
Minister for Tourismalign=center 2 April 2007 align=center 5 September 2008 align=right [30]
align=center 8 September 2008 align=center 28 March 2011 align=right [31]
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing  align=center 4 April 2011 align=center 23 April 2014 align=right [32]
Minister for Tourism and Major Eventsalign=center 23 April 2014 align=center 17 October 2014 align=right [33]
align=center 17 October 2014 align=center 2 April 2015 align=right [34]
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events  align=center 2 April 2015 align=center 30 January 2017 align=right
Minister for Tourism and Major Events  align=center 30 January 2017 align=center 23 March 2019 align=right [35]
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney  2 April 2019 21 December 2021
align=center 21 December 2021 align=center 3 August 2022
Minister for Tourism align=center 5 August 2022align=center 28 March 2023align=right
Minister for the Arts Minnsalign=center 28 March 2023align=center 6 April 2023
Minister for Jobs and Tourismalign=center 6 April 2023align=center incumbent

Former ministerial titles

Major events

The Minister for Major Events was a ministry first established in 2010 in the Keneally ministry and combined with Tourism and Gaming and Racing in the O'Farrell ministry. Major Events was abolished as a portfolio title in the second Berejiklian ministry.

The first minister with specific responsibility for a major event was Michael Knight as the Minister for Olympics, following the success of the Sydney bid to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. The minister concurrently held the portfolios of Public Works and Services and Roads and was closely linked to the provisions of buildings and infrastructure for the event.[36]

The portfolio of Major Events was not responsible for a department, nor any legislation, with the Major Events Act 2009 remaining the responsibility of the Premier.[37] The first minister, Ian Macdonald, also held the portfolios of State and Regional Development, Mineral and Forest Resources, and Central Coast. In 2011 the portfolio was absorbed by the new portfolio of Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing and remained a named part of portfolios until 2019 when it became part of the portfolio of Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney.[38]

The following individuals have served as minister before major events was combined with tourism:

Title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for the Olympics Carr (1)4 April 199512 January 2001
Minister for Major Events Keneally11 March 20105 June 2010
5 June 201028 March 2011
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing  align=center 4 April 2011 align=center 23 April 2014 align=right [39]
Minister for Tourism and Major Eventsalign=center 23 April 2014 align=center 17 October 2014 align=right [40]
align=center 17 October 2014 align=center 2 April 2015 align=right [41]
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events  align=center 2 April 2015 align=center 30 January 2017 align=right
Minister for Tourism and Major Events  align=center 30 January 2017 align=center 23 March 2019 align=right [42]

Assistant ministers

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PFO-111 Tourist Activities and Immigration . 30 November 2021. NSW State Records & Archives.
  2. Web site: AGY-1680 Intelligence Department (1905-1908) Immigration and Tourist Bureau (1908-1919) . 30 November 2021 . NSW State Records & Archives.
  3. Web site: AGY-1712 12 Tourist Bureau (1919-1923) Government Tourist Bureau (1923-1946) . 28 November 2021. NSW State Records & Archives.
  4. News: New portfolio created in reshuffle . . 10 May 1946 . 29 November 2021 . 3 . Trove.
  5. News: An unnecessary portfolio . . 11 May 1946 . 29 November 2021 . 2 . Trove.
  6. Web site: PFO-89 Industrial Relations [III] ]. NSW State Records & Archives . 2022-03-15.
  7. The Hon. (Laurie) Laurence John Brereton (1946–) . 2025 . Yes . 13 May 2019.
  8. The Hon. (Bob) Robert John Debus (1943-) . 2005 . Yes . 4 September 2019.
  9. The Hon. Patrick Darcy Hills (1917-1992) . 1770 . Yes . 27 April 2019.
  10. Mr John Joseph Fahey (1945–2020) . 2015 . Yes . 11 May 2019.
  11. The Hon. Virginia Anne Chadwick (1944-2009) . 2104 . Yes . 21 June 2020.
  12. Mrs Kerry Anne Chikarovski (1956-) . 2089 . Yes . 1 May 2019.
  13. The Hon. Stuart Laurence AYRES . 51 . Yes . 5 July 2024.
  14. The Hon. John GRAHAM, MLC . 2224 . No . 5 July 2024.
  15. The Hon. Clive Raleigh Evatt (1900–1984) . 1621 . Yes . 30 April 2019.
  16. The Hon. Francis Joseph Finnan (1897-1966) . 1594 . Yes . 5 May 2019.
  17. The Hon. Claude Hilton Matthews (1899–1954) . 1609 . Yes . 7 May 2019.
  18. Mr Joshua George Arthur (1906–1974) . 1666 . Yes . 30 April 2019.
  19. The Hon. Christopher Augustus Kelly (1890-1967) . 1504 . Yes . 30 April 2019.
  20. The Hon. Thomas Lancelot Lewis (1922-2016) . 1810 . Yes . 5 May 2019.
  21. Sir Charles Benjamin Cutler (1918–2006) . 1775 . Yes . 13 May 2019.
  22. The Hon. James Caird Bruxner . 1823 . Yes . 11 May 2019.
  23. Mr Garry Bruce West (1949-) . 2053 . Yes . 13 May 2019.
  24. Mr Michael Robert Yabsley (1956-) . 2090 . Yes . 5 May 2019.
  25. The Hon. Robert James Webster, MP (1951-) . 2071 . Yes . 11 May 2019.
  26. Mr Bruce George Baird (1942–) . 1984 . Yes . 3 May 2019.
  27. The Hon. Virginia Anne Chadwick (1944-2009) . 2104 . Yes . 21 June 2020.
  28. The Hon. Brian Joseph Langton (1948-) . 2045 . Yes . 13 May 2019.
  29. The Hon. (Bob) Robert John Debus (1943-) . 2005 . Yes . 4 September 2019.
  30. Mr (Matt) Matthew James Brown (1972-) . 2147 . yes . 22 October 2019.
  31. Ms Jodi Leyanne McKay . 37 . 3 April 2019.
  32. The Hon. George Souris . 2135 . Yes . 23 May 2019.
  33. The Hon. Andrew John Stoner (1960-) . 2148 . Yes . 18 September 2019.
  34. The Hon. Troy Wayne Grant (1970-) . 75 . Yes . 15 October 2019.
  35. The Hon. Adam John Marshall . 100 . 5 April 2019.
  36. Web site: PFO-163 Olympics . 2022-03-08 . NSW State Records & Archives.
  37. Web site: PFO-328 Major Events . 2022-03-08 . NSW State Records & Archives.
  38. Web site: PFO-384 Tourism and Major Events [II] ]. 2022-03-08 . NSW State Records & Archives.
  39. The Hon. George Souris . 2135 . Yes . 23 May 2019.
  40. The Hon. Andrew John Stoner (1960-) . 2148 . Yes . 18 September 2019.
  41. The Hon. Troy Wayne Grant (1970-) . 75 . Yes . 15 October 2019.
  42. The Hon. Adam John Marshall . 100 . 5 April 2019.

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