| Post: | Minister for Natural Resources |
| Body: | New South Wales |
| Insignia: | Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Incumbent: | Courtney Houssos |
| Incumbentsince: | 5 April 2023 |
| Appointer: | Governor of New South Wales |
| Formation: | 5 April 1984 |
| First: | Janice Crosio |
The Minister for Natural Resources is a ministry in New South Wales responsible for land, waterways, reserves and parks and forestry. It was first established in 1984 but has been abolished for several intermittent periods since then. It was most recently reestablished in 2023.
The minister is responsible for the former portfolios of Mines. It was abolished in 2007 and replaced with the portfolio of Climate Change, Environment and Water. It was re-created in the first Baird ministry, and was abolished in the Second Baird ministry, replaced by the portfolio of Lands and Water.
| Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Natural Resources | 5 April 1984 | 6 February 1986 | ||||||
| 6 February 1986 | 4 July 1986 | |||||||
| Minister for Natural Resources Minister for Water Resources | 25 March 1988 | 24 July 1990 | ||||||
| Minister for Natural Resources | 6 June 1991 | 26 May 1993 | ||||||
| Minister for Natural Resources | 2 April 2003 | 3 August 2005 | ||||||
| 3 August 2005 | 2 April 2007 | |||||||
| Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water | 23 April 2014 | 2 April 2015 | ||||||
| Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | ||||||
| Minister for Resources | 30 January 2017 | |||||||
| Minister for Natural Resources | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | ||||||
| Title | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Forests) | 2 April 2003 | 1 July 2004 | |||||||
| Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Lands) | 2 April 2003 | 3 May 2004 | [1] | ||||||
| Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources | 15 June 2005 | 3 August 2005 | |||||||