| Border: | parliamentary |
| Minister: | not_prime |
| Post: | Minister for Northern Australia |
| Insignia: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Commonwealth Coat of Arms |
| Flag: | Flag of Australia (converted).svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Australia |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Incumbent: | Madeleine King |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Appointer: | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Department: | Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts |
The Minister for Northern Australia is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Madeleine King following the swearing in of the full Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022.[1]
In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Northern Australia, or any of its precedent titles:[2]
| width=5 | Order | width=150 | Minister | width=120 colspan=2 | Party | width=105 | Prime Minister | width=250 | Title | width=150 | Term start | width=150 | Term end | width=130 | Term in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kep Enderby | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for the Northern Territory | align=center | align=center | align=right | ||||||||
| 2 | Rex Patterson | align=center | align=center | ||||||||||||
| Minister for Northern Australia | align=center | align=center | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Paul Keating | align=center | align=center | align=right | |||||||||||
| 4 | Ian Sinclair | National Country | Fraser | align=center | align=center | align=right | |||||||||
| 5 | Evan Adermann | Minister for the Northern Territory | align=center | align=center | align=right | ||||||||||
| 6 | Bob Collins | Labor | Hawke | Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Northern Australia | align=center | align=center | |||||||||
| Keating | align=center | align=center | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Ben Humphreys | align=center | align=center | align=right | |||||||||||
| 8 | Josh Frydenberg | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia | align=right | days | |||||||||
| 9 | Matt Canavan | Liberal National | Minister for Northern Australia | align=center | align=center | ||||||||||
| Minister for Resources and Northern Australia | align=center | align=center | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Barnaby Joyce | National | align=center | align=center | align=right | ||||||||||
| (9) | Matt Canavan | Liberal National | align=center | align=center | |||||||||||
| Morrison | align=center | align=center | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Keith Pitt Scott Morrison[3] | Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia | align=center | align=center | align=right | ||||||||||
| 12 | David Littleproud | Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia | align=right | ||||||||||||
| align=center | 13 | Madeleine King | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Northern Australia | align=center | align=center | Incumbent | align=right |
Notes
In 1972, Whitlam appointed both a Minister for the Northern Territory, Kep Enderby, and a Minister for Northern Development, Rex Patterson. From October 1973, Patterson held both titles, with the former title changing to Minister for Northern Australia. In October 1975, Patterson stood aside as Minister for Northern Australia, but remained as Minister for Northern Development until November 1975.[2]