The Minister for Public Sector Reform was a minister in the Government of New South Wales who had responsibility for administering legislation and policy in the state of New South Wales, Australia in relation to that state's public service. Ultimately the Minister was responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
The portfolio was combined with industrial and labour laws and regulations, Indigenous Australians, heritage and the arts as the Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts in the Second Berejikian ministry. The most recent dedicated Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts, from 3 July 2020 until 21 December 2021, was Don Harwin, who also held the additional portfolio title of Special minister of State,[1] [2] Up until the abolition of the portfolio, the Minister administered the portfolio through the Premier and Cabinet cluster, in particular through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies including Aboriginal Affairs NSW and Create NSW.
Title | Minister | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |||||
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Minister Assisting the Premier on Public Sector Management | width=8% | Carr (3) | align=center | 31 March 2000 | align=center | 2 April 2003 | [3] | |||||
Minister for Public Sector Reform | Rees Keneally | align=center | 30 January 2009 | align=center | 21 May 2010 | align=right | [4] | |||||
Keneally | align=center | 21 May 2010 | align=center | 28 March 2011 | align=right | [5] | ||||||
Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts | Berejiklian (2) | 2 April 2019 | 15 April 2020 | align=right | [6] | |||||||
(acting) | align=center | 15 April 2020 | align=center | 3 July 2020 | align=right | [7] [8] | ||||||
align=center | 3 July 2020 | align=center | 21 December 2021 | align=right | [9] | |||||||