| Insignia: | Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg |
| Post: | Minister for Youth |
| Incumbent: | Rose Jackson |
| Incumbentsince: | 5 April 2023 |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Appointer: | Governor of New South Wales |
| Inaugural: | Frank Hawkins |
| Formation: | 15 March 1956 |
The Minister for Youth is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for providing a whole-of-government approach to youth issues in New South Wales, Australia. The current minister is Rose Jackson.
It was first established in 1956 as the Minister for Child Welfare in the third ministry of Joe Cahill, with the principal responsibility being the care of neglected, orphaned and delinquent children through the Child welfare department. The department had existed since 1881 initially under the Colonial Secretary. The portfolio was held in conjunction with that of Social Welfare until 1973 when they were combined as the portfolio of Youth and Community Services.[1] Youth Affairs were part of the responsibilities of the Minister for Education from 1988 until 1995 when a separate portfolio was re-created as the Minister Assisting the Premier on Youth Affairs. The youth portfolio was abolished in 2011. A new portfolio of regional youth was established in 2019.
The following individuals have been appointed Minister for Youth or any precedent titles:
| Title | Minister | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Child Welfare Minister for Social Welfare | align=center | 15 March 1956 | align=center | 13 May 1965 | align=right | align=right | |||||||
| align=center | 13 May 1965 | align=center | 22 May 1968 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 23 May 1968 | align=center | 3 September 1968 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 3 September 1968 | align=center | 11 March 1971 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 11 March 1971 | align=center | 17 January 1973 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 17 January 1973 | align=center | 3 December 1973 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 3 December 1973 | align=center | 3 January 1975 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| Minister for Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs | align=center | 3 January 1975 | align=center | 23 January 1976 | align=right | align=right | |||||||
| align=center | 23 January 1976 | align=center | 14 May 1976 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| Minister for Youth and Community Services | align=center | 14 May 1976 | align=center | 2 October 1981 | align=right | align=right | |||||||
| align=center | 2 October 1981 | align=center | 1 February 1983 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 1 February 1983 | align=center | 6 February 1986 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 6 February 1986 | align=center | 4 July 1986 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 4 July 1986 | align=center | 25 March 1988 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| Minister for Education and Youth Affairs | align=center | 25 March 1988 | align=center | 20 July 1990 | align=right | align=right | |||||||
| Minister for School Education and Youth Affairs | align=center | 24 July 1990 | align=center | 26 May 1993 | align=right | align=right | |||||||
| Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs | align=center | 26 May 1993 | align=center | 4 April 1995 | align=right | align=right | |||||||
| Minister Assisting the Premier on Youth Affairs | align=center | 26 July 1995 | align=center | 8 April 1999 | align=right | align=right | |||||||
| align=center | 8 April 1999 | align=center | 2 April 2003 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| Minister for Youth | align=center | 2 April 2003 | align=center | 21 January 2005 | align=right | align=right | |||||||
| align=center | 21 January 2005 | align=center | 2 April 2007 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 2 April 2007 | align=center | 8 September 2008 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 8 September 2008 | align=center | 8 December 2009 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| align=center | 8 December 2009 | align=center | 28 March 2011 | align=right | align=right | ||||||||
| Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women | align=center | 2 April 2019 | align=center | 21 December 2021 | align=right | ||||||||
| Minister for Regional Youth | align=center | 21 December 2021 | align=center | 28 March 2023 | align=right | ||||||||
| Minister for Youth | align=center | 5 April 2023 | align=center | incumbent | align=right | align=right | |||||||