Minister for Housing (Australia) explained

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Post:Minister for Housing
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Incumbent:Clare O'Neil
Style:The Honourable
Appointer:Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural:Bert Lazzarini
Department:Department of Social Services

The Minister for Housing is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Clare O'Neil since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry.

In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Social Services.

The first Minister for Housing was Les Bury, appointed in 1963, although there were Ministers in charge of War Service Homes from 1932 to 1938 and 1941 to 1945. In 1945, Bert Lazzarini was appointed Minister for Works and Housing and this title continued until 1952, when Wilfrid Kent Hughes became Minister for Works. No minister included "works" or "construction" in his portfolio after Stewart West lost this title in 1987, partly reflecting the progressive outsourcing of the Commonwealth's construction activities and even ownership of assets. The Howard government had no Minister of Housing, partly reflecting the decline of the significance of the commonwealth-state housing agreements as a means of providing new housing since the post-war years.

Between 2010 and 2013 and since 2020, the minister appointed to the position is also appointed the Minister for Homelessness.

List of ministers for housing

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Housing, or any of its precedent titles:[1]

width=5 Orderwidth=150 Ministerwidth=120 colspan=2 Partywidth=105 Ministrywidth=250 Titlewidth=150 Term startwidth=150 Term endwidth=130 Term in office
align=center 1Bert Lazzarini Labor1st ChifleyMinister for Works and Housingalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 2Nelson Lemmon2nd Chifleyalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 3Richard Casey Liberal4th Menziesalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 4Wilfrid Kent Hughes5th Menziesalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 5Les Bury Liberal10th MenziesMinister for Housingalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 6Annabelle Rankin1st Holt
2nd Holt
McEwen
1st Gorton
2nd Gorton
McMahon		align=center align=center align=right
align=center 7Kevin CairnsMcMahonalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 8Gough Whitlam Labor1st Whitlamalign=center align=center align=right
align=center rowspan=2 9Les Johnson2nd Whitlamalign=center align=center align=right rowspan=2
2nd Whitlam
3rd Whitlam		Minister for Housing and Constructionalign=center align=center
align=center 10Joe Riordan3rd Whitlamalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 11John Carrick Liberal1st Fraseralign=center align=center align=right
12Ivor Greenwood2nd FraserMinister for Environment, Housing and Community Developmentalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 13Kevin Newman2nd Fraseralign=center align=center align=right
align=center rowspan=2 14Ray Groom3rd Fraseralign=center align=center align=right rowspan=2
Minister for Housing and Constructionalign=center align=center
align=center 15Tom McVeigh National Country4th Fraseralign=center align=center align=right
align=center 16Chris Hurford Labor1st HawkeMinister for Housing and Constructionalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 17Stewart West2nd Hawkealign=center align=center align=right
align=center 18Peter Morris Labor3rd HawkeMinister for Housing and Aged Carealign=center align=center align=right
align=center 19Peter Staples3rd Hawke
4th Hawke		align=center align=center align=right
align=center rowspan=5 20Brian Howe4th HawkeMinister for Community Services and Healthalign=center align=center
4th Hawke
1st Keating		Minister for Health, Housing and Community Servicesalign=center align=center
2nd KeatingMinister for Housing, Local Government and Community Servicesalign=center align=center
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Servicesalign=center align=center
Minister for Housing and Regional Developmentalign=center align=center
align=center 21Tanya Plibersek Labor1st Rudd
1st Gillard		Minister for Housingalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 22Mark Arbib2nd GillardMinister for Social Housing and Homelessnessalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 23Robert McClellandMinister for Housingalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 24Brendan O'Connoralign=center align=center align=right
align=center 25Mark ButlerMinister for Housing and Homelessnessalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 26Julie Collins2nd Ruddalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 27Michael Sukkar Liberal2nd MorrisonMinister for Housingalign=center align=center align=right
align=center (26)Julie Collins LaborAlbanesealign=center align=center align=right
align=center 28Clare O'Neilalign=center align=center Incumbentalign=right

Notes

Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.

List of assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services, or any of its precedent titles:[2]

width=5 Orderwidth=150 Ministerwidth=120 colspan=2 Partywidth=105 Ministrywidth=250 Titlewidth=150 Term startwidth=150 Term endwidth=130 Term in office
align=center 1Herbert Johnson Labor1st ChifleyMinister assisting the Minister for Works and Housingalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 2Gary Johns Labor1st KeatingParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health, Housing and Community Servicesalign=center align=center align=right
align=center rowspan=2 3Andrew Theophanous2nd KeatingParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Servicesalign=center align=center align=right rowspan=2
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Servicesalign=center align=center
align=center 4Mary CrawfordParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing and Regional Developmentalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 5Melissa Parke Labor2nd GillardParliamentary Secretary for Homelessness and Social Housing
align=center 6Doug Cameron2nd RuddParliamentary Secretary for Housing and Homelessnessalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 7Sarah Henderson Liberal1st MorrisonAssistant Minister for Social Services, Housing and Disability Servicesalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 8Luke Howarth Liberal National2nd MorrisonAssistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Servicesalign=center align=center align=right

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017 . . 2017 . 18 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170711131016/http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/Parliamentary_Handbook . 11 July 2017 .
  2. Web site: The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017 . . 2017 . 18 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170711131016/http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/Parliamentary_Handbook . 11 July 2017 .

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