Minister for Trade and Tourism explained

Post:	Minister for Trade and Tourism
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Incumbent:	Don Farrell
Style:	The Honourable
Appointer:	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Department:	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Minister for Trade and Tourism is a portfolio in the Government of Australia, falling within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).^[1] The position is currently held by Senator Don Farrell, sworn in as part of the Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022.^[2] The minister is assisted by the Assistant Minister for Trade, held by Senator Tim Ayres.

Portfolio

In the Government of Australia, the minister and assistant minister(s) administer the portfolio through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) jointly with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Other trade-related bodies for which the minister and assistant minister are responsible are:

• Austrade
• Export Finance Australia
• Tourism Australia

DFAT was created in 1987 through the merger of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Trade. In sequence, the trade portfolio has been administered by the following departments:

• Department of Trade and Customs (1901–1956)
• Department of Trade (1956–1963)
• Department of Trade and Industry (1963–1972)
• Department of Overseas Trade (1972–1977)
• Department of Trade and Resources (1977–1983)
• Department of Trade (1983–1987)
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1987–present)

List of ministers for trade

The following individuals have been appointed as minister for trade, tourism and investment, or any of its precedent titles:^[3]

width=5	Order	width=150	Minister	width=150 colspan="2"	Party	width=75	Prime Minister	width=275	Title	width=150	Term start	width=150	Term end	width=130	Term in office
1	Charles Kingston			Protectionist	Barton	Minister for Trade and Customs	align=center		align=center		align=right
2	William Lyne		Protectionist	Barton	Minister for Trade and Customs	align=center		align=center		days
Deakin				align=center			align=center
3	Andrew Fisher			Labor		Watson	align=center		align=center		align=right	days
4	Allan McLean		Protectionist	Reid		align=center		align=center		align=right	days
n/a	William Lyne			Deakin		align=center		align=center		align=right
5	Austin Chapman					align=center		align=center		align=right
6	Frank Tudor			Labor		Fisher	align=center		align=center		align=right	days
7	Robert Best			Liberal		Deakin	align=center		align=center		align=right	days
n/a	Frank Tudor			Labor		Fisher	align=center		align=center		align=right
8	Littleton Groom			Liberal		Cook	align=center		align=center		align=right
n/a	Frank Tudor		Labor	Fisher		align=center		align=center
Hughes				align=center			align=center
9	Billy Hughes			Labor	Hughes	Minister for Trade and Customs	align=center		align=center		align=right	days
10	William Archibald			National Labor			align=center		align=center		align=right	days
11	Jens Jensen		Nationalist	align=center				align=center		align=right
12	William Watt			align=center				align=center		align=right	days
13	Walter Massy-Greene			align=center				align=center		align=right
14	Arthur Rodgers			align=center				align=center		align=right
n/a	Austin Chapman		Nationalist	Bruce	Minister for Trade and Customs	align=center		align=center		align=right
n/a	Littleton Groom					align=center		align=center		align=right	days
15	Herbert Pratten					align=center		align=center		align=right
16	Stanley Bruce					align=center		align=center		align=right	days
17	Henry Gullett					align=center		align=center		align=right	days
18	James Fenton		Labor	Scullin		align=center		align=center		align=right
19	Frank Forde					align=center		align=center		align=right	days
n/a	Henry Gullett		United Australia	Lyons		align=center		align=center		align=right
20	Thomas White					align=center		align=center		align=right
21	John Perkins					align=center		align=center		days
Page				align=center			align=center
22	John Lawson			Menzies		align=center		align=center		align=right	days
23	Robert Menzies					align=center		align=center		align=right	days
24	George McLeay					align=center		align=center		align=right	days
25	Eric Harrison					align=center		align=center		days
Fadden				align=center			align=center
26	Richard Keane		Labor	Curtin		align=center		align=center
Forde				align=center			align=center
Chifley				align=center			align=center
	27			John Dedman		align=center		align=center		align=right	days
	28			James Fraser		align=center		align=center		align=right	days
	29			Ben Courtice		align=center		align=center		align=right
30	Neil O'Sullivan			Liberal		Menzies	align=center		align=center		align=right
31	John McEwen		Country	Minister for Trade	align=center			align=center
Minister for Trade and Industry				align=center			align=center
				Holt	align=center		align=center
				McEwen	align=center		align=center
				Gorton	align=center		align=center
	32				Doug Anthony	align=center		align=center
	McMahon			align=center			align=center
	33	Gough Whitlam		Labor	Whitlam	align=center		align=center		align=right	days
34	Jim Cairns	Minister for Overseas Trade				align=center		align=center		align=right
35	Frank Crean					align=center		align=center		align=right	days
n/a	Doug Anthony			National Country	Fraser	align=center		align=center
Minister for Trade and Resources		align=center					align=center	16 October 1982
				National		align=center	16 October 1982	align=center	11 March 1983
36	Lionel Bowen		Labor	Hawke	Minister for Trade	align=center		align=center		align=right
37	John Dawkins					align=center		align=center		align=right
38	Michael Duffy				Minister for Trade Negotiations	align=center		align=center		align=right
39	Neal Blewett					align=center		align=center
Minister for Trade and Overseas Development					align=center		align=center
				Keating	align=center		align=center
	40				John Kerin	align=center		align=center		align=right
41	Peter Cook				Minister for Trade	align=center		align=center		align=right	days
42	Bob McMullan					align=center		align=center		align=right
43	Tim Fischer		National	Howard		align=center		align=center		align=right
44	Mark Vaile					align=center		align=center		align=right
45	Warren Truss					align=center		align=center		align=right
46	Simon Crean		Labor	Rudd		align=center		align=center
Gillard				align=center			align=center
	47			Stephen Smith		align=center		align=center		align=right	days
	48			Craig Emerson		align=center		align=center
	Minister for Trade and Competitiveness				align=center		align=center
49	Richard Marles			Rudd	Minister for Trade	align=center		align=center		align=right	days
50	Andrew Robb		Liberal	Abbott	Minister for Trade and Investment	align=center		align=center	15 September 2015
Turnbull				align=center			align=center
	51			Steven Ciobo		align=center		align=center
	Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment				align=center		align=center
52				Simon Birmingham	Morrison	align=center		align=center
53				Dan Tehan		align=center		align=center
54	Don Farrell			Labor	Albanese	Minister for Trade and Tourism	align=center	1 June 2022	align=center	Incumbent	align=right

Notes

Whitlam was part of a two-man ministry that comprised just Gough Whitlam and Lance Barnard for fourteen days, until the full ministry was announced.

List of ministers for tourism

Since 1966, Australia had ministers responsible for tourism under various titles. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Tourism, or any of its precedent titles:^[3]

width=5	Order	width=150	Minister	width=75 colspan="2"	Party	width=150	Prime Minister	width=375	Ministerial title	width=150	Term start	width=150	Term end	width=130	Term in office
1	Don Chipp		Liberal	Holt	Minister in charge of Tourist Activities	align=center		align=center
McEwen				align=center			align=center
Gorton				align=center			align=center
	2			Reg Wright		align=center		align=center
McMahon	align=center						align=center
	3			Peter Howson		align=center		align=center		align=right
4	Frank Stewart			Labor	Whitlam	Minister for Tourism and Recreation	align=center		align=center		align=right
5	Reg Withers			Liberal	Fraser		align=center		align=center		align=right	days
6	John Brown		Labor	Hawke	Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism	align=center		align=center
Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories					align=center		align=center
7	Graham Richardson		Labor	Hawke	Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories	align=center		align=center		align=right
8	Ros Kelly					align=center		align=center
Keating				align=center			align=center
	9			Alan Griffiths	Minister for Tourism	align=center		align=center		align=right
	10			Michael Lee		align=center		align=center		align=right
11	John Moore		Liberal	Howard	Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism	align=center		align=center		align=right
12	Andrew Thomson				Minister for Sport and Tourism	align=center		align=center		align=right
13	Jackie Kelly					align=center		align=center		align=right
14	Joe Hockey				Minister for Small Business and Tourism	align=center		align=center		align=right
15	Fran Bailey					align=center		align=center		align=right
16	Martin Ferguson		Labor	Rudd	Minister for Tourism	align=center		align=center
Gillard				align=center			align=center
	17			Gary Gray		align=center		align=center		days
Rudd	align=center						align=center
18	Richard Colbeck		Liberal	Turnbull	Minister for Tourism and International Education	align=center		align=center		align=right
19	Steven Ciobo				Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment	align=center		align=center		align=right
20	Simon Birmingham			Morrison		align=center		align=center
21	Dan Tehan					align=center		align=center
22	Don Farrell			Labor	Albanese	Minister for Trade and Tourism	align=center	1 June 2022	align=center	Incumbent	align=right

List of ministers assisting the minister for trade and investment

The following individuals have been appointed as minister assisting the minister for trade and investment, or its preceding titles:

Order	Minister	Party		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Ian Sinclair		Country	Holt	Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Industry
McEwen
Gorton
2	John Howard		Liberal	Fraser	Minister for Special Trade Negotiations			days
3	Victor Garland				Minister for Special Trade Representations
4	Douglas Scott		National Country		Minister for Special Trade Representations Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Resources			days
5	Ian Sinclair				Minister for Special Trade Representations			days
6	Tom McVeigh				Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Resources
7	Richard Colbeck			Liberal	Turnbull	Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment			days
8	Andrew Gee		Morrison	National	Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment
9	David Gillespie

List of parliamentary secretaries and assistant ministers for trade

The following individuals have been appointed as parliamentary secretary and assistant ministers for trade:

Order	Minister	Party		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Stephen Martin			Labor	Keating	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade	align=center		align=center		align=right
2	David Brownhill		National	Howard	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade
3	Larry Anthony
4	De-Anne Kelly			National	Howard	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade
5	Bruce Billson			Liberal		Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade	align=center		align=center		align=right
6	Sandy Macdonald		National	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade
(4)	De-Anne Kelly
7	John Murphy		Labor	Rudd	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade	align=center		align=center		align=right
8	Anthony Byrne	Parliamentary Secretary for Trade			align=center		align=center
Gillard				align=center		align=center
	9			Justine Elliot	align=center		align=center		align=right
	10			Kelvin Thomson	align=center		align=center		align=right
11	Steven Ciobo			Liberal	Abbott	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Investment			days
12	Keith Pitt		National	Turnbull	Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
13	Luke Hartsuyker
14	Mark Coulton
				Morrison	Assistant Minister for Trade and Investment
15	Tim Ayres			Labor	Albanese	Assistant Minister for Trade	align=center	1 June 2022	align=center	Incumbent	align=right

List of assistant ministers for regional tourism

The following individuals have been appointed as assistant minister for regional tourism:^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Ministers and Assistant Ministers. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 1 June 2020.
2. Web site: Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra Prime Minister of Australia . 23 May 2022. 27 May 2022 . www.pm.gov.au.
3. Web site: Ministries and Cabinets . 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament . . 2010 . 22 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813030853/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p%3Badv%3Dyes%3BorderBy%3Dcustomrank%3Bpage%3D2%3Bquery%3DLazzarini%3Brec%3D12%3BresCount%3DDefault . 13 August 2014 .