Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness
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Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness
| Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | Hubert Lazzarini |
| Formation | 1945 |
The Australian Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness is Brendan O'Connor, who was appointed on 5 March 2012, following a reshuffle due to Senator Mark Arbib leaving the Senate. The minister is responsible for housing policy co-ordination, welfare housing and rent assistance and is administered through the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.[1]
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List of Ministers for Housing
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 Hubert 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 porfolio after Stewart West lost this title in 1987, partly refelecting the progressive outsourcing of the Commonwealth's construction activities and even ownership of assets. The John 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.
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hubert Lazzarini | Australian Labor Party | 1945–1946 | Minister for Works and Housing |
| Nelson Lemmon | Australian Labor Party | 1946–1949 | |
| Richard Casey | Liberal Party | 1949–1951 | |
| Wilfrid Kent Hughes | Liberal Party | 1951–1952 | |
| Les Bury | Liberal Party | 1963–1966 | Minister for Housing |
| Annabelle Rankin | Liberal Party | 1966–1971 | |
| Kevin Cairns | Liberal Party | 1971–1972 | |
| Gough Whitlam | Australian Labor Party | 1972 | |
| Les Johnson | Australian Labor Party | 1972–1975 | Minister for Housing (1972–1973) Minister for Housing and Construction (1973–1975) |
| Joe Riordan | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | |
| John Carrick | Liberal Party | 1975 | |
| Ivor Greenwood | Liberal Party | 1975–1976 | Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development |
| Kevin Newman | Liberal Party | 1976–1977 | |
| Ray Groom | Liberal Party | 1977–1980 | Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development (1977–1978) Minister for Housing and Construction (1978–1980) |
| Tom McVeigh | Liberal Party | 1980–1982 | |
| Chris Hurford | Australian Labor Party | 1983–1984 | |
| Stewart West | Australian Labor Party | 1984–1987 | |
| Peter Morris | Australian Labor Party | 1988–1988 | Minister for Housing and Aged Care |
| Peter Staples | Australian Labor Party | 1988–1990 | |
| Brian Howe | Australian Labor Party | 1990–1996 | Minister for Community Services and Health (1990–1991) Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services (1991–1993) Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services (1993–1994) Minister for Housing and Regional Development (1994–1996) |
| Tanya Plibersek | Australian Labor Party | 3 December 2007 – 14 September 2010 | Minister for Housing |
| Mark Arbib | 14 September 2010 - 14 December 2011 | Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness | |
| Robert McClelland | 14 December 2011 - 5 March 2012 | Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness | |
| Brendan O'Connor | 5 March 2012 - |
List of Ministers for Works
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hubert Lazzarini | Australian Labor Party | 1945–1946 | Minister for Works and Housing |
| Nelson Lemmon | Australian Labor Party | 1946–1949 | |
| Richard Casey | Liberal Party | 1949–1951 | |
| Wilfrid Kent Hughes | Liberal Party | 1951–1952 | |
| Wilfrid Kent Hughes | Liberal Party | 1952–1956 | Minister for Works |
| Allen Fairhall | Liberal Party | 1956–1958 | |
| Gordon Freeth | Liberal Party | 1958–1963 | |
| John Gorton | Liberal Party | 1963–1967 | |
| Bert Kelly | Liberal Party | 1967–1968 | |
| Reg Wright | Liberal Party | 1968–1972 | |
| Gough Whitlam | Australian Labor Party | 1972 | |
| Jim Cavanagh | Australian Labor Party | 1972–1973 | |
| Les Johnson | Australian Labor Party | 1973 | |
| Les Johnson | Australian Labor Party | 1973–1975 | Minister for Housing and Construction |
| Joe Riordan | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | |
| John Carrick | Liberal Party | 1975 | |
| John McLeay | Liberal Party | 1975–1978 | Minister for Construction |
| Ray Groom | Liberal Party | 1978–1980 | |
| Tom McVeigh | Liberal Party | 1980–1982 | |
| Ralph Hunt | National Country Party | 1982–1983 | Minister for Transport and Construction |
| Chris Hurford | Australian Labor Party | 1983–1984 | Minister for Housing and Construction |
| Stewart West | Australian Labor Party | 1984–1987 | |
| David Beddall | Australian Labor Party | 1991–1993 | Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs |
| Chris Schacht | Australian Labor Party | 1994–1996 | Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction |
List of Ministers for Urban and Regional Development
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period |
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| Tom Uren | Australian Labor Party | 1972–1975 |
| John Carrick | Liberal Party | 1975 |
References
- ^ "Administrative Arrangement Order" (PDF). Government of Australia. 3 December 2007. http://www.pmc.gov.au/parliamentary/docs/aao_2007.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-11.[dead link](Part 8, p19)
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