Minister for Housing (Australia)

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The Australian Minister for Housing is Tanya Plibersek, who was appointed on 3 December 2007, following the Labor Party's win at the 2007 election. 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]

1 Australian ministers for housing
2 Australian ministers for works
3 Australian Ministers for Urban and Regional Development
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Australian 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
Les Johnson	Australian Labor Party	1972–1973
Les Johnson	Australian Labor Party	1973–1975	Minister for Housing and Construction
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	1977–1978
Ray Groom	Liberal Party	1978–1980	Minister for Housing and Construction
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	1990–1991	Minister for Community Services and Health
Brian Howe	Australian Labor Party	1991–1993	Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services
Brian Howe	Australian Labor Party	1993–1994	Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services
Brian Howe	Australian Labor Party	1994–1996	Minister for Housing and Regional Development
Tanya Plibersek	Australian Labor Party	2007–	Minister for Housing

[edit] Australian 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
Reginald Wright	Liberal Party	1968–1972
James 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