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Minister for Resources - Wikipedia

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Minister for Resources
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Incumbent Madeleine King since 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder	Rex Connor (as Minister for Minerals and Energy)
Formation	19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)
Website	www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/king

The Minister for Resources is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Madeleine King following the swearing in of the full Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022.^[1]

In the Government of Australia, the ministers administer this portfolio through the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

Mission and outcomes

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the department's annual reports and on the department's website.

At its creation, the department was responsible for:^[2]

Environment protection and conservation of biodiversity
Air quality
National fuel quality standards
Land contamination
Meteorology
Administration of the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Natural, built and movable cultural heritage
Greenhouse policy coordination
Environmental research
Water policy and resources

In the Howard government, the portfolio of Water Resources was assigned to the Environment Department; this was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Malcolm Turnbull.^[2] The secretary of the department was David Borthwick.^[2]

List of ministers for resources

Australia has had ministers who had specific responsibility for matters relating to the development of minerals resources since December 1972, although earlier there were ministers for national development, who had some responsibilities in this area as well.

Order	Minister		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Rex Connor	Labor	Whitlam	Minister for Minerals and Energy	19 December 1972	14 October 1975	2 years, 299 days
2	Ken Wriedt	Labor	Whitlam	Minister for Minerals and Energy	14 October 1975	11 November 1975	28 days
3	Doug Anthony	National Country	Fraser	Minister for National Resources	11 November 1975	20 December 1977	7 years, 120 days
		National Country		Minister for Trade and Resources	20 December 1977	16 October 1982
		National		Minister for Trade and Resources	16 October 1982	11 March 1983
4	Peter Walsh	Labor	Hawke	Minister for Resources and Energy	11 March 1983	13 December 1984	1 year, 277 days
5	Gareth Evans			Minister for Resources and Energy	13 December 1984	24 July 1987	2 years, 223 days
6	Peter Morris			Minister for Resources	24 July 1987	19 January 1988	179 days
7	Peter Cook				19 January 1988	4 April 1990	2 years, 75 days
8	Alan Griffiths				4 April 1990	20 December 1991	2 years, 354 days
8	Alan Griffiths		Keating		20 December 1991	24 March 1993	2 years, 354 days
9	Michael Lee				24 March 1993	24 December 1993	275 days
10	David Beddall				24 December 1993	11 March 1996	2 years, 78 days
11	Warwick Parer	Liberal	Howard	Minister for Resources and Energy	11 March 1996	21 October 1998	2 years, 224 days
12	Nick Minchin			Minister for Industry, Science and Resources	21 October 1998	26 November 2001	3 years, 36 days
13	Ian Macfarlane			Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources	26 November 2001	3 December 2007	6 years, 7 days
14	Martin Ferguson	Labor	Rudd	Minister for Resources and Energy	3 December 2007	24 June 2010	5 years, 89 days
14	Martin Ferguson		Gillard		24 June 2010	22 March 2013	5 years, 89 days
15	Gary Gray		Gillard		22 March 2013	27 June 2013	180 days
15	Gary Gray		Rudd		27 June 2013	18 September 2013	180 days

16	Josh Frydenberg	Liberal	Turnbull	Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia	21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)	18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)	302 days
16	Josh Frydenberg	Liberal	Turnbull	Minister for Resources and Energy	18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)	19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	302 days
17	Matt Canavan	National	Turnbull	Minister for Resources and Northern Australia	19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)	1 year, 6 days
18	Barnaby Joyce				25 July 2017 (2017-07-25)	27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)	94 days
(17)	Matt Canavan				27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)	24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)	2 years, 99 days
(17)	Matt Canavan		Morrison		24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)	3 February 2020 (2020-02-03)	2 years, 99 days
19	Keith Pitt¹			Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia	6 February 2020 (2020-02-06)	2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)	2 years, 106 days
	Keith Pitt¹			Minister for Resources and Water	2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)	23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)	2 years, 106 days
	Scott Morrison¹ ^[3]	Liberal		Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources	15 April 2021 (2021-04-15)	23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)	1 year, 38 days
20	Madeleine King	Labor	Albanese	Minister for Resources	1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)	Incumbent	2 years, 171 days

¹ Morrison was appointed as Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources by the Governor-General on Morrison's advice in April 2021, with both Morrison and Pitt holding the position of Minister for Resources until May 2022. However, the appointment of Morrison was not made public until August 2022.

References

^ "Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia". www.pm.gov.au. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c CA 9160: Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 19 December 2013
^ "Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet". www.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

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