The Australian Minister for Social Services oversees Australian government social services, including mental health, families and children's policy, and support for carers and people with disabilities, and seniors.
The current Minister for Social Services is the Hon. Dan Tehan , since 20 December 2017.
The current Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services is the Hon. Jane Prentice , since 18 February 2016.
The current Assistant Minister for Children and Families is the Hon. Dr David Gillespie , since 20 December 2017.
Video Minister for Social Services (Australia)
Portfolio
In the Government of Australia, the Ministers administer the portfolio through the Department of Social Services. Other portfolio bodies for which the Ministers are responsible include:
- Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency
- Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Homelessness
- Community and Disability Services Ministers' Conference
- Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council
- Emergency Relief State Advisory Committees
- National Childcare Accreditation Council Inc.
- National Disability Advisory Council
- National Disability Insurance Agency
- National Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) Coordination and Development Committee (CAD) representatives and Information Sub-committee
- Social Security Appeals Tribunal
Maps Minister for Social Services (Australia)
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Social Services, or any of its precedent titles:
Assistant ministers
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services, or any of its precedent titles:
List of assistant minister for children and families
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Children and Families, or any precedent titles:
Former portfolio ministers
List of housing ministers
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 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.
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Housing and Homelessness, or any precedent titles:
Notes
- 1 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 ministers for major projects
List of ministers for urban development
List of ministers for aged care
Ministers for aged care or ageing were appointed from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1998 to 2013. The portfolio gained a mental health component in 2010. The latter returned to the health portfolio in 2013, with ageing moving to social services. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, or any of its precedent titles: The Turnbull Government transferred the aged care portfolio back to the Department of Health in October 2015.
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, or any precedent titles:
References
External links
- Ministers' website
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