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Minister for Transport (New South Wales)

The Minister for Transport is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities which include transport policy and regulation, to setting of fares and concessions for rail, ferry, bus and light rail transport, and the administration of maritime facilities in New South Wales, Australia.

The current Minister for Transport is Jo Haylen. She is assisted in the management of the portfolio by:

Haylen and Graham were sworn in on 28 March 2023. Aitchison was sworn in on 5 April 2023. Together, they administer the portfolio through the Department of Transport (Transport for NSW) and a range of other government agencies that coordinate funding arrangements for transport operators, including hundreds of local and community transport operators.[1]

Role and responsibilities

Minister for Railways (1916-1929)

The first public railway line in New South Wales was the Sydney–Parramatta Railway which opened on 26 September 1855.[2] Railways were operated by New South Wales Government Railways which was under the supervision of a single Commissioner for Railways until 1888, 3 commissioners until 1907,[3] before returning to a Chief Commissioner from 1907.[4] The Treasurer had ministerial responsibility for railways.[5]

The portfolio of Minister for Railways was created in the Holman Nationalist ministry and had operational responsibility for the railways while the Secretary for Public Works had responsibility for authorising expenditure on any new lines or extensions that exceeded £20,000. The separation however was only at a department level as the portfolio was always held by the Secretary for Public Works.[5]

In the second Fuller ministry the portfolio of Labour and Industry was divided up, with the Minister for Railways receiving the additional responsibilities for state industrial enterprises.[6] The portfolio returned to be the Minister for Railways from the first Lang ministry.

Colonial Treasurer and Minister for Transport (1929-present)

On 16 April 1929 Ernest Buttenshaw, the Secretary for Public Works and Minister for Railways, became Acting Premier during the absence of Thomas Bavin and resigned the railways portfolio. The ministerial office was not filled and instead the railways department was administered by the Colonial Treasurer.[7] The operation of railways remained the responsibility of the Treasurer in the third Lang ministry until 22 March 1932. The portfolio of Minister for Transport was created under Ministry of Transport Act No. 3, 1932.[8][9][7]

List of ministers

Transport

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Transport, or similar titles.[8]

Former ministerial titles

Assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Ministers with responsibility for assisting or advising the Minister for Transport.

Active Transport

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Concurrently Minister for Highways
  2. ^ Concurrently Minister for Highways until 19 October 1978.
  3. ^ Concurrently Minister for Roads from 26 May 1993.

References

  1. ^ "Administrative Arrangements (Second Perrottet Ministry—Allocation of Acts and Agencies) Order 2021". NSW Legislation. 21 December 2021. p. 27. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  2. ^ "History of Rail in Australia". Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Communications. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020.
  3. ^ "AGY-1163 Railway Commissioners of New South Wales". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 19 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ^ "AGY-11646 Chief Commissioner of Railways and Tramways". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 19 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  5. ^ a b "PFO-16 Railways [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 19 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  6. ^ "PFO-17 Railways and State Industrial Enterprises". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 19 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  7. ^ a b "PFO-18 Railways [II]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 19 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  9. ^ Ministry of Transport Act 1932 No 3 (NSW)
  10. ^ a b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Mr Arthur Dalgety Bridges (1901–1968)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  12. ^ "The Hon (Terry) Terence William Sheahan (1947- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  13. ^ "John Akister (1937 - )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  14. ^ "The Hon. Janice Ann Crosio (1939 – )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Mr (Tim) Timothy John Moore (1948– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Mr (Matt) Matthew Singleton". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  17. ^ "The Hon. Robert James Webster (1951- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  18. ^ "The Hon. (Bob) Robert Baron Rowland Smith (1925–2012)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Ms Wendy Susan Machin (1958- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  20. ^ "The Hon. Eric Michael Roozendaal (1962 - )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  21. ^ "Mr David Lawrence Borger (1969- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

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