Minister for Cities (Australia) explained

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Incumbent:Jenny McAllister
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Appointer:Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Department:Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

The Minister for Cities in the Government of Australia is a position which is currently held by Jenny McAllister since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry.[1]

List of ministers for cities

The following individuals have served as the Minister for Cities, or any other precedent titles:[2] [3] The Minister for Sustainable Population was a ministerial portfolio administered through the Department of the Treasury responsible for "planning properly for the infrastructure needs, for the housing needs, for the transport needs, for the regional needs" of the Australian population of the future.[4] Originally entitled the Minister for Population by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, his successor, Julia Gillard, renamed the portfolio to the Minister for Sustainable Population to reflect her policy changes on the matter of population growth and the need for a sustainable future for Australia, saying the change sends a clear message about the new direction the Government is taking.[5] After the 2010 federal election, the portfolio was subsumed by the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities portfolio.[6]

width=5 Orderwidth=150 Ministerwidth=150 colspan="2" Partywidth=75 Prime Ministerwidth=375 Titlewidth=150 Term startwidth=150 Term endwidth=130 Term in office
align=center 1Tom Uren LaborWhitlamMinister for Urban and Regional Developmentalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 2John CarrickLiberalFraseralign=center align=center align=right days
3Ivor GreenwoodMinister for Environment, Housing and Community Developmentalign=center align=center align=right days
4Kevin Newmanalign=center align=center align=right
5Ray Groomalign=center align=center align=right days
6Tony Burke LaborRuddMinister for Population
GillardMinister for Sustainable Population
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
7Jamie BriggsLiberalAbbottAssistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Developmentalign=center align=center 15 September 2015
Turnbullalign=center align=center 21 September 2015
Minister for Cities and the Built Environmentalign=center align=center 29 December 2015
align=center rowspan=28Paul FletcherLiberalTurnbullMinister for Urban Infrastructurealign=center align=center align=right rowspan=2
Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Citiesalign=center align=center
align=center rowspan=29Alan TudgeMorrisonMinister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Populationalign=center align=center align=right rowspan=2
Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructurealign=center align=center
align=center (8)Paul FletcherMinister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Artsalign=center align=center align=right
align=center 10Jenny McAllister LaborAlbaneseMinister for Citiesalign=center align=center Incumbentalign=right

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albanese . Anthony . Ministerial arrangements . www.pm.gov.au . . 28 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Ministries and Cabinets . 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament . . 2010 . 9 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813030853/http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p%3Badv%3Dyes%3BorderBy%3Dcustomrank%3Bpage%3D2%3Bquery%3DLazzarini%3Brec%3D12%3BresCount%3DDefault . 13 August 2014 . dmy.
  3. Web site: Ministerial Swearing-in Ceremony . Events . . 18 February 2016 . 19 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160301170128/http://gg.gov.au/events/ministerial-swearing-ceremony-0 . 1 March 2016 . dead .
  4. News: Burke takes on population portfolio . . Australia. 3 April 2010 .
  5. News: Gillard puts brakes on 'big Australia'. 27 June 2010. . Australia. 27 June 2010.
  6. News: Second Gillard Ministry. 14 September 2010. The Australian. 14 September 2010.

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