Post: | Minister for Treaty and First Peoples |
Flag: | Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg |
Flagborder: | yes |
Flagcaption: | Flag of Victoria |
Insignia: | Coat of Arms of Victoria.svg |
Insigniacaption: | Victorian Coat of Arms |
Incumbentsince: | 2 October 2023 |
Style: | The Honourable (formal) Minister (spoken) |
Member Of: | Parliament Executive council |
Reports To: | Premier |
Seat: | Melbourne |
Nominator: | Premier |
Appointer: | Governor |
Appointer Qualified: | on the recommendation of the Premier |
Termlength: | At the governor's pleasure |
Formation: | 5 December 1967 |
The Minister for Treaty and First Peoples, previously the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, is the Victorian Government minister with responsibility for the administration and development of health, education, justice, and social services for Indigenous communities.[1] The individual who holds this office achieves the Government's objectives through oversight of the Indigenous branch of the Department of Premier and Cabinet and other government ministries and agencies.[2] The current Minister for Treaty and First Peoples is Natalie Hutchins, a representative of the Labor Party, who has held the position since October 2023.
Order | MP | Party affiliation | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
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1 | Liberal | Minister for Aboriginal Affairs | 5 December 1967 | 23 August 1972 | [3] | ||||
2 | Pat Dickie MLC | 23 August 1972 | 19 February 1975 | [4] | |||||
3 | Brian Mier MLC | Labor | Minister for Aboriginal Affairs | 10 August 1990 | 15 August 1991 | [5] | |||
4 | 15 August 1991 | 6 October 1992 | |||||||
5 | Liberal | 6 October 1992 | 9 November 1992 | [6] | |||||
6 | Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs | 9 November 1992 | 3 April 1996 | ||||||
7 | 3 April 1996 | 20 October 1999 | |||||||
8 | Labor | Minister for Aboriginal Affairs | 20 October 1999 | 5 December 2002 | [7] | ||||
9 | Gavin Jennings MLC | 5 December 2002 | 3 August 2007 | [8] [9] | |||||
10 | 3 August 2007 | 2 December 2010 | |||||||
11 | Jeanette Powell MLC | National | 2 December 2010 | 17 March 2014 | [10] [11] | ||||
12 | 17 March 2014 | 4 December 2014 | |||||||
13 | Labor | 4 December 2014 | 29 November 2018 | [12] | |||||
(9) | Gavin Jennings MLC | 29 November 2018 | 23 March 2020 | ||||||
14 | 23 March 2020 | 27 June 2022 | |||||||
Minister for Treaty and First Peoples | 27 June 2022 | 27 September 2023 | |||||||
(13) | 2 October 2023 | Incumbent | [13] |