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< Style The Honourable Appointer Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia Inaugural holder Hubert Lazzarini Formation 1945 The Australian Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness is Mark Arbib, who was appointed on 14 September 2010, following the Labor Party's win at the 2010 election. The minister is responsible for housing policy co-ordination, welfare housing and rent assistance and is administered through the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.[1]
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List of Ministers for Housing
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 Hubert 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 porfolio after Stewart West lost this title in 1987, partly refelecting 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.
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title Hubert Lazzarini Australian Labor Party 1945–1946 Minister for Works and Housing Nelson Lemmon Australian Labor Party 1946–1949 Richard Casey Liberal Party 1949–1951 Wilfrid Kent Hughes Liberal Party 1951–1952 Les Bury Liberal Party 1963–1966 Minister for Housing Annabelle Rankin Liberal Party 1966–1971 Kevin Cairns Liberal Party 1971–1972 Gough Whitlam Australian Labor Party 1972 Les Johnson Australian Labor Party 1972–1975 Minister for Housing (1972–1973)
Minister for Housing and Construction (1973–1975)Joe Riordan Australian Labor Party 1975 John Carrick Liberal Party 1975 Ivor Greenwood Liberal Party 1975–1976 Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development Kevin Newman Liberal Party 1976–1977 Ray Groom Liberal Party 1977–1980 Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development (1977–1978)
Minister for Housing and Construction (1978–1980)Tom McVeigh Liberal Party 1980–1982 Chris Hurford Australian Labor Party 1983–1984 Stewart West Australian Labor Party 1984–1987 Peter Morris Australian Labor Party 1988–1988 Minister for Housing and Aged Care Peter Staples Australian Labor Party 1988–1990 Brian Howe Australian Labor Party 1990–1996 Minister for Community Services and Health (1990–1991)
Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services (1991–1993)
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services (1993–1994)
Minister for Housing and Regional Development (1994–1996)Tanya Plibersek Australian Labor Party 3 December 2007 – 14 September 2010 Minister for Housing Mark Arbib Australian Labor Party 14 September 2010 Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness List of Ministers for Works
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title Hubert Lazzarini Australian Labor Party 1945–1946 Minister for Works and Housing Nelson Lemmon Australian Labor Party 1946–1949 Richard Casey Liberal Party 1949–1951 Wilfrid Kent Hughes Liberal Party 1951–1952 Wilfrid Kent Hughes Liberal Party 1952–1956 Minister for Works Allen Fairhall Liberal Party 1956–1958 Gordon Freeth Liberal Party 1958–1963 John Gorton Liberal Party 1963–1967 Bert Kelly Liberal Party 1967–1968 Reg Wright Liberal Party 1968–1972 Gough Whitlam Australian Labor Party 1972 Jim Cavanagh Australian Labor Party 1972–1973 Les Johnson Australian Labor Party 1973 Les Johnson Australian Labor Party 1973–1975 Minister for Housing and Construction Joe Riordan Australian Labor Party 1975 John Carrick Liberal Party 1975 John McLeay Liberal Party 1975–1978 Minister for Construction Ray Groom Liberal Party 1978–1980 Tom McVeigh Liberal Party 1980–1982 Ralph Hunt National Country Party 1982–1983 Minister for Transport and Construction Chris Hurford Australian Labor Party 1983–1984 Minister for Housing and Construction Stewart West Australian Labor Party 1984–1987 David Beddall Australian Labor Party 1991–1993 Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs Chris Schacht Australian Labor Party 1994–1996 Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction List of Ministers for Urban and Regional Development
Minister Party affiliation Period Tom Uren Australian Labor Party 1972–1975 John Carrick Liberal Party 1975 References
- ^ "Administrative Arrangement Order" (PDF). Government of Australia. 3 December 2007. http://www.pmc.gov.au/parliamentary/docs/aao_2007.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-11.[dead link](Part 8, p19)
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