Minister for Disability Inclusion

{{Short description|Government minister in New South Wales, Australia}}

{{Infobox Political post

| insignia = Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg

| post = Minister for Disability Inclusion

| incumbent = Kate Washington

| image =

| incumbentsince = {{start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

| style = The Honourable

| appointer = Governor of New South Wales

| department = Department of Communities and Justice

| inaugural = Ron Dyer

| formation = 4 April 1995

}}

The Minister for Disability Inclusion is a minister of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for social policy and welfare, including matters relating disability in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The Minister since 5 April 2023 is Kate Washington who also holds the Families and Communities portfolio.

Collectively the ministers administer the portfolio through the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.{{Gazette NSW |title=Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] |issue=159 |page=7-8 |date=2 April 2019 |url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/regulations/2019-159.pdf |access-date=4 April 2019 |via= }}{{refn|name=Ministries|{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=6 |access-date=2022-03-23}}}}

List of ministers

class="wikitable sortable"

! Ministerial title !! Minister{{hsp}}{{refn|name=Ministries}} !! colspan=2 | Party !! Ministry !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=15 | Minister for Disability Services

| {{sortname|Ron|Dyer}}

| rowspan=11 {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |

| rowspan=11 width=8% | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Carr (1)

| align=center | 4 April 1995

| align=center | 1 December 1997

| align=right | {{ayd|4 April 1995|1 December 1997}}

rowspan=2 | {{sortname|Faye|Lo Po'}}

| Carr (2)

| align=center | 1 December 1997

| align=center | 8 April 1999

| rowspan=2 align=right | {{ayd|1997|12|01|2002|7|11}}

rowspan=2 | Carr (3)

| align=center | 8 April 1999

| align=center | 11 July 2002

rowspan=2 | {{sortname|Carmel|Tebbutt}}

| align=center | 11 July 2002

| align=center | 3 April 2003

| rowspan=2 align=right | {{ayd|2002|7|11|2005|4|3}}

rowspan=2 | Carr (4)

| align=center | 3 April 2003

| align=center | 21 January 2005

rowspan=2 | {{sortname|John|Della Bosca}}

| align=center | 21 January 2005

| align=center | 3 August 2005

| rowspan=2 align=right | {{ayd|2005|01|21|2007|04|02}}

Iemma (1)

| align=center | 3 August 2005

| align=center | 2 April 2007

| Iemma (2)

| align=center | 2 April 2007

| align=center | 5 September 2008

| align=right | {{ayd|2007|4|2|2008|9|5}}

rowspan=2 | {{sortname|Paul|Lynch|dab=politician}}

| Rees

| align=center | 8 September 2008

| align=center | 4 December 2009

| rowspan=2 align=right | {{ayd|2008|9|8|2010|5|21}}

rowspan=2 | Keneally

| align=center | 4 December 2009

| align=center | 21 May 2010

| align=center | 28 March 2011

| align=right | {{ayd|2010|5|21|2011|3|28}}

| rowspan=7 {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}} |

| rowspan=7 |{{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}}

| rowspan=2 | O'Farrell

| align=center | 3 April 2011

| align=center | 2 August 2013

| align=right | {{ayd|3 April 2011|2 August 2013}}

rowspan=2 | {{sortname|John|Ajaka}}

| align=center | 2 August 2013

| align=center | 17 April 2014

| rowspan=2 align=right | {{ayd|2 August 2013|30 January 2017}}

Baird (1) (2)

| align=center | 23 April 2014

| align=center | 30 January 2017

| {{cite news|last=Hasham|first=Nicole|title=Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/premier-mike-bairds-new-nsw-cabinet-sworn-in-gladys-berejiklian-and-gabrielle-upton-first-female-treasurer-and-attorneygeneral-20150402-1mdjb7.html|accessdate=6 April 2015|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 April 2015}}

| Berejiklian (1)

| align=center | 30 January 2017

| align=center | 23 March 2019

| align=right | {{ayd|30 January 2017|2 April 2019}}

| {{cite news|agency=AAP|title=Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/01/30/refreshed-nsw-cabinet-to-be-sworn-in.html|accessdate=30 January 2017|work=Sky News|location=Australia|date=30 January 2017}}

rowspan="2" | Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services

| {{sortname|Gareth|Ward}}

| Berejiklian (2)

| align=center | 2 April 2019

| align=center | 14 May 2021

| align=right | {{ayd|2 April 2019|14 May 2021}}

| Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)

| align=center | 27 May 2021

| align=center | 21 December 2021

| align=right | {{ayd|27 May 2021|21 December 2021}}

Minister for Disability Services{{hsp}}{{efn|Natasha Maclaren-Jones also held the Families and Communities portfolio.}}

| {{sortname|Natasha|Maclaren-Jones}}

| Perrottet (2)

| align=center | 21 December 2021

| align=center | 28 March 2023

| align=right | {{ayd|21 December 2021|28 March 2023}}

| {{Gazette NSW |title=Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police |issue=662 |date=21 December 2021 |url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2021_2021-662.pdf}}

Minister for the Environment

| {{sortname|Penny|Sharpe}}

| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |

| rowspan=2 | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| rowspan=2 | Minns

| align=center | 28 March 2023

| align=center | 5 April 2023

| align=right | {{ayd|28 March 2023|5 April 2023}}

Minister for Disability Inclusion{{hsp}}{{efn|Kate Washington also holds the Families and Communities portfolio.}}

| {{sortname|Kate|Washington}}

| align=center | 5 April 2023

| align=center | incumbent