Minister for the Arts (New South Wales)

{{Infobox Political post

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

| post = Minister for the Arts

| incumbent = John Graham

| image = John Graham MLC.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| incumbentsince = {{start date|2023|03|28|df=y}}

| style = The Honourable

| appointer = Governor of New South Wales

| inaugural = George Freudenstein
{{small|(Minister for Cultural Activities)}}

| formation = 11 March 1971

| department = Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade

}}

The Minister for the Arts is a Minister of the Crown in the New South Wales Government who has responsibilities for the administration and support for the arts in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The portfolio was abolished in 2019 and merged into the portfolio of Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts;{{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= }} and reinstated in December 2021. {{cite web| publisher=NSW Government|title=Changes to NSW ministerial arrangements |date=3 August 2022 |url=https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/changes-to-nsw-ministerial-arrangements}}

The minister administer the portfolio through Create NSW (formerly Arts NSW) within the Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade, as well as a range of additional government agencies.

Ultimately, the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

Office history

The role of an 'arts' minister, overseeing the management and support for all cultural activities in New South Wales, before the early 1970s was an unheard of concept in politics. However, by the early 1970s, various governments in Australia recognised the need for a steering authority for state support for the arts. In response, premier Bob Askin appointed George Freudenstein as the first Minister for Cultural Activities+ on 11 March 1971. This coincided with the appointment of the first federal minister with a responsibility for the arts on 10 March and a Minister for Cultural Affairs in Western Australia on 3 March 1971. Premier of Victoria Rupert Hamer commissioned himself with a ministry of the arts in 1972 and South Australia followed suit on 18 September 1979.

On his appointment Freudenstein requested the establishment of an organisation to enable him to carry out his responsibilities and the Premier agreed. On 13 May 1971 the "Ministry of Cultural Activities" was established, taking over responsibility for various legislation and bodies that had previously been under the purview of the Department of Education, including the Archives Office of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, State Library of New South Wales, Australian Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney Observatory, the Advisory Committee on Cultural Grants, NSW Film Council, and the Sydney Opera House Trust. In the case of the opera house, the Ministry had responsibility for its completion and final official opening on 20 October 1973.{{cite web|title=Ministry of Cultural Activities |url=http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/404 |website=NSW State Records |publisher=NSW Government |accessdate=18 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930083450/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/404 |archivedate=30 September 2015 }} With Freudenstein's departure on 3 January 1975, a new Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation was appointed and on 6 January 1975, the Ministry of Cultural Activities was replaced by the new "Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation".{{cite web|title=Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation |url=http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/403 |website=NSW State Records |publisher=NSW Government |accessdate=18 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930180811/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/403 |archivedate=30 September 2015 }}

This arrangement lasted until 14 May 1976 when the new Labor Government of Neville Wran transferred the responsibility for cultural activities to the Premier's Department. This became the "Cultural Activities Division" under the administration of the Premier himself. This situation continued until 1984, when Wran established the "Office of the Minister for the Arts" within the Premier's Department and commissioned himself with the title of Minister for the Arts. On 15 June 1988 a "Ministry for the Arts" independent of the Premier's Department was established.{{cite web|title=Ministry for the Arts |url=http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/3630 |website=NSW State Records |publisher=NSW Government |accessdate=18 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929221445/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/3630 |archivedate=29 September 2015 }} This ministry was abolished on 3 March 2006 and its responsibilities were moved to the new "Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation".{{cite web|title=Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation |url=http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/5059 |website=NSW State Records |publisher=NSW Government |accessdate=18 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929203818/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/5059 |archivedate=29 September 2015 }} Arts NSW became the new dedicated division for the Minister and it transferred to "Communities NSW" in July 2009 and then the "Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services" from 4 April 2011.{{cite web|title=Arts NSW |url=http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/6374 |website=NSW State Records |publisher=NSW Government |accessdate=18 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929221409/http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/6374 |archivedate=29 September 2015 }} From the appointment of Troy Grant as the minister in 2014 (who also served as Minister for Justice and Police), Arts NSW came within the Justice Department.

Following the 2019 state election the portfolio responsibilities were transferred to the Premier and Cabinet cluster, with Create NSW (formerly Arts NSW) administered through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, a department of the Government of New South Wales.{{refn|name=Ministries|{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=6 |access-date=2022-03-27}}}} In December 2021, the portfolio responsibilities and Create NSW were transferred to the new Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade.

List of ministers

=Arts=

The following individuals have served as Minister for Arts and any precedent titles:

class="wikitable sortable" ! Ministerial title !! Minister{{hsp}}{{refn\|name=Ministries}} !! colspan=2 \| Party !! Ministry !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! class="unsortable" \| Notes
Minister for Cultural Activities \| {{sortname\|George\|Freudenstein}} \| {{Australian party style\|Country NSW}} \| \| width=8% \| {{Australian politics/name\|Country NSW}} \| Askin (4) (5) (6) \| align=center \| 11 March 1971 \| align=center \| 3 January 1975 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|1971\|03\|11\|1975\|01\|03}} \| rowspan=3 \| {{refn\|name=Ministries}}
rowspan=2 \| Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation \| {{sortname\|John\|Barraclough}} \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Liberal NSW}} \| \| rowspan=2 \|{{Australian politics/name\|Liberal NSW}} \| Lewis (1) (2) \| align=center \| 3 January 1975 \| align=center \| 23 January 1976 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|1975\|01\|03\|1976\|01\|23}}
{{sortname\|David\|Arblaster}} \| Willis \| align=center \| 23 January 1976 \| align=center \| 14 May 1976 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|1976\|01\|23\|1976\|04\|14}}
colspan=9 style="background: #cccccc;" \|
rowspan=11 \| Minister for the Arts \| {{sortname\|Neville\|Wran}} \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Labor NSW}} \| \| rowspan=2 \| {{Australian politics/name\|Labor NSW}} \| Wran (6) (7) (8) \| align=center \| 10 February 1984 \| align=center \| 4 July 1986 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|1984\|02\|10\|1986\|07\|04}} \| rowspan=10 \| {{refn\|name=Ministries}}
{{sortname\|Frank\|Walker\|dab=Australian politician}} \| Unsworth \| align="center" \| 4 July 1986 \| align="center" \| 21 March 1988 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|1986\|07\|04\|1988\|03\|21}}
{{sortname\|Peter\|Collins\|dab=New South Wales politician}} \| {{Australian party style\|Liberal NSW}} \| \| {{Australian politics/name\|Liberal NSW}} \|Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2) (3) \| align="center" \| 25 March 1988 \| align="center" \| 4 April 1995 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|1988\|03\|25\|1995\|04\|04}}
{{sortname\|Bob\|Carr}} \| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style\|Labor NSW}} \| \| rowspan=5 \|{{Australian politics/name\|Labor NSW}} \|Carr (1) (2) (3) (4) \| align=center \| 4 April 1995 \| align=center \| 3 August 2005 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|1995\|04\|04\|2005\|08\|03}}
{{sortname\|Bob\|Debus}} \|Iemma (1) \| align=center \| 3 August 2005 \| align=center \| 2 March 2007 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2005\|08\|03\|2007\|03\|02}}
{{sortname\|Frank\|Sartor}} \|Iemma (2) \| align=center \| 2 April 2007 \| align=center \| 5 September 2008 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2007\|04\|02\|2008\|09\|05}}
{{sortname\|Nathan\|Rees}} \|Rees \| align=center \| 8 September 2008 \| align=center \| 4 December 2009 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2008\|09\|08\|2009\|12\|04}}
{{sortname\|Virginia\|Judge}} \|Keneally \| align=center \| 8 December 2009 \| align=center \| 28 March 2011 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2009\|12\|08\|2011\|04\|03}}
{{sortname\|George\|Souris}} \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Nationals NSW}} \| \| rowspan=2 \|{{Australian politics/name\|Nationals NSW}} \|O'Farrell \| align=center \| 3 April 2011 \| align=center \| 23 April 2014 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2011\|04\|03\|2014\|04\|23}}
{{sortname\|Troy\|Grant}} \|Baird (1) (2) \| align="center" \| 23 April 2014 \| align="center" \| 30 January 2017 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2014\|04\|23\|2017\|01\|30}}
rowspan=2 \| {{sortname\|Don\|Harwin}} \| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style\|Liberal NSW}} \| \| rowspan=4 \|{{Australian politics/name\|Liberal NSW}} \|Berejiklian (1) \| align=center \| 30 January 2017 \| align=center \| 23 March 2019 \| rowspan=2 align=right \| {{ayd\|30 January 2017\|15 April 2020}} \| {{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jan/29/nsw-reshuffle-gladys-berejiklian-to-axe-adrian-piccoli-and-duncan-gay-from-cabinet \|title=NSW reshuffle: Gladys Berejiklian axes Adrian Piccoli and Duncan Gay from cabinet \|work=The Guardian \|location=Australia \|date=29 January 2017 \|access-date=29 January 2017}}{{cite news \|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/anthony-roberts-brad-hazzard-take-key-roles-in-gladys-berejiklian-reshuffle-20170128-gu0m0b.html \|title=Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle \|work=The Sydney Morning Herald \|author=Robertson, James \|date=28 January 2017 \|access-date=29 January 2017}}{{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\|access-date=30 January 2017\|work=Sky News\|location=Australia\|date=30 January 2017}}
rowspan=3 \| Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts \| rowspan=2 \| Berejiklian (2) \| align=center \| 2 April 2019 \| align=center \| 15 April 2020 \| {{Gazette NSW \|title=Government Notices \|issue=30 \|page=1088-1090 \|date=2 April 2019 \|url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2019_2019-30.pdf \|access-date=3 April 2019 \|via= }}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-10/coronavirus-nsw-minister-don-harwin-resigns-breaking-lockdown/12141532\|title=NSW Arts Minister resigns after breaking coronavirus lockdown rules\|date=2020-04-10\|website=ABC News\|language=en-AU\|access-date=2020-04-10}}
{{sortname\|Gladys\|Berejiklian}} (acting) \| align=center \| 15 April 2020 \| align=center \| 3 July 2020 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2020\|04\|15\|2020\|07\|03}} \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/regulations/2020-150.pdf\|title=Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Ministers and Public Service Agencies) Order 2020\|date=15 April 2020\|access-date=11 May 2020}}{{cite web \| last=Wake \| first=Caroline \| title=Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus - but this crisis could be an opportunity \| website=The Conversation \| date=7 May 2020 \| url=http://theconversation.com/carriageworks-was-in-trouble-before-coronavirus-but-this-crisis-could-be-an-opportunity-137888 \| access-date=11 May 2020}}
{{sortname\|Don\|Harwin}} \|Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) \| align=center \| 3 July 2020 \| align=center \| 21 December 2021 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2020\|07\|03\|2021\|12\|21}} \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-03/don-harwin-court-covid-travel-restrictions-fine-withdrawn/12419448\|title=NSW Police boss hits back after former Arts minister Don Harwin gets off coronavirus fine\|publisher=ABC News\|date=3 July 2020\|access-date=7 July 2020}}
rowspan=2\| Minister for the Arts \| {{sortname\|Ben\|Franklin\|dab=Australian politician}} \| {{Australian party style\|Nationals NSW}} \| \|{{Australian politics/name\|Nationals NSW}} \|Perrottet (2) \| align="center" \| 21 December 2021 \| align="center" \| 28 March 2023 \| align="right" \| {{ayd\|2021\|12\|21\|2023\|03\|28}} \| {{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}}
{{sortname\|John\|Graham\|dab=Australian politician}} \| {{Australian party style\|Labor NSW}} \| \| {{Australian politics/name\|Labor NSW}} \|Minns \| align="center" \| 28 March 2023 \| align="center" \|incumbent \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2023\|03\|28}} \|

class="wikitable sortable"

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

Minister for Cultural Activities

| {{sortname|George|Freudenstein}}

| {{Australian party style|Country NSW}} |

| width=8% | {{Australian politics/name|Country NSW}}

| Askin (4) (5) (6)

| align=center | 11 March 1971

| align=center | 3 January 1975

| align=right | {{ayd|1971|03|11|1975|01|03}}

| rowspan=3 | {{refn|name=Ministries}}

rowspan=2 | Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation

| {{sortname|John|Barraclough}}

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

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

| Lewis (1) (2)

| align=center | 3 January 1975

| align=center | 23 January 1976

| align=right | {{ayd|1975|01|03|1976|01|23}}

| Willis

| align=center | 23 January 1976

| align=center | 14 May 1976

| align=right | {{ayd|1976|01|23|1976|04|14}}

colspan=9 style="background: #cccccc;" |

rowspan=11 | Minister for the Arts

| {{sortname|Neville|Wran}}

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

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

| Wran (6) (7) (8)

| align=center | 10 February 1984

| align=center | 4 July 1986

| align=right | {{ayd|1984|02|10|1986|07|04}}

| rowspan=10 | {{refn|name=Ministries}}

| Unsworth

| align="center" | 4 July 1986

| align="center" | 21 March 1988

| align=right | {{ayd|1986|07|04|1988|03|21}}

| {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}} |

| {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}}

|Greiner (1) (2)
Fahey (1) (2) (3)

| align="center" | 25 March 1988

| align="center" | 4 April 1995

| align=right | {{ayd|1988|03|25|1995|04|04}}

| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |

| rowspan=5 |{{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

|Carr (1) (2) (3) (4)

| align=center | 4 April 1995

| align=center | 3 August 2005

| align=right | {{ayd|1995|04|04|2005|08|03}}

|Iemma (1)

| align=center | 3 August 2005

| align=center | 2 March 2007

| align=right | {{ayd|2005|08|03|2007|03|02}}

|Iemma (2)

| align=center | 2 April 2007

| align=center | 5 September 2008

| align=right | {{ayd|2007|04|02|2008|09|05}}

|Rees

| align=center | 8 September 2008

| align=center | 4 December 2009

| align=right | {{ayd|2008|09|08|2009|12|04}}

|Keneally

| align=center | 8 December 2009

| align=center | 28 March 2011

| align=right | {{ayd|2009|12|08|2011|04|03}}

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

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

|O'Farrell

| align=center | 3 April 2011

| align=center | 23 April 2014

| align=right | {{ayd|2011|04|03|2014|04|23}}

|Baird (1) (2)

| align="center" | 23 April 2014

| align="center" | 30 January 2017

| align=right | {{ayd|2014|04|23|2017|01|30}}

rowspan=2 | {{sortname|Don|Harwin}}

| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}} |

| rowspan=4 |{{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}}

|Berejiklian (1)

| align=center | 30 January 2017

| align=center | 23 March 2019

| rowspan=2 align=right | {{ayd|30 January 2017|15 April 2020}}

| {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jan/29/nsw-reshuffle-gladys-berejiklian-to-axe-adrian-piccoli-and-duncan-gay-from-cabinet |title=NSW reshuffle: Gladys Berejiklian axes Adrian Piccoli and Duncan Gay from cabinet |work=The Guardian |location=Australia |date=29 January 2017 |access-date=29 January 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/anthony-roberts-brad-hazzard-take-key-roles-in-gladys-berejiklian-reshuffle-20170128-gu0m0b.html |title=Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |author=Robertson, James |date=28 January 2017 |access-date=29 January 2017}}{{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|access-date=30 January 2017|work=Sky News|location=Australia|date=30 January 2017}}

rowspan=3 | Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations,
Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts

| rowspan=2 | Berejiklian (2)

| align=center | 2 April 2019

| align=center | 15 April 2020

| {{Gazette NSW |title=Government Notices |issue=30 |page=1088-1090 |date=2 April 2019 |url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2019_2019-30.pdf |access-date=3 April 2019 |via= }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-10/coronavirus-nsw-minister-don-harwin-resigns-breaking-lockdown/12141532|title=NSW Arts Minister resigns after breaking coronavirus lockdown rules|date=2020-04-10|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-10}}

{{sortname|Gladys|Berejiklian}} (acting)

| align=center | 15 April 2020

| align=center | 3 July 2020

| align=right | {{ayd|2020|04|15|2020|07|03}}

| {{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/regulations/2020-150.pdf|title=Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Ministers and Public Service Agencies) Order 2020|date=15 April 2020|access-date=11 May 2020}}{{cite web | last=Wake | first=Caroline | title=Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus - but this crisis could be an opportunity | website=The Conversation | date=7 May 2020 | url=http://theconversation.com/carriageworks-was-in-trouble-before-coronavirus-but-this-crisis-could-be-an-opportunity-137888 | access-date=11 May 2020}}

|Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)

| align=center | 3 July 2020

| align=center | 21 December 2021

| align=right | {{ayd|2020|07|03|2021|12|21}}

| {{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-03/don-harwin-court-covid-travel-restrictions-fine-withdrawn/12419448|title=NSW Police boss hits back after former Arts minister Don Harwin gets off coronavirus fine|publisher=ABC News|date=3 July 2020|access-date=7 July 2020}}

rowspan=2| Minister for the Arts

| {{sortname|Ben|Franklin|dab=Australian politician}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationals NSW}} |

|{{Australian politics/name|Nationals NSW}}

|Perrottet (2)

| align="center" | 21 December 2021

| align="center" | 28 March 2023

| align="right" | {{ayd|2021|12|21|2023|03|28}}

| {{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}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

|Minns

| align="center" | 28 March 2023

| align="center" |incumbent

| align=right | {{ayd|2023|03|28}}

=Music and the Night-time Economy=

class="wikitable sortable"

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

Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy

| {{sortname|John|Graham|dab=Australian politician}}

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} |

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Minns

| align=center | {{start date|2023|03|28|df=y}}

| align=center | incumbent

| align=right | {{ayd|2023|04|05}}

Assistant 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=2 \| Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Debus}} \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Labor NSW}} \| \| rowspan=2 width=8% \| {{Australian politics/name\|Labor NSW}} \| Carr (1) (2) (3) \| align=center \| 13 March 1996 \| align=center \| 2 April 2003 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|1996\|03\|13\|2003\|04\|02}}
{{sortname\|Frank\|Sartor}} \| Carr (4) \| align=center \| 2 April 2003 \| align=center \| 3 August 2005 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2003\|04\|02\|2005\|08\|03}}
colspan=9" style="background: #cccccc;" \|
Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts \| {{sortname\|Virginia\|Judge}} \| {{Australian party style\|Labor NSW}} \| \| {{Australian politics/name\|Labor NSW}} \| Rees \| align=center \| 8 September 2008 \| align=center \| 4 December 2009 \| align=right \| {{ayd\|2008\|09\|08\|2009\|12\|04}}

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=2 | Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts

| {{sortname|Bob|Debus}}

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

| rowspan=2 width=8% | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| Carr (1) (2) (3)

| align=center | 13 March 1996

| align=center | 2 April 2003

| align=right | {{ayd|1996|03|13|2003|04|02}}

| Carr (4)

| align=center | 2 April 2003

| align=center | 3 August 2005

| align=right | {{ayd|2003|04|02|2005|08|03}}