Minister for the Environment (New South Wales)
{{Short description|Environment minister in New South Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{redirect|Minister for Environment and Heritage|the heritage ministerial portfolio in the New South Wales Government|Minister for Heritage (New South Wales)}}
{{Infobox Political post
| insignia = Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg
| department = Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
| post = Minister for the Environment
| incumbent = Penny Sharpe
| image = Penny Sharpe MLC, Nov 2012.jpg
| incumbentsince = {{start date|2023|03|28|df=y}}
| style = The Honourable
| appointer = Governor of New South Wales
| inaugural = {{unbulleted list|Jack Beale
{{nowrap|{{small|(as Minister for Environmental Control)}}}}|Bill Dunn
{{small|(as Minister for Conservation)}} }}
| formation = {{unbulleted list|1971 {{small|(Environmental Control)}}|1944 {{small|(Conservation)}} }}
}}
The New South Wales Minister for the Environment is minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities which included environmental regulation and policy, national parks, and the conservation and protection of built and environmental heritage in New South Wales, Australia.{{refn|name=Ministries|{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=6 |accessdate=2021-03-25}}}} The current minister, since 28 March 2023, is Penny Sharpe.
Between the 2019 state election and December 2021, the ministerial post was merged with the Energy and Utilities portfolio to create the Minister for Energy and Environment.{{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= }}{{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= }} Between December 2021 and March 2023, the environment ministerial post was combined with heritage to create the title of Minister for the Environment and Heritage.
The minister administers the portfolio through the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and a range of other government agencies.
Ultimately, the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
List of ministers
=Environment=
| 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 Environmental Control
| {{sortname|Jack|Beale}} | {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}} | | {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}} | align=center | 11 March 1971 | align=center | 3 December 1973 | align=right | {{ayd|1971|3|11|1973|12|3}} | |
| Minister for Planning and Environment
| {{sortname|Sir John|Fuller|John Fuller (Australian politician)}} | {{Australian party style|Country NSW}} | | {{Australian politics/name|Country NSW}} | align=center | 3 December 1973 | align=center | 14 May 1976 | align=right | {{ayd|3 December 1973|14 May 1976}} | |
| Minister for Environment
| {{sortname|Bill|Crabtree}} | rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | | rowspan=5 | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | Wran (1) | align=center | 14 May 1976 | align=center | 9 August 1976 | align=right | {{ayd|14 May 1976|9 August 1976}} |
| rowspan=4 | Minister for Planning and Environment
| {{sortname|Paul|Landa}} | align=center | 9 August 1976 | align=center | 29 February 1980 | align=right | {{ayd|9 August 1976|29 February 1980}} |
| {{sortname|Eric|Bedford}}
| align=center | 29 February 1980 | align=center | 10 February 1984 | align=right | {{ayd|29 February 1980|10 February 1984}} |
| {{sortname|Terry|Sheahan}}
| Wran (6) | align=center | 10 February 1984 | align=center | 12 December 1984 | align=right | {{ayd|10 February 1984|12 December 1984}} |
| {{sortname|Bob|Carr}}
| align=center | 12 December 1984 | align=center | 21 March 1988 | align=right | {{ayd|12 December 1984|21 March 1988}} |
| rowspan=5 | Minister for the Environment
| {{sortname|Tim|Moore|dab=Australian politician}} | rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}} | | rowspan=3 | {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}} | align=center | 25 March 1988 | align=center | 24 June 1992 | align=right | {{ayd|25 March 1988|24 June 1992}} |
| {{sortname|Bruce|Baird}}
| align=center | 24 June 1992 | align=center | 3 July 1992 | align=right | {{ayd|24 June 1992|3 July 1992}} |
| {{sortname|Chris|Hartcher}}
| align=center | 3 July 1992 | align=center | 4 April 1995 | align=right | {{ayd|3 July 1992|4 April 1995}} |
| {{sortname|Pam|Allan}}
| rowspan=7 {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | | rowspan=7 | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | align=center | 4 April 1995 | align=center | 8 April 1999 | align=right | {{ayd|4 April 1995|8 April 1999}} |
| {{sortname|Bob|Debus}}
| align=center | 8 April 1999 | align=center | 2 April 2007 | align=right | {{ayd|8 April 1999|2 April 2007}} |
| Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water
| {{sortname|Phil|Koperberg}} | align=center | 2 April 2007 | align=center | 27 February 2008 | align=right | {{ayd|2 April 2007|27 February 2008}} |
| rowspan=4 | Minister for Climate Change and the Environment
| {{sortname|Verity|Firth}} | align=center | 27 February 2008 | align=center | 5 September 2008 | align=right | {{ayd|27 February 2008|5 September 2008}} |
| {{sortname|Carmel|Tebbutt}}
| rowspan="2" |Rees | align=center | 8 September 2008 | align=center | 14 September 2009 | align=right | {{ayd|8 September 2008|14 September 2009}} |
| {{sortname|John|Robertson|dab=politician, born 1962}}
| align=center | 14 September 2009 | align=center | 4 December 2009 | align=right | {{ayd|14 September 2009|4 December 2009}} |
| {{sortname|Frank|Sartor}}
| Keneally | align=center | 8 December 2009 | align=center | 28 March 2011 | align=right | {{ayd|8 December 2009|28 March 2011}} |
| rowspan=4 | Minister for the Environment
| {{sortname|Robyn|Parker}} | rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}} | | rowspan=6 | {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}} | align=center | 3 April 2011 | align=center | 23 April 2014 | align=right | {{ayd|2011|04|03|2014|04|23}} |
| {{sortname|Rob|Stokes}}
| align=center | 23 April 2014 | align=center | 2 April 2015 | align=right | {{ayd|2014|04|23|2015|04|02}} | |
| {{sortname|Mark|Speakman}}
| align=center | 2 April 2015 | align=center | 30 January 2017 | align=right | {{ayd|2015|04|02|2017|01|30}} | |
| {{sortname|Gabrielle|Upton}}
| align=center| 30 January 2017 | align=center| 23 March 2019 | align=right | {{ayd|2017|01|30|2019|03|23}} | |
| Minister for Energy and Environment
| {{sortname|Matt|Kean}} | Berejiklian (2) | align=center | 2 April 2019 | align=center | 21 December 2021 | align=right| {{ayd|2019|04|02|2021|12|21}} |
| Minister for Environment and Heritage
| {{sortname|James|Griffin|dab=Australian politician}} | align=center| 21 December 2021 | align=center| 28 March 2023 | align=right | {{ayd|21 December 2021|28 March 2023}} |
| Minister for the Environment
|{{sortname|Penny|Sharpe}} |{{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}} |
Former ministerial titles
=Conservation=
| 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=8 | Minister for Conservation
| {{sortname|Bill|Dunn|dab=Australian politician}} | rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | | rowspan=5 | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | align=center | 8 June 1944 | align=center | 9 May 1946 | align=right | {{ayd|8 June 1944|9 May 1946}} |
| {{sortname|George|Weir|George Weir (Australian politician)}}
| McKell (1) (2) | align=center | 9 May 1946 | align=center | 3 November 1952 | align=right | {{ayd|9 May 1946|3 November 1952}} |
| {{sortname|George|Enticknap}}
| align=center | 3 November 1952 | align=center | 15 March 1956 | align=right | {{ayd|3 November 1952|15 March 1956}} |
| {{sortname|Ernest|Wetherell}}
| 15 March 1956 | 31 May 1960 | align=right | {{ayd|15 March 1956|31 May 1960}} |
| {{sortname|George|Enticknap}}
| align=center | 31 May 1960 | align=center | 13 May 1965 | align=right | {{ayd|31 May 1960|13 May 1965}} |
| {{sortname|Jack|Beale}}
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}} | | rowspan=2 | {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}} | align=center | 13 May 1965 | align=center | 11 March 1971 | align=right | {{ayd|13 May 1965|11 March 1971}} |
| {{sortname|Wal|Fife}}
| align=center | 11 March 1971 | align=center | 19 June 1972 | align=right | {{ayd|11 March 1971|19 June 1972}} |
| {{sortname|George|Freudenstein}}
| {{Australian party style|Country NSW}} | | {{Australian politics/name|Country NSW}} | align=center | 19 June 1972 | align=center | 3 January 1975 | align=right | {{ayd|19 June 1972|3 January 1975}} |
| colspan="10" style="background: #cccccc;" | |
|---|
| Minister for Conservation
| {{sortname|Lin|Gordon}} | {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | align=center | 14 May 1976 | align=center | 29 February 1980 | align=right | {{ayd|14 May 1976|29 February 1980}} |
| colspan="10" style="background: #cccccc;" | |
| Minister for Conservation and Land Management
| {{sortname|Garry|West}} | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Nationals NSW}} | | rowspan=2 | {{Australian politics/name|Nationals NSW}} | Greiner (1) (2) | align=center | 6 June 1991 | align=center | 26 May 1993 | align=right | {{ayd|6 June 1991|26 May 1993}} |
| rowspan=4 | Minister for Land and Water Conservation
| {{sortname|George|Souris}} | align=center | 26 May 1993 | align=center | 4 April 1995 | align=right | {{ayd|26 May 1993|4 April 1995}} |
| {{sortname|Kim|Yeadon}}
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | | rowspan=3 | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | rowspan=2 | Carr (1) | align=center | 4 April 1995 | align=center | 1 December 1997 | align=right | {{ayd|4 April 1995|1 December 1997}} |
| {{sortname|Richard|Amery}}
| align=center | 1 December 1997 | align=center | 21 November 2001 | align=right | {{ayd|1 December 1997|21 November 2001}} |
| {{sortname|John|Aquilina}}
| align=center | 21 November 2001 | align=center | 2 April 2003 | align=right | {{ayd|21 November 2001|2 April 2003}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ Office of Environment and Heritage]
{{Government of New South Wales}}
{{New South Wales ministerial portfolios}}
Category:Environment of New South Wales
Category:1971 establishments in Australia