Special Minister of State (New South Wales)

{{For|the federal office in Australia|Special Minister of State}}{{Short description|Government minister in New South Wales, Australia}}

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| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of New South Wales

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| flagcaption = Flag of New South Wales

| image = John Graham MLC.jpg

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| incumbent = John Graham

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| department = Department of Premier and Cabinet (New South Wales)

| style = The Honourable

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| reports_to = Premier of New South Wales

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| seat = 52 Martin Place, Sydney

| nominator = Premier of New South Wales

| appointer = Governor of New South Wales

| appointer_qualified = on the advice of the premier

| termlength = At the governor's pleasure

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| formation = 25 March 1988

| first = Matt Singleton

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The New South Wales Special Minister of State is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for special administrative matters in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The portfolio was established in 1988 in first Greiner–Murray ministry as the Minister for Administrative Services, and after several reincarnations as the Special Minister of State, was abolished on 21 December 2021 when the second Perrottet ministry was established. The portfolio was reestablished in 2023 after the election of Chris Minns as Premier of New South Wales following the 2023 election.

The current Special Minister of Minister is John Graham who is also the Minister for Roads and the Night Time Economy.

The minister administers the portfolio through the Premier and Cabinet cluster, in particular through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional 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= }}

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

List of ministers

=Special Minister of State=

The following individuals served as the Special Ministers of State, or any precedent titles:

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! Title !! Minister{{hsp}}{{refn|name=Ministries|{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=6 |access-date=2020-12-28}}}} !! colspan="2" | Party !! Ministry !! data-sort-type="date" | Term start !! data-sort-type=date | Term end !! Time in office !! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=3 | Minister for Administrative Services

| {{sortname|Matt|Singleton}}

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

| rowspan=2 | {{Australian politics/name|Nationals NSW}}{{ns|6}}

| rowspan=2 | Greiner (1)

| align=center | 25 March 1988

| align=center | 24 January 1989

| align=right| {{ayd|1988|03|25|1989|01|24}}

| align=center | 24 January 1989

| align=center | 6 June 1991

| align=right| {{ayd|1989|01|24|1991|06|06}}

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

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

| Greiner (2)

| align=center | 6 June 1991

| align=center | 4 April 1995

| align=right| {{ayd|1991|06|06|1995|04|04}}

class="sortbottom"

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

Special Minister of State

| {{sortname|John|Della Bosca}}

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

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

| Carr (3) (4)
Iemma (1)

| align=center | 8 April 1999

| align=center | 17 February 2006

| align=right | {{ayd|1999|04|08|2006|02|17}}

class="sortbottom"

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

rowspan="4" | Special Minister of State

| {{sortname|John|Robertson|dab=politician, born 1962}}

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

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

| Rees

| align=center | 30 January 2009

| align=center | 4 December 2009

| align=right | {{ayd|2009|01|30|2009|12|04}}

| Keneally ministry

| align=center | 8 December 2009

| align=center | 28 March 2011

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

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

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

| O'Farrell

| align=center | 3 April 2011

| align=center | 9 December 2013

| align=right| {{ayd|2011|04|03|2013|12|09}}

| O'Farrell
Baird (1)

| align=center | 9 December 2013

| align=center | 2 April 2015

| align=right | {{ayd|2013|12|09|2015|04|02}}

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

rowspan=2 | Special Minister of State

| {{sortname|Anthony|Roberts}}

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

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

| Berejiklian (1)

| align=center | 30 January 2017

| align=center | 23 March 2019

| align=right| {{ayd|2017|01|30|2019|03|23}}

| {{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|accessdate=30 January 2017|work=Sky News|location=Australia|date=30 January 2017}}

| Berejiklian (2)

| align=center | 2 April 2019

| align=center | 15 April 2020

| align=right| {{ayd|2019|04|02|2020|04|15

}

| {{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 news| agency=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |title= NSW Arts Minister Don Harwin resigns after visiting holiday home in breach of coronavirus lockdown rules |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-10/coronavirus-nsw-minister-don-harwin-resigns-breaking-lockdown/12141532|accessdate=11 April 2020|work=ABC News (Australia)|location=Australia|date=10 April 2020}}

|-class="sortbottom"

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

| Special Minister of State

| {{sortname|Don|Harwin}}

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

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

| Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)

| align=center | 3 July 2020

| align=center | {{end date|2021|12|21|df=y}}

| 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|work=ABC News|date=3 July 2020|access-date=7 July 2020}}{{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}}

|-class="sortbottom"

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

| Special Minister of State

| {{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}}