Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science (Australia)

Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science
Incumbent Christopher Pyne since 21 September 2015
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder	John Latham
Formation	1928

The Australian Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science is The Hon. Christopher Pyne MP .

In the Government of Australia, the minister administers the portfolio through the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.

Scope

Other bodies in his portfolio include:

• Australian Institute of Marine Science
• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
• Australian Qualifications Framework
• Australian Research Council
• Australian Skills Quality Authority
• Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency
• CSIRO
• Geoscience Australia
• IP Australia
• National Advisory for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
• Office of the Chief Scientist
• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency

List of industry ministers

Order	Minister	Party		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	John Latham		Nationalist	Bruce	Minister for Industry	10 December 1928	22 October 1929	days
2	James Scullin		Labor	Scullin		22 October 1929	6 January 1932
n/a	John Latham		United Australia	Lyons		6 January 1932	12 October 1934
3	Robert Menzies					12 October 1934	20 March 1939
4	Billy Hughes					20 March 1939	7 April 1939
				Page		20 March 1939	26 April 1939
				Menzies		26 April 1939	28 October 1940
5	Eric Spooner				Minister for War Organisation of Industry	28 October 1940	28 August 1941	days
				Fadden		28 August 1941	7 October 1941
6	John Dedman		Labor	Curtin		7 October 1941	19 February 1945
7	John McEwen		Country	Menzies	Minister for Trade and Industry	18 December 1963	21 January 1966
				Holt		26 January 1966	19 December 1967
				McEwen		19 December 1967	10 January 1968
				Gorton		10 January 1968	5 February 1971
8	Doug Anthony					5 February 1971	10 March 1971
				McMahon		5 February 1971	5 December 1972
9	Gough Whitlam		Labor	Whitlam		5 December 1972	19 December 1972	days
10	Jim Cairns				Minister for Secondary Industry	19 December 1972	9 October 1973	days
11	Kep Enderby					9 October 1973	12 June 1974
					Minister for Manufacturing Industry	12 June 1974	10 February 1975
12	Jim McClelland					10 February 1975	6 June 1975	days
12	Lionel Bowen					6 June 1975	11 November 1975	days
13	Bob Cotton		Liberal	Fraser		11 November 1975	22 December 1975
					Minister for Industry and Commerce	22 December 1975	20 December 1977
13	Phillip Lynch					20 December 1977	11 October 1982
14	Andrew Peacock					11 October 1982	11 March 1983	days
15	John Button		Labor	Hawke		11 March 1983	13 December 1984
					Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce	13 December 1984	20 December 1991
				Keating		20 December 1991	24 March 1993
16	Alan Griffiths				Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development	24 March 1993	22 January 1994	days
17	Peter Cook					30 January 1994	25 March 1994
					Minister for Industry, Science and Technology	25 March 1994	11 March 1996
18	John Moore		Liberal	Howard	Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism	11 March 1996	21 October 1998
19	Nick Minchin				Minister for Industry, Science and Resources	21 October 1998	26 November 2001
20	Ian Macfarlane				Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources	26 November 2001	3 December 2007
21	Kim Carr		Labor	Rudd	Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	3 December 2007	24 June 2010
				Gillard		24 June 2010	14 December 2011
22	Greg Combet				Minister for Industry and Innovation	14 December 2011	26 June 2013
n/a	Kim Carr			Rudd	Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	26 June 2013	18 September 2013	days
n/a	Ian Macfarlane		Liberal National	Abbott	Minister for Industry	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)	23 December 2014
					Minister for Industry and Science	December 2014 (2014-12)	15 September 2015
				Turnbull		15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)	21 September 2015
33	Christopher Pyne		Liberal		Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science	21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)	Incumbent	days

List of science ministers

In 1931 and from 1932 to 1937, 1940 to 1949 and 1950 to 1963 there were ministers in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and its successors. In 1963 John Gorton was given responsibility for science (and education) generally.

Order	Minister	Party		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Jack Holloway		Labor	Scullin	Assistant Minister for Industry, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research	3 March 1931	12 June 1931	days
2	Alexander McLachlan		United Australia	Lyons	Minister in charge of Development and Scientific and Industrial Research	6 January 1932	29 November 1937
3	Henry Gullett		United Australia	Menzies	Minister in charge of Scientific and Industrial Research	14 March 1940	13 August 1940	days
4	Herbert Collett					14 August 1940	28 October 1940	days
5	Harold Holt					28 October 1940	28 August 1941	days
6	John Dedman		Labor	Curtin	Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research	7 October 1941	6 July 1945
				Forde		6 July 1945	13 July 1945
				Chifley		13 July 1945	19 December 1949
7	Richard Casey		Liberal	Menzies	Minister in charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	23 March 1950	4 February 1960
8	Donald Cameron					4 February 1960	22 December 1961
9	Robert Menzies					22 December 1961	16 February 1962	days
10	John Gorton					16 February 1962	18 December 1963
					Minister in charge of Commonwealth Activities in Education and Research under the Prime Minister	18 December 1963	21 January 1966
				Holt		26 January 1966	14 December 1966
					Minister for Education and Science	14 December 1966	19 December 1967
				McEwen		19 December 1967	10 January 1968
				Gorton		10 January 1968	28 February 1968
11	Malcolm Fraser					28 February 1968	12 November 1969
12	Nigel Bowen					12 November 1969	10 March 1971	days
				McMahon		10 March 1971	22 March 1971
13	David Fairbairn					22 March 1971	20 August 1971	days
n/a	Malcolm Fraser					20 August 1971	5 December 1972
14	Gough Whitlam		Labor	Whitlam		5 December 1972	19 December 1972	days
15	Bill Morrison				Minister for Science	19 December 1972	6 June 1975
					Minister for Science and Consumer Affairs	6 June 1975	6 June 1975
16	Clyde Cameron					6 June 1975	11 November 1975	days
17	Bob Cotton		Liberal	Fraser		11 November 1975	22 December 1975	days
18	James Webster		National Country		Minister for Science	22 December 1975	5 December 1978
					Minister for Science and the Environment	5 December 1978	8 December 1979
19	David Thomson					8 December 1979	3 November 1980
					Minister for Science and Technology	3 November 1980	16 October 1982
			National			16 October 1982	11 March 1983
20	Barry Jones		Labor	Hawke		11 March 1983	13 December 1984
					Minister for Science	13 December 1984	24 July 1987
					Minister for Science and Small Business	24 July 1987	19 January 1988
					Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business	19 January 1988	4 April 1990
21	Simon Crean				Minister for Science and Technology	4 April 1990	4 June 1991
22	Ross Free					4 June 1991	20 December 1991
				Keating		20 December 1991	24 March 1993
23	Chris Schacht				Minister for Science and Small Business	24 March 1993	25 March 1994
24	Peter Cook				Minister for Science and Small Business	25 March 1994	11 March 1996
25	Peter McGauran		National	Howard	Minister for Science and Technology	11 March 1996	26 September 1997
26	John Moore		Liberal		Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism	11 March 1996	21 October 1998
27	Nick Minchin				Minister for Industry, Science and Resources	21 October 1998	26 November 2001
n/a	Peter McGauran		National		Minister for Science	26 November 2001	22 October 2004
26	Brendan Nelson		Liberal		Minister for Education, Science and Training	22 October 2004	27 January 2006
27	Julie Bishop					27 January 2006	3 December 2007
28	Kim Carr		Labor	Rudd	Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	3 December 2007	24 June 2010
				Gillard		24 June 2010	14 December 2011
29	Chris Evans				Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research	14 December 2011	2 February 2013
30	Chris Bowen					2 February 2013	22 March 2013	days
31	Craig Emerson					25 March 2013	26 June 2013	days
n/a	Kim Carr			Rudd	Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	26 June 2013	18 September 2013	days
32	Ian Macfarlane		Liberal National	Abbott	Minister for Industry and Science	23 December 2014 (2014-12-23)	15 September 2015
				Turnbull		15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)	21 September 2015
33	Christopher Pyne		Liberal		Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science	21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)	Incumbent	days

Energy and Resources

List of energy and resources ministers

Australia has had ministers who had specific responsibility for matters relating to the development of minerals resources since December 1972, although earlier there were ministers for national development, who had some responsibilities in this area as well.

Order	Minister	Party		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Rex Connor		Labor	Whitlam	Minister for Minerals and Energy	19 December 1972	14 October 1975
2	Ken Wriedt					14 October 1975	11 November 1975	days
3	Doug Anthony		National Country	Fraser	Minister for National Resources	11 November 1975	20 December 1977
					Minister for Trade and Resources	20 December 1977	16 October 1982
			National			16 October 1982	11 March 1983
4	Peter Walsh		Labor	Hawke	Minister for Resources and Energy	11 March 1983	13 December 1984
5	Gareth Evans					13 December 1984	24 July 1987
6	Peter Morris				Minister for Resources	24 July 1987	19 January 1988	days
7	Peter Cook					19 January 1988	4 April 1990
8	Alan Griffiths					4 April 1990	20 December 1991
				Keating		20 December 1991	24 March 1993
9	Michael Lee					24 March 1993	24 December 1993	days
10	David Beddall					24 December 1993	11 March 1996
11	Warwick Parer		Liberal	Howard	Minister for Resources and Energy	11 March 1996	21 October 1998
12	Nick Minchin				Minister for Industry, Science and Resources	21 October 1998	26 November 2001
13	Ian Macfarlane				Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources	26 November 2001	3 December 2007
14	Martin Ferguson		Labor	Rudd	Minister for Resources and Energy	3 December 2007	24 June 2010
				Gillard		24 June 2010	22 March 2013
15	Gary Gray					22 March 2013	27 June 2013	days
				Rudd		27 June 2013	18 September 2013
16	Josh Frydenberg		Liberal	Turnbull	Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia	21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)	Incumbent	days

List of national development and energy ministers

Order	Minister	Party		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	John Dedman		Labor	Curtin	Minister for Postwar Reconstruction	2 February 1945	6 July 1945
				Forde		6 July 1945	13 July 1945
				Chifley		13 July 1945	19 December 1949
2	Eric Harrison		Liberal	Menzies		19 December 1949	17 March 1950	days
3	Richard Casey				Minister for National Development	17 March 1950	11 May 1951
4	Bill Spooner					11 May 1951	10 June 1964
5	David Fairbairn					10 June 1964	21 January 1966
				Holt		26 January 1966	19 December 1967
				McEwen		19 December 1967	10 January 1968
				Gorton		10 January 1968	12 November 1969
6	Reginald Swartz					12 November 1969	10 March 1971
				McMahon		10 March 1971	5 December 1972
7	Lance Barnard		Labor	Whitlam		5 December 1972	19 December 1972	days
8	Rex Patterson				Minister for Northern Development	19 December 1972	11 November 1975
9	Kevin Newman		Liberal	Fraser	Minister for National Development	20 December 1977	8 December 1979
10	John Carrick				Minister for National Development and Energy	8 December 1979	11 March 1983

External links

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