Minister for Social Services

Minister for Social Services
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since 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Department of Social Services
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor-General
on the advice of the prime minister
Formation26 April 1939 (1939-04-26)
Websiteministers.dss.gov.au/amanda-rishworth

The Minister for Social Services is the Australian federal government minister who oversees Australian Government social services, including mental health, families and children's policy, and support for carers and people with disabilities, and seniors.[1] Amanda Rishworth was appointed as minister on 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022.[2]

Portfolio

In the Government of Australia, the Ministers administer the portfolio through the Department of Social Services. Other portfolio bodies for which the Ministers are responsible include:

List of ministers for social services

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Social Services, or any of its precedent titles:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Frederick Stewart   United Australia Menzies Minister for Social Services 26 April 1939 29 August 1941 2 years, 164 days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
2 Jack Holloway   Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 21 September 1943 1 year, 349 days
3 James Fraser 21 September 1943 6 July 1945 2 years, 270 days
Forde 6 July 1934 13 July 1945
Chifley 13 July 1945 18 June 1946
4 Nick McKenna 18 June 1946 19 December 1949 3 years, 184 days
5 Bill Spooner   Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 11 May 1951 1 year, 143 days
6 Athol Townley 11 May 1951 9 July 1954 3 years, 59 days
7 William McMahon 9 July 1954 28 February 1956 1 year, 234 days
8 Hugh Roberton   Country 28 February 1956 21 January 1965 8 years, 328 days
9 Reginald Swartz   Liberal 21 January 1965 22 February 1965 32 days
10 Ian Sinclair   Country 22 February 1965 26 January 1966 3 years, 6 days
Holt 26 January 1966 19 December 1967
McEwen 19 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 28 February 1968
11 Bill Wentworth   Liberal 28 February 1968 10 March 1971 4 years, 281 days
McMahon 10 March 1971 5 December 1972
12 Lance Barnard   Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 19 December 1972 14 days
13 Don Grimes   Labor Hawke Minister for Community Services 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 16 February 1987 (1987-02-16) 2 years, 65 days
14 Chris Hurford   16 February 1987 (1987-02-16) 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 158 days
15 Neal Blewett   Minister for Community Services and Health 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 2 years, 254 days
16 Brian Howe   4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 7 June 1991 (1991-06-07) 3 years, 355 days
  Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services 7 June 1991 (1991-06-07) 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
  Keating 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
  Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23)
  Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) 25 March 1994 (1994-03-25)
17 Carmen Lawrence   Minister for Human Services and Health 25 March 1994 (1994-03-25) 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 1 year, 352 days
18 Michael Wooldridge   Liberal Howard Minister for Health and Family Services 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 2 years, 224 days
19 Jocelyn Newman   Minister for Family and Community Services 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 30 January 2001 (2001-01-30) 2 years, 101 days
20 Amanda Vanstone   30 January 2001 (2001-01-30) 7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 2 years, 250 days
21 Kay Patterson   7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 2 years, 112 days
22 Mal Brough   Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 1 year, 310 days
23 Jenny Macklin   Labor Rudd Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 5 years, 289 days
  Gillard 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 14 December 2011 (2011-12-14)
  Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 14 December 2011 (2011-12-14) 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27)
  Rudd 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
24 Kevin Andrews   Liberal Abbott Minister for Social Services 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) 1 year, 96 days
25 Scott Morrison   23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) 15 September 2015 272 days
  Turnbull 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 21 September 2015
26 Christian Porter   21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) 20 December 2017 2 years, 90 days
27 Dan Tehan   20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 28 August 2018 251 days
28 Paul Fletcher   Morrison Minister for Families and Social Services 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 274 days
29 Anne Ruston   29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 2 years, 359 days
30 Amanda Rishworth Labor Albanese Minister for Social Services 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) incumbent 2 years, 201 days

Assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Social Services, or any precedent titles:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Concetta Fierravanti-Wells   Liberal Abbott Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) 2 years, 3 days
2 Alan Tudge   Turnbull Assistant Minister for Social Services 30 September 2015 (2015-09-30) 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) 141 days
3 Zed Seselja   Liberal Turnbull Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs 18 July 2016 (2016-07-18) 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 1 year, 155 days
4 David Gillespie   National Assistant Minister for Children and Families 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 251 days
5 Michelle Landry   Morrison 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 3 years, 268 days
6 Justine Elliot Labor Albanese Assistant Minister for Social Services
Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence 		1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) Incumbent 2 years, 201 days

List of ministers for Government Services

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Government Services § List of ministers for government services.[edit]

There was a Minister for Social Services or Social Security continuously from 1939 to 1998, when service delivery was partially privatised and residual functions were transferred to the Minister for Finance and Administration. In 2004, the position of Minister for Human Services was recreated to handle the residual functions; Scott Morrison renamed the portfolio to Government Services in 2019.

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Government Services, or any precedent titles:[4][5]

Order Minister Party affiliation Prime Minister Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Frederick Stewart   United Australia Menzies Minister for Social Services 26 April 1939 29 August 1941 2 years, 164 days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
2 Jack Holloway   Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 21 September 1943 1 year, 349 days
3 James Fraser 21 September 1943 6 July 1945 2 years, 270 days
Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945
Chifley 13 July 1945 18 June 1946
4 Nick McKenna 18 June 1946 19 December 1949 3 years, 184 days
5 Bill Spooner   Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 11 May 1951 1 year, 143 days
6 Athol Townley 11 May 1951 9 July 1954 3 years, 59 days
7 William McMahon 9 July 1954 28 February 1956 1 year, 234 days
8 Hugh Roberton   Country 28 February 1956 21 January 1965 8 years, 328 days
9 Reginald Swartz   Liberal 21 January 1965 22 February 1965 32 days
10 Ian Sinclair   Country 22 February 1965 26 January 1966 3 years, 6 days
Holt 26 January 1966 19 December 1967
McEwen 19 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 28 February 1968
11 Bill Wentworth   Liberal 28 February 1968 10 March 1971 4 years, 281 days
McMahon 10 March 1971 5 December 1972
12 Lance Barnard   Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 19 December 1972 14 days
13 Bill Hayden Minister for Social Security 19 December 1972 6 June 1975 2 years, 169 days
14 John Wheeldon 6 June 1975 11 November 1975 158 days
15 Don Chipp   Liberal Fraser 12 November 1975 22 December 1975 40 days
16 Margaret Guilfoyle 22 December 1975 3 November 1980 4 years, 317 days
17 Fred Chaney 3 November 1980 11 March 1983 2 years, 128 days
18 Don Grimes   Labor Hawke 11 March 1983 13 December 1984 1 year, 277 days
19 Brian Howe 13 December 1984 4 April 1990 5 years, 112 days
20 Graham Richardson 4 April 1990 20 December 1991 1 year, 267 days
Keating 20 December 1991 27 December 1991
21 Neal Blewett 27 December 1991 24 March 1993 1 year, 87 days
22 Peter Baldwin 24 March 1993 11 March 1996 2 years, 353 days
23 Jocelyn Newman   Liberal Howard 11 March 1996 21 October 1998 2 years, 224 days
24 Joe Hockey   Liberal Howard Minister for Human Services 26 October 2004 30 January 2007 2 years, 96 days
25 Ian Campbell 30 January 2007 9 March 2007 38 days
26 Chris Ellison 9 March 2007 3 December 2007 269 days
27 Joe Ludwig   Labor Rudd 3 December 2007 9 June 2009 1 year, 188 days
28 Chris Bowen 9 June 2009 24 June 2010 1 year, 97 days
Gillard 24 June 2010 14 September 2010
29 Tanya Plibersek 14 September 2010 14 December 2011 1 year, 91 days
30 Brendan O'Connor 14 December 2011 5 March 2012 82 days
31 Kim Carr 5 March 2012 23 March 2013 1 year, 18 days
32 Jan McLucas 23 March 2013 27 June 2013 179 days
Rudd 27 June 2013 18 September 2013
33 Marise Payne   Liberal Abbott 18 September 2013 15 September 2015 2 years, 3 days
Turnbull 15 September 2015 21 September 2015
34 Stuart Robert 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) 144 days
35 Alan Tudge 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 1 year, 305 days
36 Michael Keenan 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 1 year, 160 days
Morrison 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
(34) Stuart Robert Minister for Government Services 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) 1 year, 305 days
37 Linda Reynolds 30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 1 year, 56 days
38 Bill Shorten   Labor Albanese 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) Incumbent 2 years, 201 days

List of ministers for housing

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Housing (Australia) § List of ministers for housing.[edit]

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Housing, or any of its precedent titles:[6]

Order Minister Party Ministry Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Bert Lazzarini   Labor 1st Chifley Minister for Works and Housing 13 July 1945 (1945-07-13) 1 November 1946 (1946-11-01) 1 year, 111 days
2 Nelson Lemmon 2nd Chifley 1 November 1946 (1946-11-01) 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19) 3 years, 48 days
3 Richard Casey   Liberal 4th Menzies 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19) 11 May 1951 (1951-05-11) 1 year, 143 days
4 Wilfrid Kent Hughes 5th Menzies 11 May 1951 (1951-05-11) 4 June 1952 (1952-06-04) 1 year, 24 days
5 Les Bury   Liberal 10th Menzies Minister for Housing 18 December 1963 (1963-12-18) 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) 2 years, 39 days
6 Annabelle Rankin 1st Holt
2nd Holt
McEwen
1st Gorton
2nd Gorton
McMahon 		26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) 22 March 1971 (1971-03-22) 5 years, 55 days
7 Kevin Cairns McMahon 22 March 1971 (1971-03-22) 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) 1 year, 258 days
8 Gough Whitlam1   Labor 1st Whitlam 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 14 days
9 Les Johnson 2nd Whitlam 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 30 November 1973 (1973-11-30) 2 years, 169 days
2nd Whitlam
3rd Whitlam 		Minister for Housing and Construction 30 November 1973 (1973-11-30) 6 June 1975 (1975-06-06)
10 Joe Riordan 3rd Whitlam 6 June 1975 (1975-06-06) 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 158 days
11 John Carrick   Liberal 1st Fraser 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 41 days
12 Ivor Greenwood 2nd Fraser Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 8 July 1976 (1976-07-08) 199 days
13 Kevin Newman 2nd Fraser 8 July 1976 (1976-07-08) 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) 1 year, 165 days
14 Ray Groom 3rd Fraser 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) 5 December 1978 (1978-12-05) 2 years, 319 days
Minister for Housing and Construction 5 December 1978 (1978-12-05) 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03)
15 Tom McVeigh   National Country 4th Fraser 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03) 7 May 1982 (1982-05-07) 1 year, 185 days
16 Chris Hurford   Labor 1st Hawke Minister for Housing and Construction 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 1 year, 277 days
17 Stewart West 2nd Hawke 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 2 years, 223 days
18 Peter Morris   Labor 3rd Hawke Minister for Housing and Aged Care 19 January 1988 (1988-01-19) 15 February 1988 (1988-02-15) 27 days
19 Peter Staples 3rd Hawke
4th Hawke 		15 February 1988 (1988-02-15) 7 May 1990 (1990-05-07) 2 years, 81 days
20 Brian Howe 4th Hawke Minister for Community Services and Health 7 May 1990 (1990-05-07) 7 June 1991 (1991-06-07) 5 years, 309 days
4th Hawke
1st Keating 		Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services 7 June 1991 (1991-06-07) 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
2nd Keating Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23)
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) 25 March 1994 (1994-03-25)
Minister for Housing and Regional Development 25 March 1994 (1994-03-25) 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)
21 Tanya Plibersek   Labor 1st Rudd
1st Gillard 		Minister for Housing 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) 2 years, 285 days
22 Mark Arbib 2nd Gillard Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) 14 December 2011 (2011-12-14) 1 year, 91 days
23 Robert McClelland Minister for Housing 14 December 2011 (2011-12-14) 5 March 2012 (2012-03-05) 82 days
24 Brendan O'Connor 5 March 2012 (2012-03-05) 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) 336 days
25 Mark Butler Minister for Housing and Homelessness 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) 147 days
26 Julie Collins 2nd Rudd 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 79 days
27 Michael Sukkar   Liberal 2nd Morrison Minister for Housing 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 2 years, 359 days
(26) Julie Collins   Labor Albanese 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) 29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 2 years, 58 days
28 Clare O'Neil 29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) Incumbent 143 days

Notes

1 Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.

List of ministers for aged care

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Aged Care § List of ministers for aged care.[edit]

The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister for Aged Care, or any of its precedent titles. Ministers for aged care or ageing were appointed from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1998 to 2013. The portfolio gained a mental health component in 2010. The latter returned to the health portfolio in 2013, with ageing moving to social services. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, or any of its precedent titles:[7] The Turnbull government transferred the aged care portfolio back to the Department of Health in October 2015. The position, since January 2017, is a separate outer ministry role that supplements the cabinet role of the Minister for Health and Aged Care.[8]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Peter Morris   Labor Hawke Minister for Housing and Aged Care 19 January 1988 (1988-01-19) 15 February 1988 (1988-02-15) 27 days
2 Peter Staples 15 February 1988 (1988-02-15) 7 May 1990 (1990-05-07) 5 years, 64 days
Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services 7 May 1990 (1990-05-07) 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
Keating 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
3 Bronwyn Bishop Liberal Howard Minister for Aged Care 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) 3 years, 36 days
4 Kevin Andrews Minister for Ageing 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) 7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 1 year, 315 days
5 Julie Bishop 7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 2 years, 112 days
6 Santo Santoro 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 21 March 2007 (2007-03-21) 1 year, 53 days
7 Christopher Pyne 21 March 2007 (2007-03-21) 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 257 days
8 Justine Elliot Labor Rudd 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) 2 years, 207 days
9 Mark Butler Gillard Minister for Mental Health and Ageing 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) 3 years, 3 days
10 Jacinta Collins Rudd 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 79 days
11 Sussan Ley   Liberal Turnbull Minister for Aged Care 30 September 2015 (2015-09-30) 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 1 year, 105 days
Minister for Health and Ageing 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 13 January 2017 (2017-01-13)
(acting) Arthur Sinodinos[9] 13 January 2017 (2017-01-13) 24 January 2017 (2017-01-24) 11 days
12 Ken Wyatt Minister for Aged Care 24 January 2017 (2017-01-24) 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 2 years, 125 days
Morrison Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
13 Richard Colbeck Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 2 years, 359 days
Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)
(9) Mark Butler   Labor Albanese Minister for Health and Aged Care 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) Incumbent 2 years, 201 days
14 Anika Wells Minister for Aged Care

Former portfolio ministers

List of ministers for family services

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Peter Staples Labor Hawke Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services 7 May 1990 (1990-05-07) 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 2 years, 321 days
Keating 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
2 Rosemary Crowley   Minister for Family Services 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 2 years, 353 days
3 Michael Wooldridge   Liberal Howard Minister for Health and Family Services 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 2 years, 224 days
4 Jocelyn Newman   Minister for Family and Community Services 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 30 January 2001 (2001-01-30) 2 years, 101 days
5 Amanda Vanstone   30 January 2001 (2001-01-30) 7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 2 years, 250 days
6 Kay Patterson   7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 2 years, 112 days
7 Mal Brough   Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 1 year, 310 days
8 Jenny Macklin   Labor Rudd Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 5 years, 289 days
  Gillard 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 14 December 2011 (2011-12-14)
  Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 14 December 2011 (2011-12-14) 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27)
  Rudd 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)

List of ministers for community services

A separate outer ministry role of the Minister for Community Services existed between January 2006 and December 2007, supplementing the cabinet role of the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.[10][11]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Don Grimes   Labor Hawke Minister for Community Services 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 16 February 1987 (1987-02-16) 2 years, 65 days
2 Chris Hurford   16 February 1987 (1987-02-16) 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 158 days
3 Neal Blewett   Minister for Community Services and Health 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 2 years, 254 days
4 Brian Howe   4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 7 June 1991 (1991-06-07) 3 years, 263 days
  Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services 7 June 1991 (1991-06-07) 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
  Keating 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
  Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23)
5 Jocelyn Newman   Liberal Howard Minister for Family and Community Services 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 30 January 2001 (2001-01-30) 2 years, 101 days
6 Amanda Vanstone   30 January 2001 (2001-01-30) 7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 2 years, 250 days
7 Kay Patterson   7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 2 years, 112 days
8 John Cobb National Minister for Community Services 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 30 January 2007 (2007-01-30) 1 year, 3 days
9 Nigel Scullion 30 January 2007 (2007-01-30) 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 307 days
10 Jenny Macklin   Labor Rudd Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 4 years, 11 days
Gillard 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 14 December 2011 (2011-12-14)
11 Julie Collins Minister for Community Services 14 December 2011 (2011-12-14) 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) 1 year, 278 days
Rudd 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
12 Mitch Fifield   Liberal Abbott Assistant Minister for Social Services 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 15 September 2015 2 years, 3 days
  Turnbull 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 21 September 2015

See also

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