Minister for Trade and Tourism

Minister for Trade and Tourism
Commonwealth Coat of Arms
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Incumbent
Don Farrell
since 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor-General
on the advice of the prime minister
Inaugural holderCharles Kingston (as Minister for Trade and Customs)
Formation1 January 1901 (1901-01-01)
Websitewww.trademinister.gov.au

The Minister for Trade and Tourism is a portfolio in the Government of Australia, falling within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).[1] The position is currently held by Senator Don Farrell, sworn in as part of the Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022.[2] The minister is assisted by the Assistant Minister for Trade, held by Senator Tim Ayres.

Portfolio

In the Government of Australia, the minister and assistant minister(s) administer the portfolio through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) jointly with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Other trade-related bodies for which the minister and assistant minister are responsible are:

DFAT was created in 1987 through the merger of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Trade. In sequence, the trade portfolio has been administered by the following departments:

List of ministers for trade

The following individuals have been appointed as minister for trade, tourism and investment, or any of its precedent titles:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Charles Kingston   Protectionist Barton Minister for Trade and Customs 1 January 1901 (1901-01-01) 24 July 1903 (1903-07-24) 2 years, 204 days
2 William Lyne   Protectionist Barton Minister for Trade and Customs 11 August 1903 (1903-08-11) 24 September 1903 (1903-09-24) 260 days
Deakin 24 September 1903 (1903-09-24) 27 April 1904 (1904-04-27)
3 Andrew Fisher   Labor Watson 27 April 1904 (1904-04-27) 17 August 1904 (1904-08-17) 112 days
4 Allan McLean   Protectionist Reid 17 August 1904 (1904-08-17) 5 July 1905 (1905-07-05) 322 days
n/a William Lyne Deakin 5 July 1905 (1905-07-05) 30 July 1907 (1907-07-30) 2 years, 25 days
5 Austin Chapman 30 July 1907 (1907-07-30) 13 November 1908 (1908-11-13) 1 year, 106 days
6 Frank Tudor   Labor Fisher 13 November 1908 (1908-11-13) 2 June 1909 (1909-06-02) 201 days
7 Robert Best   Liberal Deakin 2 June 1909 (1909-06-02) 29 April 1910 (1910-04-29) 331 days
n/a Frank Tudor   Labor Fisher 29 April 1910 (1910-04-29) 24 June 1913 (1913-06-24) 3 years, 56 days
8 Littleton Groom   Liberal Cook 24 June 1913 (1913-06-24) 17 September 1914 (1914-09-17) 1 year, 85 days
n/a Frank Tudor   Labor Fisher 17 September 1914 (1914-09-17) 27 October 1915 (1915-10-27) 1 year, 363 days
Hughes 27 October 1915 (1915-10-27) 14 September 1916 (1916-09-14)
9 Billy Hughes   Labor Hughes Minister for Trade and Customs 29 September 1916 (1916-09-29) 14 November 1916 (1916-11-14) 46 days
10 William Archibald   National Labor 14 November 1916 (1916-11-14) 17 February 1917 (1917-02-17) 95 days
11 Jens Jensen   Nationalist 17 February 1917 (1917-02-17) 13 December 1918 (1918-12-13) 1 year, 299 days
12 William Watt 13 December 1918 (1918-12-13) 17 January 1919 (1919-01-17) 35 days
13 Walter Massy-Greene 17 January 1919 (1919-01-17) 21 December 1921 (1921-12-21) 2 years, 338 days
14 Arthur Rodgers 21 December 1921 (1921-12-21) 5 February 1923 (1923-02-05) 1 year, 46 days
n/a Austin Chapman   Nationalist Bruce Minister for Trade and Customs 9 February 1923 (1923-02-09) 26 May 1924 (1924-05-26) 1 year, 107 days
n/a Littleton Groom 26 May 1924 (1924-05-26) 13 June 1924 (1924-06-13) 18 days
15 Herbert Pratten 13 June 1924 (1924-06-13) 7 May 1928 (1928-05-07) 3 years, 329 days
16 Stanley Bruce 8 May 1928 (1928-05-08) 28 November 1928 (1928-11-28) 204 days
17 Henry Gullett 28 November 1928 (1928-11-28) 22 October 1929 (1929-10-22) 328 days
18 James Fenton   Labor Scullin 22 October 1929 (1929-10-22) 4 February 1931 (1931-02-04) 1 year, 105 days
19 Frank Forde 4 February 1931 (1931-02-04) 6 January 1932 (1932-01-06) 336 days
n/a Henry Gullett   United Australia Lyons 6 January 1932 (1932-01-06) 14 January 1933 (1933-01-14) 1 year, 8 days
20 Thomas White 14 January 1933 (1933-01-14) 8 November 1938 (1938-11-08) 5 years, 298 days
21 John Perkins 8 November 1938 (1938-11-08) 7 April 1939 (1939-04-07) 169 days
Page 7 April 1939 (1939-04-07) 26 April 1939 (1939-04-26)
22 John Lawson Menzies 26 April 1939 (1939-04-26) 23 February 1940 (1940-02-23) 303 days
23 Robert Menzies 23 February 1940 (1940-02-23) 14 March 1940 (1940-03-14) 20 days
24 George McLeay 14 March 1940 (1940-03-14) 28 October 1940 (1940-10-28) 228 days
25 Eric Harrison 28 October 1940 (1940-10-28) 29 August 1941 (1941-08-29) 344 days
Fadden 29 August 1941 (1941-08-29) 7 October 1941 (1941-10-07)
26 Richard Keane   Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 (1941-10-07) 6 July 1945 (1945-07-06) 4 years, 201 days
Forde 6 July 1945 (1945-07-06) 13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)
Chifley 13 July 1945 (1945-07-13) 26 April 1946 (1946-04-26)
27 John Dedman 26 April 1946 (1946-04-26) 18 June 1946 (1946-06-18) 53 days
28 James Fraser 18 June 1946 (1946-06-18) 1 November 1946 (1946-11-01) 136 days
29 Ben Courtice 1 November 1946 (1946-11-01) 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19) 3 years, 48 days
30 Neil O'Sullivan   Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19) 11 January 1956 (1956-01-11) 6 years, 23 days
31 John McEwen   Country Minister for Trade 11 January 1956 (1956-01-11) 18 December 1963 (1963-12-18) 15 years, 25 days
Minister for Trade and Industry 18 December 1963 (1963-12-18) 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26)
Holt 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19)
McEwen 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)
Gorton 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) 5 February 1971 (1971-02-05)
32 Doug Anthony 5 February 1971 (1971-02-05) 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) 1 year, 270 days
McMahon 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)
33 Gough Whitlam1   Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 14 days
34 Jim Cairns Minister for Overseas Trade 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 11 December 1974 (1974-12-11) 1 year, 357 days
35 Frank Crean 11 December 1974 (1974-12-11) 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 335 days
n/a Doug Anthony   National Country Fraser 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) 7 years, 120 days
Minister for Trade and Resources 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) 16 October 1982
  National 16 October 1982 11 March 1983
36 Lionel Bowen   Labor Hawke Minister for Trade 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 1 year, 277 days
37 John Dawkins 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 2 years, 223 days
38 Michael Duffy Minister for Trade Negotiations 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 2 years, 254 days
39 Neal Blewett 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 1 February 1991 (1991-02-01) 1 year, 267 days
Minister for Trade and Overseas Development 1 February 1991 (1991-02-01) 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
Keating 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)
40 John Kerin 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 1 year, 87 days
41 Peter Cook Minister for Trade 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 30 January 1994 (1994-01-30) 312 days
42 Bob McMullan 30 January 1994 (1994-01-30) 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 2 years, 41 days
43 Tim Fischer   National Howard 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 20 July 1999 (1999-07-20) 3 years, 131 days
44 Mark Vaile 20 July 1999 (1999-07-20) 29 September 2006 (2006-09-29) 7 years, 71 days
45 Warren Truss 29 September 2006 (2006-09-29) 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 1 year, 65 days
46 Simon Crean   Labor Rudd 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 2 years, 207 days
Gillard 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)
47 Stephen Smith 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) 78 days
48 Craig Emerson 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) 5 March 2012 (2012-03-05) 2 years, 286 days
Minister for Trade and Competitiveness 5 March 2012 (2012-03-05) 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27)
49 Richard Marles Rudd Minister for Trade 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 83 days
50 Andrew Robb   Liberal Abbott Minister for Trade and Investment 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) 15 September 2015 2 years, 153 days
Turnbull 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)
51 Steven Ciobo 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 2 years, 191 days
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
52 Simon Birmingham Morrison 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 2 years, 116 days
53 Dan Tehan 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 1 year, 152 days
54 Don Farrell   Labor Albanese Minister for Trade and Tourism 1 June 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 202 days

Notes

1 Whitlam was part of a two-man ministry that comprised just Gough Whitlam and Lance Barnard for fourteen days, until the full ministry was announced.

List of ministers for tourism

Since 1966, Australia had ministers responsible for tourism under various titles. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Tourism, or any of its precedent titles:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Don Chipp   Liberal Holt Minister in charge of Tourist Activities 14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) 1 year, 76 days
McEwen 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)
Gorton 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28)
2 Reg Wright 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28) 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) 3 years, 92 days
McMahon 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) 31 May 1971 (1971-05-31)
3 Peter Howson 31 May 1971 (1971-05-31) 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) 1 year, 188 days
4 Frank Stewart   Labor Whitlam Minister for Tourism and Recreation 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 2 years, 327 days
5 Reg Withers   Liberal Fraser 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 41 days
6 John Brown   Labor Hawke Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 4 years, 282 days
Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) 18 December 1987 (1987-12-18)
7 Graham Richardson   Labor Hawke Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories 19 January 1988 (1988-01-19) 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 2 years, 75 days
8 Ros Kelly 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 1 year, 267 days
Keating 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)
9 Alan Griffiths Minister for Tourism 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 1 year, 87 days
10 Michael Lee 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 2 years, 353 days
11 John Moore   Liberal Howard Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) 1 year, 212 days
12 Andrew Thomson Minister for Sport and Tourism 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 1 year, 12 days
13 Jackie Kelly 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) 3 years, 36 days
14 Joe Hockey Minister for Small Business and Tourism 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) 2 years, 335 days
15 Fran Bailey 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 3 years, 38 days
16 Martin Ferguson   Labor Rudd Minister for Tourism 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 5 years, 112 days
Gillard 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 25 March 2013 (2013-03-25)
17 Gary Gray 25 March 2013 (2013-03-25) 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) 177 days
Rudd 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
18 Richard Colbeck   Liberal Turnbull Minister for Tourism and International Education 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 302 days
19 Steven Ciobo Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 2 years, 40 days
20 Simon Birmingham Morrison 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 2 years, 116 days
21 Dan Tehan 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 1 year, 152 days
22 Don Farrell   Labor Albanese Minister for Trade and Tourism 1 June 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 202 days

List of ministers assisting the minister for trade and investment

The following individuals have been appointed as minister assisting the minister for trade and investment, or its preceding titles:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Ian Sinclair   Country Holt Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Industry 14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) 4 years, 53 days
McEwen 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)
Gorton 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) 5 February 1971 (1971-02-05)
2 John Howard   Liberal Fraser Minister for Special Trade Negotiations 17 July 1977 (1977-07-17) 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) 156 days
3 Victor Garland Minister for Special Trade Representations 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) 8 December 1979 (1979-12-08) 1 year, 353 days
4 Douglas Scott   National Country Minister for Special Trade Representations
Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Resources 		8 December 1979 (1979-12-08) 19 August 1980 (1980-08-19) 255 days
5 Ian Sinclair Minister for Special Trade Representations 19 August 1980 (1980-08-19) 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03) 76 days
6 Tom McVeigh Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Resources 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03) 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) 2 years, 128 days
7 Richard Colbeck   Liberal Turnbull Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 302 days
8 Andrew Gee   Morrison National Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment 6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) 2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) 1 year, 146 days
9 David Gillespie 2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 325 days

List of parliamentary secretaries and assistant ministers for trade

The following individuals have been appointed as parliamentary secretary and assistant ministers for trade:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Stephen Martin   Labor Keating Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) 1 year, 87 days
2 David Brownhill   National Howard Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 2 years, 224 days
3 Larry Anthony 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) 20 July 1999 (1999-07-20) 272 days
4 De-Anne Kelly   National Howard Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade 7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) 1 year, 19 days
5 Bruce Billson   Liberal Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) 6 July 2005 (2005-07-06) 253 days
6 Sandy Macdonald   National Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade 6 July 2005 (2005-07-06) 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 205 days
(4) De-Anne Kelly 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) 29 September 2006 (2006-09-29) 245 days
7 John Murphy   Labor Rudd Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) 25 February 2009 (2009-02-25) 1 year, 84 days
8 Anthony Byrne Parliamentary Secretary for Trade 25 February 2009 (2009-02-25) 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 1 year, 201 days
Gillard 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)
9 Justine Elliot 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) 2 years, 143 days
10 Kelvin Thomson 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) 1 June 2013 (2013-06-01) 117 days
11 Steven Ciobo   Liberal Abbott Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Investment 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) 272 days
12 Keith Pitt   National Turnbull Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 1 year, 154 days
13 Luke Hartsuyker 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) 26 February 2018 (2018-02-26) 68 days
14 Mark Coulton 5 March 2018 (2018-03-05) 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 1 year, 345 days
Morrison Assistant Minister for Trade and Investment 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 6 February 2020 (2020-02-06)
15 Tim Ayres   Labor Albanese Assistant Minister for Trade 1 June 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 202 days

List of assistant ministers for regional tourism

The following individuals have been appointed as assistant minister for regional tourism:[3]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Jonathon Duniam   Liberal Morrison Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) 2 years, 359 days

References

  1. ^ "Ministers and Assistant Ministers". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia". www.pm.gov.au. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Ministries and Cabinets". 43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament. Parliament of Australia. 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2013.