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Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education
Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education
	Incumbent; Steve Whan; since 28 September 2023
	Department of Education; TAFE NSW
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	John Fahey; (as the Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment)
Formation	24 July 1990

The New South Wales Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education is a minister in the New South Wales Government and has responsibilities that includes all schools and institutes of higher education in New South Wales, Australia.

The current minister, since 28 September 2023, is Steve Whan. The minister supports the Minister for Education and Early Learning, Prue Car.^[1]

Together, the ministers administer the portfolio through the Education cluster, in particular the Department of Education, TAFE NSW, and a range of other government agencies.

Ultimately, the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister for Skills and Training or any preceding titles:

Title	Minister		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment	John Fahey	Liberal	Grieiner (1) (2) Fahey (1)	24 July 1990	3 July 1992	1 year, 345 days
Minister for Employment and Training	Virginia Chadwick		Fahey (2)	3 July 1992	26 May 1993	2 years, 275 days
Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs	Virginia Chadwick		Fahey (3)	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	2 years, 275 days
Minister for Education and Training	John Aquilina	Labor	Carr (1) (2) (3)	4 April 1995	21 November 2001	6 years, 231 days
	John Watkins		Carr (3)	21 November 2001	2 April 2003	1 year, 132 days
	Andrew Refshauge		Carr (4)	2 April 2003	21 January 2005	1 year, 294 days
	Carmel Tebbutt		Carr (4) Iemma (1)	21 January 2005	2 April 2007	2 years, 71 days
	John Della Bosca		Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	8 September 2008	1 year, 159 days
	Verity Firth		Rees Keneally	8 September 2008	28 March 2011	2 years, 201 days

Minister for Skills	John Barilaro	National	Baird (2) Berejiklian (1)	2 April 2015	23 March 2019	3 years, 355 days
Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education	Geoff Lee	Liberal	Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	2 April 2019	21 December 2021	2 years, 263 days	^[2]
Minister for Skills and Training	Alister Henskens	Liberal	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	5 April 2023	1 year, 105 days	^[1]
Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education	Tim Crakanthorp	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	3 August 2023	120 days
	Prue Car			3 August 2023	28 September 2023	56 days
	Steve Whan			28 September 2023	incumbent	213 days

Assistant Ministers

Ministerial title	Minister	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Assistant Minister for Skills	Adam Marshall		National	Berejiklian (2)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days

References

^ ^a ^b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[Gazette_2021-12-21-1] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

[gazette-20190402-2] "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

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Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education

Incumbent Steve Whan since 28 September 2023 (2023-09-28)
Department of Education TAFE NSW
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	John Fahey (as the Minister for Further Education, Training and Employment)
Formation	24 July 1990

List of ministers

Assistant Ministers

See also

References