The Assistant Treasurer of Australia is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with assisting the Treasurer with overseeing government revenue collection, federal expenditure and economic policy as the head of the Department of the Treasury. The current assistant treasurer is The Hon. Daniel Mulino MP, who was appointed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in May 2025 following the 2025 Australian federal election. Mulino also serves as Minister for Financial Services.
List of assistant treasurers The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Treasurer, or any precedent titles: Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office 1 Stanley Bruce UAP Lyons Assistant Treasurer 2 Richard Casey UAP Lyons Assistant Treasurer 3 Allan MacDonald UAP Lyons Minister Assisting the Treasurer Page 4 Percy Spender Menzies 5 Arthur Fadden Country Menzies Minister Assisting the Treasurer 6 Larry Anthony 7 Bert Lazzarini Labor Curtin Minister Assisting the Treasurer 8 Les Bury Liberal Menzies Minister Assisting the Treasurer 9 Jim Forbes Liberal Menzies Minister Assisting the Treasurer 10 Peter Howson Holt McEwen Gorton 11 Gordon Freeth 12 Reginald Swartz 13 Phillip Lynch McMahon 14 Andrew Peacock Liberal McMahon Minister Assisting the Treasurer 15 Victor Garland 16 Frank Stewart Labor Whitlam Minister assisting the Treasurer (15) Victor Garland Liberal Fraser Minister Assisting the Treasurer 17 Eric Robinson 18 Michael MacKellar Liberal Fraser Minister Assisting the Treasurer 19 Ian Macphee 20 Tony Messner 21 Chris Hurford Labor Hawke Minister Assisting the Treasurer 22 Clyde Holding 23 George Gear Labor Keating Assistant Treasurer 24 Jim Short Liberal Howard 25 Rod Kemp 26 Helen Coonan Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer 27 Mal Brough 28 Peter Dutton 29 Chris Bowen Labor Rudd Assistant TreasurerMinister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs 30 Nick Sherry Assistant Treasurer Gillard 31 Bill Shorten Assistant TreasurerMinister for Financial Services & Superannuation 32 Mark Arbib Assistant Treasurer days 33 David Bradbury Assistant TreasurerMinister Assisting for Financial Services & Superannuation Rudd 34 Arthur Sinodinos LiberalAbbott Assistant Treasurer 35 Josh Frydenberg 15 September 2015 Turnbull 36 Kelly O'Dwyer Minister for Revenue and Financial Services 37 Stuart RobertMorrison Assistant Treasurer 38 Michael Sukkar 39 Stephen Jones Labor Albanese Assistant TreasurerMinister for Financial Services 40 Daniel Mulino Incumbent
List of ministers for financial services
Former ministerial titles List of ministers for competition policy and consumer affairs The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (formerly the Trade Practices Act 1974) is administered by the Treasurer through the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, but was formerly administered by other ministers. The following individuals were appointed as ministers with responsibility for competition and consumer affairs matters:
Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office 1 Lionel Murphy Labor Whitlam Attorney-General 2 Clyde Cameron Labor Whitlam Minister for Science and Consumer Affairs days 3 Sir Bob CottonLiberal Fraser days 4 John Howard Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs 5 Wal Fife 6 Sir Victor Garland days 7 John Moore 8 Neil Brown days 9 Barry Cohen Labor Hawke Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment 10 Peter Staples Labor Hawke Minister for Consumer Affairs days 11 Nick Bolkus 12 Michael Tate Minister for Justice and Consumer Affairs Keating 13 Jeannette McHugh Minister for Consumer Affairs 14 Geoff Prosser Liberal Howard Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs 15 Chris Ellison Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs days 16 Warren Truss Nationals 17 Joe Hockey Liberal Minister for Financial Services and Regulation 18 Chris BowenLabor Rudd Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs 19 Craig Emerson Gillard (19) Craig Emerson Labor Gillard Minister for Trade and Competitiveness 20 David Bradbury Rudd Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs days
Assistant ministers The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, or preceding titles:
Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office 1 Brian Gibson Liberal Howard Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer 2 Ian Campbell (2) Ian Campbell Liberal Howard Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer 3 Ross Cameron 4 Chris Pearce 5 David Bradbury Labor Gillard Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer 6 Bernie Ripoll Rudd 7 Steven Ciobo Liberal Abbott 8 Kelly O'Dwyer 9 Alex Hawke Turnbull Assistant Minister to the Treasurer 10 Michael Sukkar Liberal Turnbull Assistant Minister to the Treasurer 11 Zed Seselja Morrison Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance 12 Jane Hume Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology 13 Andrew Leigh Labor Albanese Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury Incumbent
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