The New South Wales Special Minister of State is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for special administrative matters in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The portfolio was established in 1988 in first Greiner–Murray ministry as the Minister for Administrative Services, and after several reincarnations as the Special Minister of State, was abolished on 21 December 2021 when the second Perrottet ministry was established. The portfolio was reestablished in 2023 after the election of Chris Minns as Premier of New South Wales following the 2023 election.
The current Special Minister of Minister is John Graham who is also the Minister for Roads and the Night Time Economy.
The minister administers the portfolio through the Premier and Cabinet cluster, in particular through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies.
Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
List of ministers Special Minister of State The following individuals served as the Special Ministers of State, or any precedent titles: Title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes Minister for Administrative Services
Greiner (1) 25 March 1988 24 January 1989 24 January 1989 6 June 1991
Greiner (2) 6 June 1991 4 April 1995 Special Minister of State
Carr (3) (4)Iemma (1) 8 April 1999 17 February 2006 Special Minister of State
Rees 30 January 2009 4 December 2009 Keneally ministry 8 December 2009 28 March 2011
O'Farrell 3 April 2011 9 December 2013 O'FarrellBaird (1) 9 December 2013 2 April 2015 Special Minister of State
Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 Berejiklian (2) 2 April 2019 15 April 2020 Special Minister of State Berejiklian (2)Perrottet (1) 3 July 2020 Special Minister of State Minns 28 March 2023 incumbent
Former ministerial titles Federal Affairs
See also
List of New South Wales government agencies
References