In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Education administers the Department of Education. The position is held by Labor MP Jason Clare, following the Australian federal election in 2022.
Portfolio scope The Minister is responsible for a number of areas, including:(Part 6, p14)
Education policy and programs including schools, vocational, higher education and Indigenous education, but excluding migrant adult education Education and training transitions policy and programs Science awareness programs in schools Training, including apprenticeships and training services Policy, co-ordination and support for education exports and services Income support policies and programs for students and apprentices
List of ministers for education The persons who have been Ministers for Education are as follows:
Order Minister Party Prime Minister Title Term start Term end Term in office 1 John Gorton Liberal MenziesMinister in charge of Commonwealth Activities in Education and Research under the Prime Minister Holt Minister for Education and Science McEwen Gorton 2 Malcolm Fraser 3 Nigel Bowen McMahon 4 David Fairbairn days acting Malcolm Fraser 5 Gough Whitlam Labor Whitlam days 6 Kim Beazley, Snr. Minister for Education 7 Margaret Guilfoyle Liberal Fraser days 8 John Carrick 9 Wal Fife 10 Peter Baume days 11 Susan Ryan Labor Hawke Minister for Education and Youth Affairs Minister for Education 12 John Dawkins Minister for Employment, Education and Training Keating 13 Kim Beazley 14 Simon Crean 15 Amanda Vanstone Liberal Howard Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs 16 David Kemp Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs 17 Brendan NelsonMinister for Education, Science and Training 18 Julie Bishop 19 Julia Gillard Labor Rudd Minister for Education 24 June 2010 Gillard 24 June 2010 n/a Simon Crean days 20 Peter Garrett Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 21 Bill Shorten Rudd Minister for Education days 22 Christopher Pyne Liberal Abbott Minister for Education and Training Turnbull 23 Simon Birmingham Morrison 24 Dan Tehan Minister for Education 25 Alan TudgeMinister for Education and Youth (acting) Stuart Robert 26 Jason Clare Labor Albanese Minister for Education Incumbent
Notes Whitlam was part of a two-man ministry comprising himself and Lance Barnard for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned. Despite the First Rudd Ministry ending on 24 June 2010, Gillard was Minister for Education for four days in her first ministry, between 24 June and 28 June 2010, when the revised ministry was commissioned.
List of ministers for vocational education and skills
Former ministerial titles List of junior ministers for education The persons who have been junior Ministers in the Education portfolio are: Order Minister Party affiliation Prime Minister Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office 1 Peter Baldwin Labor Hawke Minister for Higher Education and Employment Services Keating 2 Sharon Bird Labor Gillard Minister for Higher Education and Skills 3 Kim Carr Rudd Minister for Higher Education 4 Sussan Ley Liberal Abbott Assistant Minister for Education 5 Simon Birmingham Assistant Minister for Education and Training Turnbull 6 Richard Colbeck Minister for Tourism and International Education 7 Andrew Gee National Morrison Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education 8 Bridget McKenzie Minister for Regionalisation, Regional Communications and Regional Education
List of assistant ministers The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Education, or any of its precedent titles:
Order Minister Party affiliation Prime Minister Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office 1 Anthony Chisholm Labor Albanese Assistant Minister for Education 2 Julian Hill Assistant Minister for International Education Incumbent
See also Minister for Education and Early Learning (New South Wales) Minister for Education (Victoria) Minister for Education (Western Australia) Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education
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