Minister_for_Human_Services

Minister for Human Services (Australia)

The position of Minister for Human Services within Australian politics is currently held by Joe Ludwig. The Minister is responsible for a number of welfare agencies and administers his portfolio through the Department of Human Services and its component bodies:

Australian social services ministers

There was a Minister for Social Services or Social Security continuously from 1939 to 1998, when service delivery was partially privatised and residual functions were transferred to the Minister for Finance and Administration. In 2004, the position of Minister for Human Services was recreated to handle the residual functions.

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial Title
Frederick Harold Stewart	United Australia Party	1939–1941	Minister for Social Services
Ted Holloway	Australian Labor Party	1941–1943
James Fraser	Australian Labor Party	1943–1946
Nicholas McKenna	Australian Labor Party	1946–1949
William Spooner	Liberal Party	1949–1951
Athol Townley	Liberal Party	1951–1954
William McMahon	Liberal Party	1954–1956
Hugh Roberton	Country Party	1956–1965
Reginald Swartz	Liberal Party	1965
Ian Sinclair	Country Party	1965–1968
Bill Wentworth	Liberal Party	1968–1972
Bill Hayden	Australian Labor Party	1972–1975	Minister for Social Security
John Wheeldon	Australian Labor Party	1975
Don Chipp	Liberal Party	1975
Margaret Guilfoyle	Liberal Party	1975–1980
Fred Chaney	Liberal Party	1980–1983
Don Grimes	Australian Labor Party	1983–1984
Brian Howe	Australian Labor Party	1984–1990
Graham Richardson	Australian Labor Party	1990–1991
Neal Blewett	Australian Labor Party	1991–1993
Peter Baldwin	Australian Labor Party	1993–1996
Jocelyn Newman	Liberal Party	1996–1998
Joe Hockey	Liberal Party	2004–2007	Minister for Human Services
Ian Campbell	Liberal Party	2007
Chris Ellison	Liberal Party	2007
Joe Ludwig	Australian Labor Party	2007–

External links

Minister's website