Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Australia)
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n Minister for Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs has been Jenny Macklin
since December 2007.
Government of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement among six self-governing British colonies, which became the six states...
n Minister for Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs has been Jenny Macklin
Jenny Macklin
Jennifer Louise Macklin , is an Australian politician. She is Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in the Gillard Ministry...
since December 2007.
Portfolio
The Minister administers her portfolio through the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Other portfolio bodies for which she is responsible are:- Australian Institute of Family StudiesAustralian Institute of Family StudiesThe Australian Institute of Family Studies is an Australian Government statutory agency in the portfolio of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. It is located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
- Social Security Appeals Tribunal
- Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Homelessness
- Community and Disability Services Ministers' Conference
- Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council
- Emergency Relief State Advisory Committees
- National Childcare Accreditation Council Inc.
- National Disability Advisory Council
- National Supported Accommodation Assistance ProgramSupported Accommodation Assistance ProgramThe Supported Accommodation Assistance Program is aimed at reducing homelessness in Australia. SAAP started in 1985 when Commonwealth and State/Territory funding programs were brought together. The object of the new arrangement was to grant financial assistance to the States to administer the SAAP...
(SAAP) Coordination and Development Committee (CAD) Representatives - National Supported Accommodation Assistance ProgramSupported Accommodation Assistance ProgramThe Supported Accommodation Assistance Program is aimed at reducing homelessness in Australia. SAAP started in 1985 when Commonwealth and State/Territory funding programs were brought together. The object of the new arrangement was to grant financial assistance to the States to administer the SAAP...
(SAAP) Information Sub Committee
Indigenous
- Office of Indigenous Policy CoordinationOffice of Indigenous Policy CoordinationThe Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination has been a division within the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs from 24 January 2006...
(OIPC)- Indigenous Coordination CentresIndigenous Coordination CentresIndigenous Coordination Centres or ICCs are regional offices of the Australian Government Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination.-External links:**...
- Indigenous Coordination Centres
- Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC)
- Torres Strait Regional AuthorityTorres Strait Regional AuthorityThe Torres Strait Regional Authority is an Australian Government body established to administer the Torres Strait Islands.The TSRA consists of 20 elected representatives....
(TSRA) - Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC)
- Office of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner
- Anindilyakawa Land Council
- Central Land CouncilCentral Land CouncilThe Central Land Council is an Indigenous Land Council that represents the indigenous people of the southern half of the Northern Territory of Australia, predominantly in land issues...
- Northern Land CouncilNorthern Land CouncilThe Northern Land Council is in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia. It has its origins in the struggle of Australian Aboriginal people for rights to fair wages and land. This included the strike and walk off by the Gurindji people at Wave Hill, cattle station in 1966. The head...
- Tiwi Land CouncilTiwi Land CouncilThe Tiwi Land Council was established following requests by the Tiwi people for recognition of their distinct geographic and cultural identity. These representations were a consequence of the which came into operation on 26 January 1977....
List of Ministers for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Grimes Don Grimes Donald James "Don" Grimes AO is an Australian former politician. He was a minister in the Labor government of Bob Hawke.-Biography:... |
Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1984–1987 | Minister for Community Services |
| Chris Hurford Chris Hurford Christopher John "Chris" Hurford, AO, was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives seat of Adelaide from 1969 to 1987... |
1987 | ||
| Neal Blewett Neal Blewett Neal Blewett, AC , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Bonython, South Australia from 1977 to 1994.-Education and academic career:... |
1987–1990 | Minister for Community Services and Health | |
| Brian Howe Brian Howe (politician) Brian Leslie Howe, AO , Australian politician, was Deputy Prime Minister in the Labor government of Paul Keating from 1991 to 1995.... |
1990–1991 | ||
| 1991–1993 | Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services | ||
| 1993 | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services | ||
| 1993–1994 | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services | ||
| Carmen Lawrence Carmen Lawrence Carmen Mary Lawrence is a retired Australian politician; a former Premier of Western Australia and the first woman to become Premier of a State of the Commonwealth of Australia.... |
1994–1996 | Minister for Human Services and Health | |
| Michael Wooldridge Michael Wooldridge Michael Richard Lewis Wooldridge is an Australian doctor, company director, and a former politician. He was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Liberal Party representing the Division of Chisholm, Victoria, between 1987 and 1996, and representing the Division of Casey,... |
Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1996–1998 | Minister for Health and Family Services |
| Jocelyn Newman Jocelyn Newman Jocelyn Margaret Newman was an Australian Senator for Tasmania for 15 years.Newman was born in Melbourne and was a Barrister and solicitor before entering Parliament. She married Kevin Newman in 1961. Her son Campbell Newman is the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.Newman was appointed to the Senate on 13... |
1998–2001 | Minister for Family and Community Services | |
| Amanda Vanstone Amanda Vanstone Amanda Eloise Vanstone is a former Australian politician and a former Ambassador to Italy. She was a Liberal Senator for South Australia from 1984 to 2007, and held several ministerial portfolios in the Howard Government. After her resignation from the Senate in 2007, she served as the Australian... |
2001–2003 | ||
| Kay Patterson Kay Patterson Kay Christine Lesley Patterson is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1987 to 2008, representing the state of Victoria.... |
2003–2006 | ||
| Mal Brough Mal Brough Malcolm Thomas "Mal" Brough is a former Australian politician and Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to November 2007, representing the Division of Longman, Queensland... |
2006–2007 | Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | |
| Jenny Macklin Jenny Macklin Jennifer Louise Macklin , is an Australian politician. She is Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in the Gillard Ministry... |
Labor Party | 2007– | Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
List of Ministers for Indigenous Affairs
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wentworth | Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1968–1971 | Minister in charge of Aboriginal Affairs under the Prime Minister |
| Peter Howson Peter Howson (Australian politician) Peter Howson, CMG was an Australian politician.-Biography:Howson was born in London, England in 1919 to Jessie and George Arthur Howson, and was educated at Stowe School and Trinity College, Cambridge... |
1971–1972 | Minister for the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts | |
| Gordon Bryant Gordon Bryant Gordon Munro Bryant was an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he represented the Division of Wills from 1955 until his retirement in 1980.... |
Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1972–1973 | Minister for Aboriginal Affairs |
| Jim Cavanagh | 1973–1975 | ||
| Les Johnson Les Johnson The Honourable Leslie Royston "Les" Johnson AM is a former Australian politician, minister and High Commissioner.In his mid-twenties, Les Johnson was elected as a Councillor for Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, where he served for five years.Johnson was elected for the Australian Labor Party as... |
1975 | ||
| Tom Drake-Brockman | Liberal Party | 1975 | |
| Ian Viner Ian Viner Robert Ian Viner AO is an Australian former politician. He was the Liberal Party of Australia member for the House of Representatives seat of Stirling from 1972 until his defeat by Ron Edwards in the 1983 election... |
1975–1978 | ||
| Fred Chaney Fred Chaney Frederick Michael Chaney, AO is a former Western Australian politician who, until April 2007, held the position of deputy chairman of the Australian Native Title Tribunal and is Chair of Desert Knowledge Australia and on the Board of Directors of Reconciliation Australia.Chaney was born in Perth,... |
1978–1980 | ||
| Peter Baume Peter Baume Peter Erne Baume, AC is a former Australian politician.Baume was born in Sydney, New South Wales and was educated at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney Grammar School. He married Jennifer Tucson 1958 and they have one son and one daughter... |
1980–1982 | ||
| Ian Wilson Ian Wilson (politician) Ian Bonython Cameron Wilson , solicitor, company director and Australian politician, was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Sir Keith Wilson, a prominent United Australia Party and Liberal Party politician... |
1982–1983 | ||
| Clyde Holding Clyde Holding Allan Clyde Holding Australian politician, was Leader of the Opposition in Victoria for ten years, and was later a federal minister.-Early life and education:... |
Labor Party | 1983–1987 | |
| Gerry Hand Gerry Hand Gerard Leslie Hand is a former Australian politician, who was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the seat of Melbourne... |
1987–1990 | ||
| Robert Tickner Robert Tickner Robert Edward Tickner is an Australian politician and public figure. He became Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Red Cross in February 2005.Tickner was born in Sydney and educated at the University of Sydney... |
1990–1991 | ||
| 1991–1996 | Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs | ||
| John Herron John Herron (Australian politician) Dr. John Joseph Herron , Australian politician, ambassador and surgeon, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1990 to 5 September 2002, representing Queensland. From 2002 to 2006 he was the Australian Ambassador to Ireland and the Holy See.Dr... |
Liberal Party | 1996–2001 | |
| Philip Ruddock Philip Ruddock Philip Maxwell Ruddock is an Australian politician who is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Berowra, New South Wales, for the Liberal Party of Australia... |
2001 | ||
| 2001–2003 | Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs | ||
| Amanda Vanstone Amanda Vanstone Amanda Eloise Vanstone is a former Australian politician and a former Ambassador to Italy. She was a Liberal Senator for South Australia from 1984 to 2007, and held several ministerial portfolios in the Howard Government. After her resignation from the Senate in 2007, she served as the Australian... |
2003–2006 | ||
| Mal Brough Mal Brough Malcolm Thomas "Mal" Brough is a former Australian politician and Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to November 2007, representing the Division of Longman, Queensland... |
2006–2007 | Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | |
| Jenny Macklin Jenny Macklin Jennifer Louise Macklin , is an Australian politician. She is Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in the Gillard Ministry... |
Labor Party | 2007– | Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |