Minister for Technology (New South Wales)

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Minister for Technology
Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg
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Inaugural minister Pat Hills
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderPat Hills
Formation19 October 1978

The Minister for Technology was a minister in the New South Wales Government that was responsible for assessing the impact of technological change on employment opportunities and the general structure of industry, and monitor and advise the role of science and technology on government policies.[1]

Technology returned to the portfolio level in December 2021 as part of the responsibilities of the Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, Alister Henskens.[2]

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister where Technology was one of the responsibilities in the portfolio:

Title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Technology Pat Hills   Labor Wran (2) 19 October 1978 29 February 1980 1 year, 133 days [3]
Ron Mulock Wran (3) 29 February 1980 2 October 1981 1 year, 216 days [4]
Pat Hills Wran (4) (5) 2 October 1981 10 February 1984 2 years, 131 days [3]
Minister for Small Business and Technology George Paciullo Wran (6) 10 February 1984 5 April 1984 55 days [5]
Eric Bedford Wran (7) 5 April 1984 31 December 1985 1 year, 270 days [6]
Neville Wran 1 January 1986 6 February 1986 36 days [7]
Minister for Energy and Technology Peter Cox Wran (8)
Unsworth 		6 February 1986 26 November 1987 1 year, 293 days [8]
Minister for Information Technology Kim Yeadon   Labor Carr (2) (3) 1 December 1997 2 April 2003 5 years, 122 days [9]
Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology Alister Henskens   Liberal Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 incumbent 2 years, 11 days [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PFO-65 Technology". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 19 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. ^ a b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "The Hon. Patrick Darcy Hills (1917-1992)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ^ "The Hon. Ronald Joseph Mulock". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. ^ "The Hon. George Paciullo (1934 - 2012)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ "The Hon. Eric Lance Bedford (1928–2006)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  7. ^ "The Hon. Neville Kenneth Wran (1926–2014)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. ^ "The Hon. Peter Francis Cox (1925-2008)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  9. ^ "The Hon. (Kim) Kimberley Maxwell Kim Yeadon (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
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