Minister for Corrections (New South Wales)

Minister for Corrections
Minister for Corrections
	Incumbent; Anoulack Chanthivong; since 5 April 2023
	Department of Communities and Justice
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Bill Haigh (as the Minister for Corrective Services)
Formation	30 January 2017

The New South Wales Minister for Corrections is a minister of the Government of New South Wales who is commissioned with responsibility for the administration of correctional services, juvenile justice, and prisons in the state of New South Wales, Australia.^[1]^[2]

The current Minister for Corrections is Anoulack Chanthivong, since 5 April 2023. The minister administers the portfolio through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies.^[3]

Ultimately the minister is responsible to Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

Title	Minister ^[4]		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Corrective Services	Bill Haigh	Labor	19 October 1978	2 October 1981	2 years, 348 days
	Rex Jackson		2 October 1981	27 October 1983	2 years, 25 days
	Peter Anderson		27 October 1983	5 April 1984	161 days
	John Akister		5 April 1984	21 March 1988	3 years, 351 days
	Ray Aston	Liberal	25 March 1988	23 May 1988	63 days
	John Fahey		23 May 1988	8 June 1988	16 days
	Michael Yabsley		8 June 1988	6 June 1991	2 years, 363 days
Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services	Terry Griffiths		6 June 1991	28 June 1991	22 days

Minister for Corrective Services	Bob Debus	Labor	4 April 1995	12 January 2001	5 years, 283 days
	John Watkins		12 January 2001	21 November 2001	313 days
	Richard Amery		21 November 2001	2 April 2003	1 year, 132 days

Minister for Corrective Services	John Robertson	Labor	30 January 2009	4 December 2009	308 days
Minister for Corrective Services	Phil Costa	Labor	8 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 110 days

Minister for Corrections	David Elliott	Liberal	2 April 2015	23 March 2019	3 years, 355 days	^[5]^[4]
Minister for Counter Terrorism and Corrections	Anthony Roberts		2 April 2019	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	2 years, 263 days	^[6]
Minister for Corrections	Geoff Lee		21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	28 March 2023	3 years, 2 days	^[7] The minister administers the portfolio through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies.^[3]
Minister for Corrections	Anoulack Chanthivong	Labor	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 262 days

Former ministerial titles

Counter Terrorism

Title	Minister ^[4]		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Counter Terrorism Minister for Corrections	David Elliott	Liberal	30 January 2017	2 April 2019	2 years, 62 days
Minister for Counter Terrorism and Corrections	Anthony Roberts	Liberal	2 April 2019	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	2 years, 263 days	^[8]

Minister for Mental Health	Ryan Park	Labor	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	8 days
Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism	Yasmin Catley	Labor	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 262 days

Justice

Title	Minister ^[4]		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister of Justice and Public Instruction	George Allen MLA	None	9 December 1873	8 February 1875	1 year, 61 days	^[9]
	Joseph Docker MLC		9 February 1875	21 March 1877	2 years, 40 days	^[10]
	Francis Suttor MLA		22 March 1877	16 August 1877	147 days	^[11]
	John Lackey MLA		17 August 1877	17 December 1877	122 days	^[12]
	Joseph Leary MLA		18 December 1877	20 December 1878	1 year, 2 days	^[13]
	Francis Suttor		21 December 1878	30 April 1880	1 year, 131 days	^[11]
Minister of Justice	Francis Suttor		1 May 1880	10 August 1880	101 days
	Sir Joseph Innes		11 August 1880	13 October 1881	63 days
	William Foster		14 October 1881	4 January 1883	1 year, 82 days
	Henry Cohen		5 January 1883	6 October 1885	2 years, 274 days
	James Farnell		7 October 1885	9 October 1885	2 days
	Thomas Slattery		2 November 1885	21 December 1885	49 days
	Louis Heydon		22 December 1885	4 February 1886	44 days
	James Garvan	Protectionist	26 February 1886	19 January 1887	327 days
	William Clarke	Free Trade	20 January 1887	16 January 1889	1 year, 362 days
	Thomas Slattery	Protectionist	17 January 1889	7 March 1889	49 days
	Albert Gould	Free Trade	8 March 1889	22 October 1891	2 years, 228 days
	Richard O'Connor	Protectionist	23 October 1891	14 December 1893	2 years, 52 days
	Thomas Slattery	Protectionist	15 December 1893	2 August 1894	230 days
	Albert Gould	Free Trade	3 August 1894	15 August 1898	4 years, 12 days
	Charles Lee		17 August 1898	3 July 1899	320 days
	John Hughes		3 July 1899	13 September 1899	72 days
	William Wood	Protectionist	14 September 1899	9 April 1901	1 year, 207 days
	Robert Fitzgerald	Progressive	11 April 1901	16 July 1901	96 days
	Bernhard Wise ^[a]	Progressive	22 July 1901	14 June 1904	2 years, 328 days
	Thomas Waddell	Progressive	15 June 1904	29 August 1904	75 days
	Charles Wade	Liberal Reform	29 August 1904	20 December 1909	5 years, 113 days
	John Garland	Liberal Reform	21 December 1909	20 October 1910	303 days
	William Holman	Labor	21 October 1910	1 April 1912	1 year, 163 days
	David Hall	Labor	2 April 1912	15 November 1916	4 years, 227 days
	John Garland	Nationalist	15 November 1916	23 July 1919	2 years, 250 days
	Jack FitzGerald	Nationalist	23 July 1919	12 April 1920	264 days
	Edward McTiernan	Labor	12 April 1920	21 December 1920	253 days
	William McKell ^[b]	Labor	22 December 1920	10 October 1921	292 days	^[15]
	Thomas Bavin	Nationalist	20 December 1921	20 December 1921	7 hours
	William McKell	Labor	20 December 1921	13 April 1922	114 days
	Thomas Ley	Nationalist	13 April 1922	17 June 1925	3 years, 65 days
	William McKell	Labor	17 June 1925	7 June 1927	1 year, 355 days
	Andrew Lysaght	Labor	8 June 1927	18 October 1927	132 days
Minister for Justice	John Lee	Nationalist	18 October 1927	3 November 1930	3 years, 16 days
	Joseph Lamaro	Labor	4 November 1930	17 June 1931	225 days
	William McKell	Labor	17 June 1931	13 May 1932	331 days
	Sir Daniel Levy	United Australia	16 May 1932	17 June 1932	32 days
	Lewis Martin		18 June 1932	16 August 1939	7 years, 59 days
	Vernon Treatt		16 August 1939	16 May 1941	1 year, 273 days
	Reg Downing	Labor	19 May 1941	31 May 1960	19 years, 12 days
	Jack Mannix	Labor	31 May 1960	13 May 1965	4 years, 347 days
	John Maddison	Liberal	13 May 1965	11 May 1976	10 years, 364 days
	Ron Mulock	Labor	14 May 1976	19 October 1978	2 years, 158 days
	Frank Walker		19 October 1978	1 February 1983	4 years, 105 days
	Paul Landa		1 February 1983	5 April 1984	1 year, 64 days

Minister for Justice	Terry Griffiths ^[c]	Liberal	28 June 1991	23 September 1992	1 year, 87 days	^[4]
	Ted Pickering		23 September 1992	22 October 1992	29 days
	Wayne Merton		22 October 1992	26 May 1993	216 days
	John Hannaford		26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days

Minister for Justice	John Hatzistergos	Labor	2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days	^[4]
	Tony Kelly		3 August 2005	2 April 2007	1 year, 242 days
	John Hatzistergos		2 April 2007	30 January 2009	1 year, 303 days

Minister for Justice	Greg Smith	Liberal	3 April 2011	17 April 2014	3 years, 14 days	^[4]
Minister for Justice	Brad Hazzard	Liberal	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
Minister for Justice and Police	Troy Grant	National	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days

Youth Justice

Title	Minister		Term start	Term end	Time in office
Minister for Juvenile Justice	Carmel Tebbutt	Labor	8 April 1999	2 April 2003	3 years, 359 days
	Diane Beamer		2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days
	Tony Kelly		3 August 2005	2 April 2007	1 year, 242 days
	John Hatzistergos		2 April 2007	11 April 2007	9 days
	Barbara Perry		11 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 147 days
	Graham West		8 September 2008	5 June 2010	1 year, 270 days
	Barbara Perry		5 June 2010	28 March 2011	296 days

Minister for Mental Health	Ryan Park	Labor	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	8 days
Minister for Youth Justice	Jihad Dib	Labor	5 April 2023	present	1 year, 262 days

Notes

^ Bernhard Wise was the Attorney General and took on the additional responsibilities following the electoral defeat of Robert Fitzgerald.
^ William McKell was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio to be Assistant Minister of Justice from 12 April 1920,^[14] and appointed Minister on 22 December 1920.
^ Known for 22 days as the Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services.

References

^ Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ Sas, Nick (31 March 2019). "Gladys Berejiklian says Liberal Party has no women problem as re-elected NSW Premier shuffles Cabinet". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
^ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^ "Sir George Wigram Allen (1824-1885)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Mr Joseph Docker (1802–1884)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor (1839-1915)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Sir John Lackey (1830-1903)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ "Mr Joseph Leary (1831-1881)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
^ "Appointment of Assistant Minister of Justice (73)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 12 April 1920. p. 2286. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Trove.
^ "Appointment of Minister of Justice (218)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 31 December 1920. p. 7685. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Trove.

[14] Bernhard Wise was the Attorney General and took on the additional responsibilities following the electoral defeat of Robert Fitzgerald.

[Justice-16] William McKell was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio to be Assistant Minister of Justice from 12 April 1920,^[14] and appointed Minister on 22 December 1920.

[18] Known for 22 days as the Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services.

[1] Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[2] "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[gazette-20190402admin-3] "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

[Ministries-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

[ABC-2019-03-31-5] Sas, Nick (31 March 2019). "Gladys Berejiklian says Liberal Party has no women problem as re-elected NSW Premier shuffles Cabinet". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[gazette-20190402-6] "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[Gazette_2021-12-21-7] "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

[Minister_for_Police_and_Counter-terrorism_gazette-20190402admin-8] "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

[Minister_for_Youth_Justice_(New_South_Wales)_George_Wigram_Allen_NSW_Parl-9] "Sir George Wigram Allen (1824-1885)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[Minister_for_Youth_Justice_(New_South_Wales)_Joseph_Docker_NSW_parl-10] "Mr Joseph Docker (1802–1884)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[Francis_Suttor_NSW_parl-11] "Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor (1839-1915)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Minister_for_Youth_Justice_(New_South_Wales)_John_Lackey_NSW_parl-12] "Sir John Lackey (1830-1903)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

[Minister_for_Youth_Justice_(New_South_Wales)_Joseph_Leary_NSW_parl-13] "Mr Joseph Leary (1831-1881)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[15] "Appointment of Assistant Minister of Justice (73)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 12 April 1920. p. 2286. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Trove.

[17] "Appointment of Minister of Justice (218)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 31 December 1920. p. 7685. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Trove.

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