New South Wales Minister For Corrections
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.
| Minister for Corrections | |
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| 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 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.
Ultimately the minister is responsible to Parliament of New South Wales.
List of ministers
| Title | Minister | Party | 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 | |||
| Phil Costa | 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 | |||
| Minister for Counter Terrorism and Corrections | Anthony Roberts | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days | ||||
| Minister for Corrections | Geoff Lee | 21 December 2021 | 28 March 2023 | 2 years, 119 days | 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. | |||
| Anoulack Chanthivong | Labor | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 13 days | ||||
Former ministerial titles
| Title | Minister | Party | 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 | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days | ||||
| Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism | Yasmin Catley | Labor | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 13 days | |||
Justice
| Title | Minister | Party | 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 | ||
| Joseph Docker MLC | 9 February 1875 | 21 March 1877 | 2 years, 40 days | ||||
| Francis Suttor MLA | 22 March 1877 | 16 August 1877 | 147 days | ||||
| John Lackey MLA | 17 August 1877 | 17 December 1877 | 122 days | ||||
| Joseph Leary MLA | 18 December 1877 | 20 December 1878 | 1 year, 2 days | ||||
| Francis Suttor | 21 December 1878 | 30 April 1880 | 1 year, 131 days | ||||
| Minister of Justice | 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 | 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 | 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 | 21 December 1909 | 20 October 1910 | 303 days | ||||
| William Holman | Labor | 21 October 1910 | 1 April 1912 | 1 year, 163 days | |||
| David Hall | 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 | 23 July 1919 | 12 April 1920 | 264 days | ||||
| Edward McTiernan | Labor | 12 April 1920 | 21 December 1920 | 253 days | |||
| William McKell | 22 December 1920 | 10 October 1921 | 292 days | ||||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Liberal | 28 June 1991 | 23 September 1992 | 1 year, 87 days | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Brad Hazzard | 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 | Party | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Youth Justice | Jihad Dib | Labor | 5 April 2023 | present | 1 year, 13 days | |||
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