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List Of New South Wales Government Agencies
The New South Wales Government (NSW Government) is made up of a number of departments, state-owned corporations and other agencies. The NSW Public Service is organised under the ''Government Sector Employment Act 2013'', with public bodies organised under various legislation. In 2009, most of the 100+ government organisations were restructured into 13 'super agencies' or clusters. This number was subsequently reduced to ten clusters in 2013; and in July 2019 following the 2019 state election, it was further reduced to eight clusters. A new cluster for Regional NSW was created in April 2020, increasing to nine clusters; and a further cluster, Enterprise, Investment and Trade, established on 21 December 2021, in the second Perrottet ministry. Agency types The executive government is made up of: * ministerial departments, which are the lead agencies in each cluster * executive agencies, which are agencies related to departments * separate agencies, which operate independentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales Government Logo
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Chris Minns
Christopher John Minns (born 17 September 1979) is an Australian politician serving as the 47th and current premier of New South Wales since March 2023. He has been the leader of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2021 and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Kogarah since 2015. He was previously the deputy mayor of Hurstville from 2007 to 2008. Minns was first elected at the 2015 New South Wales state election, and was elected unopposed as leader of the Labor Party in the leadership election of June 2021, following the resignation of Jodi McKay. He led the party to victory at the 2023 state election. Early and personal life Minns was raised in the St George region of Sydney in the suburb of Penshurst. He studied at Marist College Kogarah. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New England in Armidale and attended Princeton University in the United States where he was awarded a Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Harrison
Jodie Elizabeth Harrison (born 1968) is an Australian politician who has represented the Charlestown Electorate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party since 25 October 2014, when she was elected in a by-election. Personal life Harrison was born in 1968 and is the eldest child of Clive Harrison and Elizabeth Denning. In 1973 her brother Todd Harrison was born. Harrison spent her formative years growing up in south-western suburbs of Sydney. Harrison moved to the Lake Macquarie region in the early 1990s after Harrison's parents bought a small business in Lake Macquarie. Early career Harrison worked at Newcastle City Council from 1993 until 2007 in various roles encompassing organisational change management, organisational performance and governance. Harrison was the inaugural chairperson of Newcastle City Council's Women's Committee established in the mid-1990s. Harrison was employed as a Recruitment Officer by the United Services Union (USU) from 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Women (New South Wales)
The Minister for Women is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for women's issues in New South Wales, Australia. There had been a Women’s Co-ordination Unit and a Women’s Advisory Council since at least 1977 for which the Premier and later the Minister for Families and Communities had been responsible. In 1993 in the third Fahey ministry these functions were brought together in a portfolio aimed at changing the portrayal of women, improving their status at home, at work and in the community, and reducing violence against women. From the first Carr ministry it was renamed Minister for Women. A separate portfolio of Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault was created in the second Baird ministry. The portfolio became part of the portfolio of Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women in the second Berejiklian ministry and returned as stane alone portfolio in the second Perrottet ministry. The current minister, since 5 April 2023, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cabinet Office (New South Wales)
The Cabinet Office of New South Wales is an agency of the NSW Government. It was initially established on 14 June 1988 until its abolishment in 2007 with the primary purpose of providing policy advice to the Premier and the state Cabinet. Its role extended to coordinating government policies across various departments, addressing issues of political sensitivity such as greenhouse gas emissions, alcohol misuse, and illicit drugs. Roger Wilkins served as the last Director General, resigning in 2006, leading to a significant reevaluation of government administration. Following Wilkins' departure, a review conducted by Dr Michael Vertigan AC and Nigel Stokes, known as the "Vertigan Report" or formally the "New South Wales audit of expenditure and assets report," recommended structural changes. In 2007, the Cabinet Office merged with the Premier's Department to form the New South Wales Department of Premier and Cabinet. The office was reestablished in 2023 following the election of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harris (Australian Politician)
David Robert Harris (born 24 February 1966) is an Australian politician. He has served as the New South Wales Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, Gaming and Racing, Veterans, Medical Research and the Central Coast since April 2023. He has been a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2015, representing the electorate of Wyong. He previously represented the same electorate from 2007 to 2011. Personal life and early career Harris is one of three children and grew up in Greenacre in Sydney. His parents later moved to the New South Wales Central Coast. Harris attended Woy Woy South Public School and Woy Woy High School, where became school captain. In 1987, Harris joined the Umina branch of the Labor Party, eventually becoming the president of the Wyong branch, and then secretary of Dobell Federal Electoral Council. Harris gained a Diploma of Teaching and began work in the public school system, starting his career at Griffith Public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anoulack Chanthivong
Anoulack Chanthivong (born 20 July 1977) is an Australian politician who was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Macquarie Fields for the Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election. Chanthivong was born in Laos and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Raby. He was a Campbelltown City Councillor and was mayor from 2011 to 2012. On 11 June 2021, Chanthivong was appointed to the Minns Shadow Ministry, under the portfolios of Finance, Industry & Trade. After the 2023 New South Wales state election, Chanthivong was sworn into the Minns ministry as Minister for Building, Corrections In criminal justice, particularly in North America, correction, corrections, and correctional, are umbrella terms describing a variety of functions typically carried out by government agencies, and involving the punishment, treatment, and s ..., Innovation, Science, Technology, Better Regulation, Fair Trading, Industry and Trade. References &nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Jackson
Rose Butler Jackson is an Australian Labor Party politician serving as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 8 May 2019. Since 5 April 2023, she has been serving in the Minns ministry as Minister for Water, Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness, Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Youth, and Minister for the North Coast. She is the former Assistant General Secretary of NSW Labor. Jackson is a former Secretary of the New South Wales Labor Left faction and associated with the majority hard-left subfaction within Labor Left. As a member of the NSW Labor Parliamentary Caucus, Jackson has called on the party to implement drug law reform including the legalisation of cannabis. Jackson has also called for strong industrial relations reform, like criminalising wage theft, and criminal justice reform in NSW. Early life and education Jackson is the daughter of the late Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist Liz Jackson and film maker Martin Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Houssos
Courtney Houssos is an Australian politician. She has been a Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since the 2015 New South Wales state election, 2015 state election. She is currently Minister for Finance (New South Wales), Minister for Finance, Minister for Domestic Manufacturing and Government Procurement, Domestic Manufacturing and Government Procurement and Minister for Natural Resources (New South Wales), Natural Resources in the Minns ministry, Minns government. Houssos was born Courtney Roche in Forster, New South Wales. She was educated at Great Lakes College, Forster High School. She later studied for a Bachelor of Arts in international relations at the University of New South Wales, where she met her future husband, George Houssos. At university, she entered student politics as a member of the student representative council protesting against university fee reform, and continued in politics as the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Moriarty
Tara Elizabeth Moriarty is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2019, representing the New South Wales Labor Party, Australian Labor Party. Moriarty was Chair of Club Plus Superannuation and Secretary/President of the Liquor and Hospitality Division of UV prior to her election. She has been Senior Vice President of NSW Labor and a member of the ALP National Executive. Upon her election in 2019, Moriarty was immediately appointed to the shadow Ministry of Jodi McKay, shadow ministry, serving as the Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Crown Lands. She served in this role until Jodi McKay was replaced as Leader by Chris Minns in 2021. In 2021, she was appointed Shadow Minister for Corrections, Juvenile Justice and Medical Research in the shadow Ministry of Chris Minns. Following Labor's victory in the 2023 New South Wales state election, Moriarty was appointed Minister for Agriculture, Regional New South Wales and Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jihad Dib
Jihad Dib (born 1973) is an Australian politician. Early life and career Dib was born in Lebanon and migrated to Australia with his family when he was two years old. He began his career as a teacher at Ulladulla High School. He was principal of Punchbowl Boys High School from 2007 to 2014 and is acknowledged for changing a tough school into a respected community facility. He had previously served on the Australia Day Council of New South Wales, the New South Wales Police Commissioner's Advisory Panel and the Special Broadcasting Service, SBS Community Advisory Committee, and was awarded a Pride of Australia award in 2013. Political career Dib was elected at the 2015 New South Wales state election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly as the member for Electoral district of Lakemba, Lakemba representing the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party. He was the only Muslim MP to represent the Lakemba seat which had the highest proport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasmin Catley
Yasmin Maree Catley is an Australian politician who is the New South Wales Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism and Regional minister (New South Wales)#Hunter, Minister for the Hunter since 2023. She was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Electoral district of Swansea, Swansea for the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election. Formerly a librarian with the City of Lake Macquarie, Lake Macquarie City Council, she has worked in the offices of Federal Labor MPs Greg Combet and Anthony Albanese. She is married to Robert Coombs (politician), Robert Coombs who himself served as the member for Swansea from 2007 to 2011. Catley succeeded Peter Primrose as Shadow Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation in the Shadow Ministry of Luke Foley, shadow ministry of Luke Foley in March 2016. From June 2019 to May 2021, Catley was Deputy Leader of the ALP and hence Deputy Leader of the Opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |