The New South Wales Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts was a minister in the

Government of New South Wales The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Governmen ...

who had responsibility for administering legislation and policy in relation to that state's

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and labour laws and regulations,

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and the

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in the state of

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. The most recent dedicated Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts, from 3 July 2020 until 21 December 2021, was

Don Harwin Donald Thomas Harwin (born 5 July 1964) is an Australian politician. He was the New South Wales Special Minister of State and the Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs, and the Arts in the second Berejiklian ...

, who also held the additional portfolio title of

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, Up until the abolition of the portfolio, the Minister administered the portfolio through the Premier and Cabinet

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, in particular through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, a

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of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies including

Aboriginal Affairs NSW Aboriginal Affairs NSW (AANSW) is an agency of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in the Government of New South Wales. Aboriginal Affairs NSW is responsible for administering legislation in relation to the NSW Government policies that suppor ...

and

Create NSW Create NSW is a government agency of the Government of New South Wales, that falls within the Enterprise, Investment and Trade cluster. The agency was created on 1 April 2017 from an amalgamation of Arts NSW (ANSW) and Screen NSW. Create NSW is ...

. Ultimately the Minister was responsible to the

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List of ministers

Former ministerial titles

Public sector

Employee relations

Aboriginal Affairs

Arts

References

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