The Science, Innovation and Technology is a minister in the

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and has responsibilities that includes all schools and institutes of higher education in

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. The current minister, since 21 December 2021, is

Alister Henskens Alister Andrew Henskens (born 30 December 1963) is an Australian politician. He has served as the New South Wales Minister for Skills and Training, the Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, and the Leader of the House in the Legis ...

. The minister supports the Minister for Enterprise,

Stuart Ayres Stuart Laurence Ayres (born 24 November 1980) is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 19 June 2010, representing the electorate of Penrith as a member of the Liberal Party. He also se ...

. The ministers manages the portfolio through the Enterprise, Investment and Trade cluster. Ultimately, the ministers are responsible to the

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. There have previously been ministers responsible for

Science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

Innovation Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a new or changed entity ...

and

Technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

, however the combined ministry was first created in December 2021 in the

second Perrottet ministry The Second Perrottet ministry or Second Perrottet–Toole ministry is the 99th ministry of the Government of New South Wales, and is led by Dominic Perrottet, the state's 46th Premier. The Liberal–National coalition ministry was formed on 21 ...

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as the Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, or any precedent titles:

Former ministerial titles

Science

Innovation

Technology

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