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The Minns ministry is the 100th ministry of the Government of New South Wales, led by Chris Minns, the state's 47th premier following his party's victory in the 2023 state election.^[1]

Ministry

The full ministry was announced on 4 April 2023 and was sworn in the following day on 5 April.^[2]^[3] All Ministers are members of the New South Wales Labor Party.

Current composition

Portrait		Portfolio	Took office	Left office	Duration of tenure	Electorate
	Chris Minns MP	Premier	28 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 32 days	Kogarah
	Prue Car MP	Deputy Premier Minister for Education and Early Learning Minister for Western Sydney	28 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 32 days	Londonderry
	Prue Car MP	Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education	3 August 2023	28 September 2023	56 days	Londonderry
	Penny Sharpe MLC	Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council Minister for the Environment Minister for Climate Change Minister for Energy Minister for Heritage	28 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 32 days	Legislative Council
	John Graham MLC	Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council Special Minister of State Minister for Roads Minister for the Arts Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy Minister for Jobs and Tourism	28 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 32 days	Legislative Council
	Daniel Mookhey MLC	Treasurer	28 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 32 days	Legislative Council
	Ryan Park MP	Minister for Health Minister for Regional Health Minister for the Illawarra and South Coast	28 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 32 days	Keira
	Jo Haylen MP	Minister for Transport	28 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 32 days	Summer Hill
	Paul Scully MP	Minister for Planning and Public Spaces	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Wollongong
	Sophie Cotsis MP	Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Work Health and Safety	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Canterbury
	Yasmin Catley MP	Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Swansea
	Yasmin Catley MP	Minister for the Hunter	3 August 2023	Incumbent	270 days	Swansea
	Jihad Dib MP	Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government Minister for Emergency Services Minister for Youth Justice	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Bankstown
	Kate Washington MP	Minister for Families and Communities Minister for Disability Inclusion	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Port Stephens
	Michael Daley MP	Attorney-General	28 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 32 days	Maroubra
	Tara Moriarty MLC	Minister for Agriculture Minister for Regional New South Wales Minister for Western New South Wales	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Legislative Council
	Ron Hoenig MP	Leader of the House Vice-President of the Executive Council Minister for Local Government	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Heffron
	Courtney Houssos MLC	Minister for Finance Minister for Natural Resources	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Legislative Council
	Courtney Houssos MLC	Minister for Domestic Manufacturing and Government Procurement	28 September 2023	Incumbent	214 days	Legislative Council
	Steve Kamper MP	Minister for Small Business Minister for Lands and Property Minister for Multiculturalism Minister for Sport	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Rockdale
	Rose Jackson MLC	Minister for Water Minister for Housing Minister for Homelessness Minister for Mental Health Minister for Youth Minister for the North Coast	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Legislative Council
	Anoulack Chanthivong MP	Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading Minister for Industry and Trade Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology Minister for Building Minister for Corrections	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Macquarie Fields
	David Harris MP	Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty Minister for Gaming and Racing Minister for Veterans Minister for Medical Research Minister for the Central Coast	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Wyong
	Jodie Harrison MP	Minister for Women Minister for Seniors Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Charlestown
	Jenny Aitchison MP	Minister for Regional Transport and Roads	5 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 24 days	Maitland
	Steve Whan MP	Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education	28 September 2023	Incumbent	214 days	Monaro
Former Ministers
	Tim Crakanthorp MP	Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education Minister for the Hunter	5 April 2023	3 August 2023	120 days	Newcastle

Parliamentary Secretaries

Parliamentary Secretaries were announced on 26 April 2023.^[4] All Parliamentary Secretaries are members of the New South Wales Labor Party.

	Portfolio	Took office	Left office	Duration of tenure	Electorate
Julia Finn MP	Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Granville
Greg Warren MP	Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Premier Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Early Learning Parliamentary Secretary for Western Sydney	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Campbelltown
Trish Doyle MP	Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change Parliamentary Secretary for Energy Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Parliamentary Secretary for Heritage	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Blue Mountains
Hugh McDermott MP	Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Prospect
David Mehan MP	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	The Entrance
Michael Holland MP	Parliamentary Secretary for Health Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Health	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Bega
Marjorie O'Neill MP	Parliamentary Secretary for Transport	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Coogee
Stephen Bali MP	Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Public Spaces	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Blacktown
Mark Buttigieg MLC	Parliamentary Secretary for Industrial Relations Parliamentary Secretary for Work Health and Safety Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Legislative Council
Edmond Atalla MP	Parliamentary Secretary for Police and Counter-terrorism	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Mount Druitt
Liesl Tesch MP	Parliamentary Secretary for Families and Communities Parliamentary Secretary for Disability Inclusion	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Gosford
Anna Watson MP	Parliamentary Secretary for Roads Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Transport and Roads	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Shellharbour
Anthony D'Adam MLC	Parliamentary Secretary for Customer Service and Digital Government Parliamentary Secretary for Emergency Services Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Justice	26 April 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 3 days	Legislative Council
Janelle Saffin MP	Parliamentary Secretary for Disaster Recovery	9 August 2023	Incumbent	264 days	Lismore

Interim composition

The interim ministry was sworn in on 28 March 2023.^[5] The interim ministry also covered other portfolio responsibilities until the finalised ministry was sworn in.

The interim composition consisted of the following ministers:^[6]^[7]^[8]

Office	Additional interim portfolios	Minister
Premier	None	Chris Minns MP
Deputy Premier Minister for Education and Early Learning	Skills and TAFE Tertiary Education Western Sydney Youth	Prue Car MP
Minister for the Environment Minister for Heritage Vice-President of the Executive Council Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council	Energy and Climate Change Natural Resources Water Housing and Homelessness Family and Community Services Disability Inclusion Women Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault	Penny Sharpe MLC
Special Minister of State Minister for Roads Minister for the Arts Minister for Night-time Economy and Music Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council	Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty Emergency Services Regional NSW Western NSW Agriculture Regional Transport and Roads Tourism Multiculturalism Hunter North Coast	John Graham MLC
Treasurer Minister for the Gig Economy	Planning and Public Spaces Industrial Relations Work Health and Safety Finance Small Business Industry and Trade Jobs and Investment	Daniel Mookhey MLC
Minister for Health and Regional Health Minister for Mental Health Minister for the Illawarra and South Coast	Police Counter Terrorism Corrections Juvenile Justice Local Government Medical Research	Ryan Park MP
Minister for Transport	Infrastructure and Cities Customer Service Digital Better Regulation and Innovation Hospitality and Racing Property Lands Seniors Veterans Sport Central Coast	Jo Haylen MP
Attorney-General	None	Michael Daley MP

References

^ McGowan, Michael; Rose, Tamsin (25 March 2023). "'Back and ready': Chris Minns leads Labor to power after 12 years in opposition at historic 2023 NSW election". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
^ Cormack, Lucy (4 April 2023). "Female firsts in new Labor cabinet, where half the ministers will be women". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (161)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 5 April 2023.
^ "Minns Labor Government Parliamentary Secretaries announced". nsw.gov.au. Department of Premier and Cabinet. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (142)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 28 March 2023.
^ "Ministers". www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ Rabe, Tom (26 March 2023). "'The work starts today': Minns, senior MPs meet to tackle Labor's urgent priorities". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "A Fresh Start for NSW as Minns Government interim Ministry sworn in". NSW Government. 28 March 2023.

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Preceded by Second Perrottet ministry	Minns ministry 2023–present	Incumbent

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v t e Current members of the Cabinet of New South Wales
Aitchison Car (Deputy Premier) Catley Chanthivong Cotsis Daley Dib Graham Harris Harrison Haylen Hoenig Houssos Jackson Kamper Minns (Premier) Mookhey Moriarty Park Scully Sharpe Washington Whan

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