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Minister for Industry and Innovation

Australian cabinet position

Field	Value
post	Minister for Industry and Innovation
insignia	Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg
insigniacaption	Commonwealth Coat of Arms
flag	Flag of Australia (converted).svg
flagcaption	Flag of Australia
flagborder	yes
incumbent	Tim Ayres
image	Tim_Ayres_Official_Portrait_(cropped).jpg
incumbentsince
style	The Honourable
appointer	Governor-General
appointer_qualified	on the advice of the prime minister
inaugural	John Latham (as Minister for Industry)
formation
department	Department of Industry, Science and Resources
website

The Minister for Industry and Innovation is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Tim Ayres following his swearing-in on 13 May 2025 as a result of Anthony Albanese's Labor government being re-elected at the 2025 Australian federal election.

In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

Scope

other bodies in the portfolio included:

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Australian Skills Quality Authority
Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency
CSIRO
Geoscience Australia
IP Australia
National Advisory for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Office of the Chief Scientist
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency The Australian Space Agency opened in Adelaide in February 2020.

List of industry ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Industry or any precursor title.

Order	Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	John Latham			Nationalist	Bruce	Minister for Industry	10 December 1928	22 October 1929
2	James Scullin			Labor	Scullin	22 October 1929	6 January 1932
(1)	John Latham			United Australia	Lyons	6 January 1932	12 October 1934
3	Robert Menzies			12 October 1934	20 March 1939
4	Billy Hughes			20 March 1939	7 April 1939
		Page	20 March 1939	26 April 1939
		Menzies	26 April 1939	28 October 1940
5	Eric Spooner			Minister for War Organisation of Industry	28 October 1940	28 August 1941	days
		Fadden	28 August 1941	7 October 1941
6	John Dedman			Labor	Curtin	7 October 1941	19 February 1945
7	John McEwen			Country	Menzies	Minister for Trade and Industry	18 December 1963	21 January 1966
		Holt	26 January 1966	19 December 1967
		McEwen	19 December 1967	10 January 1968
		Gorton	10 January 1968	5 February 1971
8	Doug Anthony			5 February 1971	10 March 1971
		McMahon	5 February 1971	5 December 1972
9	Gough Whitlam			Labor	Whitlam	5 December 1972	19 December 1972	days
10	Jim Cairns			Minister for Secondary Industry	19 December 1972	9 October 1973	days
11	Kep Enderby			9 October 1973	12 June 1974
		Minister for Manufacturing Industry	12 June 1974	10 February 1975
12	Jim McClelland			10 February 1975	6 June 1975	days
13	Lionel Bowen			6 June 1975	11 November 1975	days
14	Bob Cotton			Liberal	Fraser	11 November 1975	22 December 1975
		Minister for Industry and Commerce	22 December 1975	20 December 1977
15	Phillip Lynch			20 December 1977	11 October 1982
16	Andrew Peacock			11 October 1982	11 March 1983	days
17	John Button			Labor	Hawke	11 March 1983	13 December 1984	****
		Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce	13 December 1984	20 December 1991
		Keating	20 December 1991	24 March 1993
18	Alan Griffiths			Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development	24 March 1993	22 January 1994	days
19	Peter Cook			30 January 1994	25 March 1994
		Minister for Industry, Science and Technology	25 March 1994	11 March 1996
20	John Moore			Liberal	Howard	Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism	11 March 1996	21 October 1998
21	Nick Minchin			Minister for Industry, Science and Resources	21 October 1998	26 November 2001
22	Ian Macfarlane			Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources	26 November 2001	3 December 2007
23	Kim Carr			Labor	Rudd	Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	3 December 2007	24 June 2010
		Gillard	24 June 2010	14 December 2011
24	Greg Combet			Minister for Industry and Innovation	14 December 2011	26 June 2013
(23)	Kim Carr			Rudd	Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	26 June 2013	18 September 2013
(22)	Ian Macfarlane	Liberal}}		Liberal	Abbott	Minister for Industry		23 December 2014
Minister for Industry and Science		15 September 2015
Turnbull		21 September 2015
25	Christopher Pyne	Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science
26	Greg Hunt
27	Arthur Sinodinos
28	Michaelia Cash	Minister for Jobs and Innovation
29	Karen Andrews	Morrison	Minister for Industry, Science and Technology
30	Christian Porter
	Scott Morrison	Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
31	Angus Taylor	Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction
32	Ed Husic	Labor}}		Labor	Albanese	Minister for Industry and Science
33	Tim Ayres	Minister for Industry and Innovation		Incumbent

: Morrison was appointed as Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources by the Governor-General on Morrison's advice in April 2021, with both Morrison and Porter holding the position of Minister for Industry until September 2021, and then Morrison and Taylor until May 2022. However, the appointment of Morrison was not made public until August 2022.

Former ministerial titles

List of ministers for commerce

Order	Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Charles Hawker			United Australia	Lyons	Minister for Commerce
2	Joseph Lyons					days
3	Frederick Stewart					days
4	Earle Page			Country
		Page
5	George McLeay			United Australia	Menzies			days
6	Archie Cameron			Country			days
(4)	Earle Page					days
		Fadden
7	William Scully			Labor	Curtin
		Minister for Commerce and Agriculture
		Forde
		Chifley
8	Reg Pollard
9	John McEwen			Country	Menzies
10	Bob Cotton			Liberal	Fraser	Minister for Industry and Commerce	22 December 1975	20 December 1977
11	Phillip Lynch			20 December 1977	11 October 1982
12	Andrew Peacock			11 October 1982	11 March 1983	days
13	John Button			Labor	Hawke	11 March 1983	13 December 1984	****
		Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce	13 December 1984	20 December 1991
		Keating	20 December 1991	24 March 1993

List of ministers for technology

Order	Minister	Party	Ministry	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	David Thomson			National Country	Fraser	Minister for Science and Technology	3 November 1980	16 October 1982
		National	16 October 1982	11 March 1983
2	Barry Jones			Labor	Hawke	11 March 1983	13 December 1984
3	John Button			Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce	13 December 1984	20 December 1991	****
		Keating	20 December 1991	24 March 1993
4	Alan Griffiths			Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development	24 March 1993	22 January 1994	days
5	Peter Cook			30 January 1994	25 March 1994
		Minister for Industry, Science and Technology	25 March 1994	11 March 1996
6	Peter McGauran			National	Howard	Minister for Science and Technology	11 March 1996	26 September 1997
7	Karen Andrews	Liberal}}		Liberal	Morrison	Minister for Industry, Science and Technology
8	Christian Porter
9	Melissa Price	Minister for Science and Technology	8 October 2021	23 May 2022

List of ministers for manufacturing

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Manufacturing, or any of its precedent titles:

Order	Minister	Party	Ministry	Title	Term start	Term end
1	Kim Carr			Labor	2nd Gillard	Minister for Manufacturing
2	Kate Lundy			Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation	5 March 2012	27 June 2013
		Rudd	27 June 2013	18 September 2013

Assistant ministers

List of industry parliamentary secretaries

The following individual has been appointed as parliamentary secretaries for industry, or any of its precedent titles:

Order	Assistant Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Warren Entsch			Liberal	Howard	Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Science and Resources	21 October 1998	26 November 2001
		Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Tourism and Resources	26 November 2001	27 January 2006
2	Bob Baldwin			Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Tourism and Resources	27 January 2006	3 December 2007
3	Richard Marles			Labor	Rudd	Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry	9 June 2009	24 June 2010
		Gillard	24 June 2010	14 September 2010
4	Mark Dreyfus			Labor	Gillard	Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation	14 December 2011	4 February 2013
5	Yvette D'Ath			Labor	Gillard	Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation	25 March 2013	27 June 2013
		Rudd	27 June 2013	18 September 2013
(2)	Bob Baldwin			Liberal	Abbott	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry	18 September 2013	23 December 2014
6	Karen Andrews			Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Science	23 December 2014	21 September 2015
		Turnbull	Assistant Minister for Science	21 September 2015	19 July 2016
7	Craig Laundy			Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science	19 July 2016
8	Zed Seselja			Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation

List of assistant ministers for innovation

The following individuals have been appointed as assistant minister for innovation, or any of its precedent titles:

Order	Assistant Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Richard Marles			Labor	Rudd	Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry	9 June 2009	24 June 2010
		Gillard	24 June 2010	14 September 2010
2	Mark Dreyfus			Labor	Gillard	Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation	14 December 2011	4 February 2013
3	Yvette D'Ath			Labor	Gillard	Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation	25 March 2013	27 June 2013
		Rudd	27 June 2013	18 September 2013
4	Wyatt Roy	Liberal}}		Liberal	Turnbull	Assistant Minister for Innovation
5	Craig Laundy	Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science	19 July 2016
6	Zed Seselja	Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation

List of assistant ministers for manufacturing

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Manufacturing, or any of its precedent titles:

Order	Minister	Party	Ministry	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Tim Ayres			Labor	Albanese	Assistant Minister for Manufacturing		Incumbent

References

"Portfolio agencies". Australia Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.
(19 February 2020). "Australian Space Agency opens in Adelaide".
"Archived list of Department of Science". Department of Industry, [[Government of Australia]].
"Archived list of ministers for science". Department of Industry, [[Government of Australia]].
(2017). "List of Administrative Arrangement Orders". [[Government of Australia]].
(16 August 2022). "Anthony Albanese reveals former prime minister Scott Morrison secretly appointed himself to five ministries in power grab". ABC News.
(2017). "The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017". [[Parliament of Australia]].

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