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Minister for Small Business (Australia)

Australian cabinet position

Field	Value
post	Minister for Small Business
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	Anne Aly
image	Anne Aly at Australia-ASEAN Youth Summit 2024 (cropped).jpg
incumbentsince
style	The Honourable
appointer	Governor-General
appointer_qualified	on the advice of the prime minister
inaugural	Barry Jones
(as Minister for Science and Small Business)
formation
department	Department of the Treasury
website

(as Minister for Science and Small Business) The Minister for Small Business is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Anne Aly following the swearing-in ceremony 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 their portfolio through the Department of the Treasury.

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Small Business, or any precedent titles:

Order	Minister	Party affiliation	Prime Minister	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	John Howard	Liberal}}		Liberal	Fraser	Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs
2	Wal Fife
3	Sir Victor Garland			days
4	John Moore
5	Neil Brown			days
6	Barry Jones	Labor}}		Labor	Hawke	Minister for Science and Small Business	24 July 1987	19 January 1988
Minister for Science, Customs and Small Business
7	David Beddall	Minister for Small Business and Customs
Keating	Minister for Small Business, Construction and Customs
8	Chris Schacht	Minister for Science and Small Business
Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction
9	Geoff Prosser	Liberal}}		Liberal	Howard	Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs
10	Peter Reith	Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business			****
Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business
11	Ian Macfarlane	Minister for Small Business			days
12	Joe Hockey	Minister for Small Business and Tourism
13	Fran Bailey
14	Craig Emerson	Labor}}		Labor	Rudd	Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy
Gillard
15	Nick Sherry	Minister for Small Business
16	Mark Arbib			days
17	Brendan O'Connor			days
18	Chris Bowen			days
19	Gary Gray			days
Rudd
20	Bruce Billson	Liberal}}		Liberal	Abbott
Turnbull		21 September 2015
21	Kelly O'Dwyer
22	Michael McCormack			National
23	Craig Laundy	Liberal}}		Liberal	Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation
24	Michaelia Cash	Morrison	Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education
Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
25	Stuart Robert	Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business
26	Julie Collins	Labor}}		Labor	Albanese	Minister for Small Business
26	Anne Aly		Incumbent

Former ministerial titles

List of ministers for deregulation

Order	Minister	Party affiliation	Ministerial title	Term start	Term end
1	Lindsay Tanner		Labor	Rudd	Minister for Finance and Deregulation
		Gillard
2	Wayne Swan				days
3	Penny Wong
		Rudd
4	Craig Laundy		Liberal	Turnbull	Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation

References

(2010). "Ministries and Cabinets". [[Parliament of Australia]].

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