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Minister for Sport (Australia)

Australian ministerial position

Field	Value
post	Minister for Sport
incumbent	Anika Wells
image	Anika Wells 2023.jpg
incumbentsince
style	The Honourable
appointer	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
inaugural	Frank Stewart
(as Minister for Tourism and Recreation)
formation
department	Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
website

(as Minister for Tourism and Recreation) The Minister for Sport is a ministerial position in the Australian Government, currently held by Anika Wells since 1 June 2022. The minister administers the portfolio through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts.

Scope

It was not until the Whitlam government established the Department of Tourism and Recreation in 1972 that an Australian Government department had specific responsibility for sport. Previously the small amount of sport funding was distributed through ministries such as Health and Foreign Affairs. The Fraser government through Bob Ellicott acted upon both reports and established the Australian Institute of Sport in 1981. It was widely reported that this initiative was a direct result of the poor performance of the Australian team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, however its genesis preceded that. The Hawke government through John Brown further extended Australian Government involvement in sport through the establishment of the Australian Sports Commission in 1985.

List of ministers for sport

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

Order	Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Frank Stewart			Labor	Whitlam	Minister for Tourism and Recreation
2	Reg Withers			Liberal	Fraser			days
3	Ivor Greenwood			Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development			days
4	Kevin Newman
5	Ray Groom					days
6	Robert Ellicott	Liberal}}		Minister for Home Affairs
Minister for Home Affairs and Environment
7	Michael MacKellar					days
8	Ian Wilson					days
9	Tom McVeigh			National Country			days
10	John Brown	Labor}}		Labor	Hawke	Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism
Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
11	Graham Richardson
12	Ros Kelly	Labor}}
Keating
Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories
Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories
(11)	Graham Richardson					days
13	John Faulkner
14	Warwick Smith			Liberal	Howard	Minister for Sport, Territories and Local Government
15	Andrew Thomson			Minister for Sport and Tourism
16	Jackie Kelly
17	Rod Kemp			Minister for the Arts and Sport			****
18	George Brandis					days
19	Kate Ellis	Labor}}		Labor	Rudd	Minister for Sport
Gillard
20	Mark Arbib
21	Kate Lundy
22	Don Farrell			Rudd			days
23	Peter Dutton			Liberal	Abbott
24	Sussan Ley	Liberal}}
Turnbull
25	Greg Hunt					days
26	Bridget McKenzie			National
		Morrison	Minister for Regional Services, Sport, Local Government and Decentralisation
27	Richard Colbeck	Liberal}}		Liberal	Minister for Youth and Sport
Minister for Sport
28	Anika Wells			Labor	Albanese		Incumbent

List of ministers assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Games

The following individuals were appointed as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games:

Order	Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Warwick Smith	Liberal}}		Liberal	Howard	Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games	11 March 1996	6 October 1997
2	Andrew Thomson	6 October 1997	21 October 1998
3	mpid=GK6	name=Hon Jackie Kelly MP	access-date=2021-11-07}}	21 October 1998	30 January 2001	****

References

(23 May 2022). "Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra {{!}} Prime Minister of Australia".
"Ministries and cabinets". Parlinfo website.
(1985). "Australian sport : a profile". Australian Government Publishing Service.
Daly, John. (1991). "Quest for Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra". Australian Government Publishing Service.
(2010). "Ministries and Cabinets". [[Parliament of Australia]].
"43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Part 6 - Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets".
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