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Minister for Transport (New South Wales)

Cabinet position in New South Wales

Summary

Cabinet position in New South Wales

Field	Value
post	Minister for Transport
insignia	Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg
incumbent	John Graham
incumbentsince	6 February 2025
imagesize	200px
termlength	At the governor's pleasure
style	The Honourable
appointer	Governor of New South Wales
nominator	Premier of New South Wales
department	Department of Transport
inaugural	Richard Ball (as Minister for Railways)
formation	15 November 1916 (as Minister for Railways)

The Minister for Transport is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities which include transport policy and regulation, to setting of fares and concessions for rail, ferry, bus and light rail transport, and the administration of maritime facilities in New South Wales, Australia.

The current Minister for Transport has been John Graham since 6 February 2025 following the resignation of Jo Haylen. The Minister for Transport is assisted in the management of the portfolio by:

Minister for Roads, currently Jenny Aitchison, who has responsibility of the development of road infrastructure and road pricing, and taxi and hire car policy and regulation in the metropolitan parts of the state.
Minister for Regional Transport, currently Jenny Aitchison, who has responsibilities of the development of road infrastructure and road pricing, and taxi and hire car policy and regulation in the regional parts of the state.

Graham was sworn in on 6 February 2025 as Transport Minister and sworn in on 28 March 2023 as Minister for Roads. Aitchison was sworn in on 5 April 2023 as Minister for Regional Transport and Roads. Together, they administer the portfolio through the Department of Transport (Transport for NSW) and a range of other government agencies that coordinate funding arrangements for transport operators, including hundreds of local and community transport operators.

On 17 March 2025, it was announced that Graham would stay on following his Acting tenure as Minister for Transport.

Role and responsibilities

Minister for Railways (1916–1929)

The first public railway line in New South Wales was the Sydney–Parramatta Railway which opened on 26 September 1855. Railways were operated by New South Wales Government Railways which was under the supervision of a single Commissioner for Railways until 1888, 3 commissioners until 1907, before returning to a Chief Commissioner from 1907. The Treasurer had ministerial responsibility for railways.

The portfolio of Minister for Railways was created in the Holman Nationalist ministry and had operational responsibility for the railways while the Secretary for Public Works had responsibility for authorising expenditure on any new lines or extensions that exceeded £20,000. The separation however was only at a department level as the portfolio was always held by the Secretary for Public Works.

In the second Fuller ministry the portfolio of Labour and Industry was divided up, with the Minister for Railways receiving the additional responsibilities for state industrial enterprises. The portfolio returned to be the Minister for Railways from the first Lang ministry.

Colonial Treasurer and Minister for Transport (1929–present)

On 16 April 1929 Ernest Buttenshaw, the Secretary for Public Works and Minister for Railways, became Acting Premier during the absence of Thomas Bavin and resigned the railways portfolio. The ministerial office was not filled and instead the railways department was administered by the Colonial Treasurer. The operation of railways remained the responsibility of the Treasurer in the third Lang ministry until 22 March 1932. The portfolio of Minister for Transport was created under Ministry of Transport Act No. 3, 1932.

List of ministers

Transport

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Transport, or similar titles.

Ministerial title	Minister	Party	Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Railways					Holman (2)	15 November 1919	12 April 1920
				Storey
Dooley (1)	12 April 1920	20 December 1921
				Fuller (1)	20 December 1921 a.m.	20 December 1921 p.m.	7 hours
				Dooley (2)	20 December 1921	13 April 1922
Minister for Railways and
State Industrial Enterprises		Nationalist}}			Fuller (2)	13 April 1922	19 June 1922
	28 June 1922	17 June 1925	****
Minister for Railways		Labor NSW}}			Lang (1)	17 June 1925	26 May 1927
	Lang (2)	27 May 1927	18 October 1927
				Bavin	18 October 1927	16 April 1929
Minister for Transport					Lang (3)	22 March 1932	13 May 1932
				Stevens (1) (2) (3)
Mair	16 May 1932	16 May 1941
	Labor NSW}}			McKell (1) (2)
McGirr (1) (2)	16 May 1941	30 June 1950
	McGirr (3)
Cahill (1)	30 June 1950	23 February 1953
	Cahill (2)	23 February 1953	5 September 1953
	7 September 1953	16 September 1953
	16 September 1953	15 March 1956
	Cahill (3) (4)
Heffron (1)	15 March 1956	31 May 1960
	Heffron (1) (2)
Renshaw	31 May 1960	13 May 1965
	Liberal NSW}}			Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)	13 May 1965	3 January 1975	****
	Lewis (1)	3 January 1975	10 October 1975
	Lewis (1) (2)	10 October 1975	23 January 1976
				Willis	23 January 1976	14 May 1976
	Labor NSW}}			Wran (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)	14 May 1976	5 April 1984
	Wran (7) (8)	5 April 1984	6 February 1986
	Unsworth	6 February 1986	26 November 1987
	26 November 1987	21 March 1988
				Greiner (1) (2)
Fahey (1) (2) (3)	25 March 1988	4 April 1995
	Labor NSW}}			Carr (1)	4 April 1995	1 December 1997
	Carr (2) (3)	1 December 1997	2 April 2003
Minister for Transport Services		Carr (4)	2 April 2003	21 January 2005
Minister for Transport		Iemma (1) (2)	21 January 2005	8 September 2008
	Rees	8 September 2008	4 December 2009
Minister for Transport and Roads	Keneally	8 December 2009	20 May 2010
Minister for Transport		21 May 2010	28 March 2011
	Liberal NSW}}			O'Farrell
Baird (1)	4 April 2011	1 April 2015
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure		Baird (2)
Berejiklian (1)	2 April 2015	2 April 2019
Minister for Transport and Roads	Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	5 October 2021
	Perrottet (1)	6 October 2021	21 December 2021
Minister for Transport		Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023
	Labor NSW}}			Minns	28 March 2023	6 February 2025
John Graham	6 February 2025	incumbent

Former ministerial titles

Assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Ministers with responsibility for assisting or advising the Minister for Transport.

Ministerial title	Minister	Party	Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Advisory Minister for Transport					Askin (1) (2)	13 May 1965	22 May 1968
Assistant Minister for Transport					Wran (3)	29 February 1980	2 October 1981
Assistant Minister for Transport		Labor NSW}}			Unsworth	4 July 1986	21 March 1988
	26 November 1987
				Greiner (1)	25 March 1988	18 September 1989
	Nationals NSW}}			25 March 1988	24 January 1989
	24 January 1989	24 July 1990
	18 September 1989	24 May 1991
Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport					Fahey (3)	6 October 1993	4 April 1995
Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport					Iemma (1)	26 October 2006	2 April 2007
Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport		Labor NSW}}			Rees	14 September 2009	4 December 2009
Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport and Roads	Keneally	8 December 2009	21 May 2010

Active Transport

Ministerial title	Minister	Party	Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Active Transport	Rob Stokes				Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023

Notes

References

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