Government minister in New South Wales, Australia
The Minister for Mental Health is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for hospitals and health services in regional New South Wales, Australia.
It was first established in 2005 in the First Iemma ministry as an assistant minister,[1] before becoming a separate portfolio in 2011 in the O'Farrell ministry. The portfolio was not tasked with the management of a department.[2]
The current minister is Rose Jackson since April 2023.[3] Together with the Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health and Minister for Medical Research, they administer the health portfolio through the Health cluster, including the Ministry of Health and a range of other government agencies, including local health districts and the NSW Ambulance service.[4]
List of ministers
Assistant ministers
Title |
Minister[3] |
Party |
Ministry |
Term start |
Term end |
Time in office |
Notes
|
Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health)
|
Cherie Burton
|
|
Labor
|
Iemma (1)
|
10 August 2005
|
2 April 2007
|
1 year, 235 days
|
[11]
|
Paul Lynch
|
Iemma (2)
|
2 April 2007
|
5 September 2008
|
1 year, 156 days
|
[12]
|
Barbara Perry
|
Rees
|
8 September 2008
|
14 September 2009
|
2 years, 201 days
|
[13]
|
Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health and Cancer)
|
14 September 2009
|
8 December 2009
|
Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health)
|
Keneally
|
8 December 2009
|
28 March 2011
|
See also
References