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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jason_Clare_2015.jpg/220px-Jason_Clare_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jason_Clare_2015.jpg/330px-Jason_Clare_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jason_Clare_2015.jpg/440px-Jason_Clare_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="441" data-file-height="641" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Jason_Clare" title="Jason Clare">Jason Clare</a><br /></div>since 1 June 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2022-06-01</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Education_(Australia)" title="Department of Education (Australia)">Department of Education (Australia)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Honourable</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General</a> on the recommendation of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister of Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Gorton" title="John Gorton">John Gorton</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(as Minister for Education and Science)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">14 December 1966<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1966-12-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ministers.education.gov.au/clare">ministers<wbr />.education<wbr />.gov<wbr />.au<wbr />/clare</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Australia">Government of Australia</a>, the <b>Minister for Education</b> administers the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Education_(Australia)" title="Department of Education (Australia)">Department of Education</a>. The position is held by Labor MP <a href="/wiki/Jason_Clare" title="Jason Clare">Jason Clare</a>, following the <a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">Australian federal election in 2022</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portfolio_scope">Portfolio scope</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_for_Education_(Australia)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Portfolio scope"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Minister is responsible for a number of areas, including:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Education policy and programs including schools, vocational, higher education and Indigenous education, but excluding migrant adult education</li> <li>Education and training transitions policy and programs</li> <li>Science awareness programs in schools</li> <li>Training, including apprenticeships and training services</li> <li>Policy, co-ordination and support for education exports and services</li> <li>Income support policies and programs for students and apprentices</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_ministers_for_education">List of ministers for education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_for_Education_(Australia)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of ministers for education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The persons who have been Ministers for Education are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-parl_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5">Order </th> <th width="150">Minister </th> <th width="75" colspan="2">Party </th> <th width="75">Prime Minister </th> <th width="370">Title </th> <th width="150">Term start </th> <th width="150">Term end </th> <th width="130">Term in office </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" align="center">1 </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/John_Gorton" title="John Gorton">John Gorton</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td rowspan="10"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Menzies</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Minister in charge of Commonwealth Activities in Education and Research under the Prime Minister </td> <td align="center">18 December 1963<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1963-12-18</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">26 January 1966<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1966-01-26</span>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="5" align="right">4 years, 23 days </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Holt" title="Harold Holt">Holt</a> </td> <td align="center">26 January 1966<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1966-01-26</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">14 December 1966<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1966-12-14</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="9">Minister for Education and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Industry_and_Science#List_of_science_ministers" title="Minister for Industry and Science">Science</a> </td> <td align="center">14 December 1966<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1966-12-14</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">19 December 1967<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1967-12-19</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_McEwen" title="John McEwen">McEwen</a> </td> <td align="center">19 December 1967<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1967-12-19</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">10 January 1968<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1968-01-10</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="3">Gorton </td> <td align="center">10 January 1968<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1968-01-10</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">28 February 1968<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1968-02-28</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Fraser" title="Malcolm Fraser">Malcolm Fraser</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td align="center">28 February 1968<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1968-02-28</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">12 November 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1969-11-12</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">1 year, 257 days </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">3 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Bowen" title="Nigel Bowen">Nigel Bowen</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td align="center">12 November 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-11-12</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">10 March 1971<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1971-03-10</span>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">3 years, 22 days </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/William_McMahon" title="William McMahon">McMahon</a> </td> <td align="center">10 March 1971<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1971-03-10</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">22 March 1971<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1971-03-22</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Fairbairn_(politician)" title="David Fairbairn (politician)">David Fairbairn</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td align="center">22 March 1971<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1971-03-22</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">20 August 1971<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1971-08-20</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">151 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><i>acting</i> </td> <td>Malcolm Fraser </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td align="center">20 August 1971<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1971-08-20</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">5 December 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1972-12-05</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">1 year, 107 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gough_Whitlam" title="Gough Whitlam">Gough Whitlam</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Whitlam </td> <td align="center">5 December 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-12-05</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">19 December 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1972-12-19</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">14 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Edward_Beazley" class="mw-redirect" title="Kim Edward Beazley">Kim Beazley, Snr.</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="5">Minister for Education </td> <td align="center">19 December 1972<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1972-12-19</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">11 November 1975<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1975-11-11</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">2 years, 327 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Guilfoyle" title="Margaret Guilfoyle">Margaret Guilfoyle</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="4">Liberal </td> <td rowspan="4">Fraser </td> <td align="center">11 November 1975<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1975-11-11</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">22 December 1975<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1975-12-22</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">41 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Carrick_(Australian_politician)" title="John Carrick (Australian politician)">John Carrick</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td align="center">22 December 1975<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1975-12-22</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">8 December 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1979-12-08</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">3 years, 351 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wal_Fife" title="Wal Fife">Wal Fife</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td align="center">8 December 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-12-08</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">7 May 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1982-05-07</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">2 years, 150 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Baume" title="Peter Baume">Peter Baume</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td align="center">7 May 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-05-07</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">11 March 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1983-03-11</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">308 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="2">11 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Ryan" title="Susan Ryan">Susan Ryan</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="6">Labor </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Hawke</a> </td> <td>Minister for Education and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Youth_(Australia)" title="Minister for Youth (Australia)">Youth Affairs</a> </td> <td align="center">11 March 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-03-11</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">13 December 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1984-12-13</span>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">4 years, 135 days </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td>Minister for Education </td> <td align="center">13 December 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-12-13</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">24 July 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1987-07-24</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">12 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Dawkins" title="John Dawkins">John Dawkins</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="4">Minister for <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Employment_and_Workplace_Relations" title="Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations">Employment</a>, Education and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Skills_and_Training_(Australia)" title="Minister for Skills and Training (Australia)">Training</a> </td> <td align="center">24 July 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-07-24</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">20 December 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1991-12-20</span>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right"><b>4 years, 156 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Keating</a> </td> <td align="center">20 December 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-12-20</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">27 December 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1991-12-27</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Beazley" title="Kim Beazley">Kim Beazley</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td align="center">27 December 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-12-27</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">23 December 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1993-12-23</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">1 year, 361 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Crean" title="Simon Crean">Simon Crean</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td align="center">23 December 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1993-12-23</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">11 March 1996<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1996-03-11</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">4 years, 75 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Vanstone" title="Amanda Vanstone">Amanda Vanstone</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="4">Liberal </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">Howard</a> </td> <td>Minister for <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Employment_and_Workplace_Relations" title="Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations">Employment</a>, Education, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Skills_and_Training_(Australia)" title="Minister for Skills and Training (Australia)">Training</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Youth_(Australia)" title="Minister for Youth (Australia)">Youth Affairs</a> </td> <td align="center">11 March 1996<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1996-03-11</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">9 October 1997<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1997-10-09</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">1 year, 212 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Kemp_(politician)" title="David Kemp (politician)">David Kemp</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td>Minister for Education, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Skills_and_Training_(Australia)" title="Minister for Skills and Training (Australia)">Training</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Youth_(Australia)" title="Minister for Youth (Australia)">Youth Affairs</a> </td> <td align="center">9 October 1997<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1997-10-09</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">26 November 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2001-11-26</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">4 years, 48 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Nelson" title="Brendan Nelson">Brendan Nelson</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Minister for Education, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Industry_and_Science#List_of_science_ministers" title="Minister for Industry and Science">Science</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Skills_and_Training_(Australia)" title="Minister for Skills and Training (Australia)">Training</a> </td> <td align="center">26 November 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-11-26</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">27 January 2006<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2006-01-27</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">4 years, 62 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julie_Bishop" title="Julie Bishop">Julie Bishop</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td align="center">27 January 2006<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2006-01-27</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">3 December 2007<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2007-12-03</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">1 year, 310 days </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">19 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Julia Gillard</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="5">Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Rudd</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Minister for Education </td> <td align="center">3 December 2007<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2007-12-03</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">24 June 2010 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">2 years, 207 days </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="3">Gillard </td> <td align="center">24 June 2010 </td> <td align="center">28 June 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2010-06-28</span>)</span><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><i>n/a</i> </td> <td>Simon Crean </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td align="center">28 June 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2010-06-28</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">14 September 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2010-09-14</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">78 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Garrett" title="Peter Garrett">Peter Garrett</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td>Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Youth_(Australia)" title="Minister for Youth (Australia)">Youth</a> </td> <td align="center">14 September 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2010-09-14</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">1 July 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2013-07-01</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">2 years, 290 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Shorten" title="Bill Shorten">Bill Shorten</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td>Rudd </td> <td rowspan="2">Minister for Education </td> <td align="center">1 July 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2013-07-01</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">18 September 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2013-09-18</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">79 days </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" align="center">22 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Pyne" title="Christopher Pyne">Christopher Pyne</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="8">Liberal </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Abbott" title="Tony Abbott">Abbott</a> </td> <td align="center">18 September 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2013-09-18</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">23 December 2014<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2014-12-23</span>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="3" align="right">2 years, 3 days </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="4">Minister for Education and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Skills_and_Training_(Australia)" title="Minister for Skills and Training (Australia)">Training</a> </td> <td align="center">23 December 2014<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2014-12-23</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">15 September 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2015-09-15</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Turnbull</a> </td> <td align="center">15 September 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2015-09-15</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">21 September 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2015-09-21</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">23 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Birmingham" title="Simon Birmingham">Simon Birmingham</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td align="center">21 September 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2015-09-21</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">24 August 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2018-08-24</span>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">2 years, 341 days </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Morrison</a> </td> <td align="center">24 August 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2018-08-24</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">28 August 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2018-08-28</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Tehan" title="Dan Tehan">Dan Tehan</a> </td> <td>Minister for Education </td> <td align="center">28 August 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2018-08-28</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">22 December 2020<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2020-12-22</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">2 years, 116 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Tudge" title="Alan Tudge">Alan Tudge</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Minister for Education and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Youth_(Australia)" title="Minister for Youth (Australia)">Youth</a> </td> <td align="center">22 December 2020<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2020-12-22</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">2 December 2021<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2021-12-02</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-name_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-name-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">345 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><i>(acting)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Robert" title="Stuart Robert">Stuart Robert</a> </td> <td align="center">2 December 2021<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2021-12-02</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">23 May 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2022-05-23</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">172 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Clare" title="Jason Clare">Jason Clare</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Albanese</a> </td> <td>Minister for Education </td> <td align="center">1 June 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2022-06-01</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">Incumbent </td> <td align="right">2 years, 180 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <dl><dd><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> Whitlam was part of a <a href="/wiki/First_Whitlam_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Whitlam Ministry">two-man ministry</a> comprising himself and <a href="/wiki/Lance_Barnard" title="Lance Barnard">Lance Barnard</a> for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned.</dd> <dd><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> Despite the <a href="/wiki/First_Rudd_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Rudd Ministry">First Rudd Ministry</a> ending on 24 June 2010, Gillard was Minister for Education for four days in her <a href="/wiki/First_Gillard_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First Gillard Ministry">first ministry</a>, between 24 June and 28 June 2010, when the revised ministry was commissioned.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_ministers_for_early_childhood_education">List of ministers for early childhood education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_for_Education_(Australia)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of ministers for early childhood education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers with various titles that have included the words "early childhood":<sup id="cite_ref-parl_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Order </th> <th width="150" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Minister </th> <th width="75" colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Party affiliation </th> <th width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Prime Minister </th> <th width="370" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Ministerial title </th> <th width="150" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Term start </th> <th width="150" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Term end </th> <th width="130" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Term in office </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kate_Ellis_(politician)" title="Kate Ellis (politician)">Kate Ellis</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td rowspan="3">Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Rudd</a> </td> <td>Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Youth_(Australia)" title="Minister for Youth (Australia)">Youth</a> </td> <td align="center">9 June 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2009-06-09</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">28 June 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2010-06-28</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">1 year, 19 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Garrett" title="Peter Garrett">Peter Garrett</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Gillard</a> </td> <td>Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Youth_(Australia)" title="Minister for Youth (Australia)">Youth</a> </td> <td align="center">28 June 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2010-06-28</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">26 June 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2013-06-26</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">2 years, 363 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><i>(1)</i> </td> <td><i>Kate Ellis</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td>Rudd </td> <td>Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Youth_(Australia)" title="Minister for Youth (Australia)">Youth</a> </td> <td align="center">1 July 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2013-07-01</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">18 September 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2013-09-18</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">79 days </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9" style="background: #cccccc;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_Aly" title="Anne Aly">Anne Aly</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Albanese</a> </td> <td>Minister for Early Childhood Education </td> <td align="center">1 June 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2022-06-01</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">Incumbent </td> <td align="right">2 years, 180 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_ministers_for_vocational_education_and_skills">List of ministers for vocational education and skills</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_for_Education_(Australia)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of ministers for vocational education and skills"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Skills_and_Training_(Australia)#List_of_ministers_for_skills_and_training" title="Minister for Skills and Training (Australia)">Minister for Skills and Training (Australia) § List of ministers for skills and training</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minister_for_Skills_and_Training_(Australia)&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <p>The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Skills and Training, or any of its precedent titles:<sup id="cite_ref-Minister_for_Skills_and_Training_(Australia)_parl_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Minister_for_Skills_and_Training_(Australia)_parl-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5">Order </th> <th width="150">Minister </th> <th width="150" colspan="2">Party </th> <th width="75">Prime Minister </th> <th width="325">Title </th> <th width="150">Term start </th> <th width="150">Term end </th> <th width="130">Term in office </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="2">1 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Baldwin_(politician)" title="Peter Baldwin (politician)">Peter Baldwin</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="3">Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Hawke</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Minister for Higher Education and Employment Services </td> <td align="center">7 May 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-05-07</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">20 December 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1991-12-20</span>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">2 years, 321 days </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Keating</a> </td> <td align="center">20 December 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-12-20</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">24 March 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1993-03-24</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ross_Free" title="Ross Free">Ross Free</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training </td> <td align="center">24 March 1993 </td> <td align="center">11 March 1996 </td> <td align="right">3 years, 18 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Kemp_(politician)" title="David Kemp (politician)">David Kemp</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">Howard</a> </td> <td align="center">11 March 1996 </td> <td align="center">6 October 1997 </td> <td align="right">1 year, 209 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ellison_(politician)" title="Chris Ellison (politician)">Chris Ellison</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td align="center">6 October 1997 </td> <td align="center">21 October 1998 </td> <td align="right">1 year, 15 days </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9" style="background: #cccccc;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Hardgrave" title="Gary Hardgrave">Gary Hardgrave</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td rowspan="2">Liberal </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">Howard</a> </td> <td>Minister for Vocational and Technical Education </td> <td align="center">22 October 2004 </td> <td align="center">23 January 2007 </td> <td align="right">2 years, 93 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Robb" title="Andrew Robb">Andrew Robb</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td>Minister for Vocational and Further Education </td> <td align="center">23 January 2007 </td> <td align="center">3 December 2007 </td> <td align="right">314 days </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9" style="background: #cccccc;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">7 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_(Australian_politician)" title="Chris Evans (Australian politician)">Chris Evans</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="5">Labor </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Gillard</a> </td> <td>Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations </td> <td align="center">14 September 2010 </td> <td align="center">14 December 2011 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">2 years, 172 days </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="3">Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs, Science and Research </td> <td align="center">14 December 2011 </td> <td align="center">2 February 2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bowen" title="Chris Bowen">Chris Bowen</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td align="center">2 February 2013 </td> <td align="center">22 March 2013 </td> <td align="right">48 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Craig_Emerson" title="Craig Emerson">Craig Emerson</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td align="center">25 March 2013 </td> <td align="center">26 June 2013 </td> <td align="right">93 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_O%27Connor_(politician)" title="Brendan O'Connor (politician)">Brendan O'Connor</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Rudd</a> </td> <td>Minister for Skills and Training </td> <td align="center">1 July 2013 </td> <td align="center">18 September 2013 </td> <td align="right">79 days </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9" style="background: #cccccc;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Hartsuyker" title="Luke Hartsuyker">Luke Hartsuyker</a> </td> <td style="background-color:green;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Turnbull</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Minister for Vocational Education and Skills </td> <td align="center">21 September 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2015-09-21</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">18 February 2016<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2016-02-18</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">150 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Ryan_(Australian_politician)" title="Scott Ryan (Australian politician)">Scott Ryan</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td align="center">18 February 2016<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2016-02-18</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">19 July 2016<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2016-07-19</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">152 days </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9" style="background: #cccccc;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="2">13 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Michaelia_Cash" title="Michaelia Cash">Michaelia Cash</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td rowspan="3">Liberal </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Morrison</a> </td> <td>Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education </td> <td align="center">28 August 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2018-08-28</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">29 May 2019<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2019-05-29</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right" rowspan="2">2 years, 214 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business </td> <td align="center">29 May 2019<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2019-05-29</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">30 March 2021<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2021-03-30</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Robert" title="Stuart Robert">Stuart Robert</a> </td> <td>Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business </td> <td align="center">30 March 2021<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2021-03-30</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">23 May 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2022-05-23</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">1 year, 54 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">(10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_O%27Connor_(politician)" title="Brendan O'Connor (politician)">Brendan O'Connor</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Labor </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Albanese</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Minister for Skills and Training </td> <td align="center">1 June 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2022-06-01</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">29 July 2024<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2024-07-29</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">2 years, 58 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Giles" title="Andrew Giles">Andrew Giles</a> </td> <td align="center">29 July 2024<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2024-07-29</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center"><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td align="right">122 days </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_ministerial_titles">Former ministerial titles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_for_Education_(Australia)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Former ministerial titles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_ministers_for_higher_education">List of ministers for higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_for_Education_(Australia)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of ministers for higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The persons who have been Ministers for Higher Education are as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Order </th> <th width="150" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Minister </th> <th width="75" colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Party affiliation </th> <th width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Prime Minister </th> <th width="370" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Ministerial title </th> <th width="150" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Term start </th> <th width="150" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Term end </th> <th width="130" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Term in office </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="2">1 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Baldwin_(politician)" title="Peter Baldwin (politician)">Peter Baldwin</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hawke" title="Bob Hawke">Hawke</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Minister for Higher Education and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Employment_and_Workplace_Relations#List_of_ministers_for_employment_participation" title="Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations">Employment Services</a> </td> <td align="center">7 May 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-05-07</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">20 December 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1991-12-20</span>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">2 years, 321 days </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Keating</a> </td> <td align="center">20 December 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-12-20</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">24 March 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1993-03-24</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9" style="background: #cccccc;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Bird" title="Sharon Bird">Sharon Bird</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Gillard</a> </td> <td>Minister for Higher Education and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Skills_and_Training_(Australia)" title="Minister for Skills and Training (Australia)">Skills</a> </td> <td align="center">25 March 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2013-03-25</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">1 July 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2013-07-01</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">98 days </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Carr" title="Kim Carr">Kim Carr</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Rudd</a> </td> <td>Minister for Higher Education </td> <td align="center">1 July 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2013-07-01</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">18 September 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2013-09-18</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">79 days </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_assistant_ministers">List of assistant ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_for_Education_(Australia)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: List of assistant ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Education and Training, or any of its precedent titles:<sup id="cite_ref-parl_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Order </th> <th width="150" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Minister </th> <th width="75" colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Party affiliation </th> <th width="75" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Prime Minister </th> <th width="370" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Ministerial title </th> <th width="150" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Term start </th> <th width="150" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Term end </th> <th width="130" bgcolor="#CCCCCC">Term in office </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sussan_Ley" title="Sussan Ley">Sussan Ley</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="3">Liberal </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Abbott" title="Tony Abbott">Abbott</a> </td> <td>Assistant Minister for Education </td> <td align="center">18 September 2013<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2013-09-18</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">23 December 2014<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2014-12-23</span>)</span> </td> <td align="right">1 year, 96 days </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Birmingham" title="Simon Birmingham">Simon Birmingham</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Assistant Minister for Education and Training </td> <td align="center">23 December 2014<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2014-12-23</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">15 September 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2015-09-15</span>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">272 days </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Turnbull</a> </td> <td align="center">15 September 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2015-09-15</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">21 September 2015<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2015-09-21</span>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9" style="background: #cccccc;"> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Chisholm_(politician)" title="Anthony Chisholm (politician)">Anthony Chisholm</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td>Labor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Albanese</a> </td> <td>Assistant Minister for Education </td> <td align="center">1 June 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2022-06-01</span>)</span> </td> <td align="center">Incumbent </td> <td align="right">2 years, 180 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_for_Education_(Australia)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Education_and_Early_Learning" title="Minister for Education 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