- Minister for Infrastructure and Transport (Australia)
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Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Style The Honourable Appointer Prime Minister of Australia Inaugural holder Thomas Paterson Formation 1928 The Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport is the Hon Anthony Albanese. On 3 December 2007 he replaced the Minister for Transport and Regional Services, the Hon Mark Vaile, who held office since August 2006, and the Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads, the Hon Jim Lloyd, who held office since July 2004. Albanese's portfolio was originally entitled Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, but was changed to its current title on the swearing in of the Second Gillard Ministry on 14 September 2010.
The Minister has overall responsibility for all of the matters falling within the Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government portfolio, including regulation, safety and funding in relation to aviation, shipping, roads and railways and policy on regional development, local government and the territories, including the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. He is advised by:
- Department of Infrastructure and Transport
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- Office of Transport Security
- Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BTRE)
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History
Under the Constitution of Australia the federal government was not given any specific responsibilities for transport, except for "railway construction and extension in any State with the consent of that State" (section 51(xxxiv)). In 1916, Billy Hughes appointed Patrick Lynch as Minister for Works and Railways to administer Commonwealth Railways and the construction of the Trans-Australian Railway. In December 1928, Stanley Bruce appointed Thomas Paterson as Minister for Markets and Transport, which included responsibility for funding road construction via grants to the states. In January 1932, this portfolio was renamed Minister for Transport, but in April 1932 it was absorbed into the new portfolio of Minister for the Interior along with the position of Minister for Works and Railways.
In December 1938, with the growth of significance of civil aviation and the commonwealth's assumption of responsibility for regulating it under international treaties, Joseph Lyons appointed Harold Thorby as the first Minister for Civil Aviation. In 1941 Robert Menzies re-established the transport portfolio with the appointment of Hubert Lawrence Anthony. The Curtin government was determined to establish a government shipping company, ultimately the Australian National Lines, and John Curtin appointed Jack Beasley as Minister for Supply and Development in 1941. This position was renamed Minister for Shipping, Fuel and Transport in 1950 under the Menzies government and Minister for Shipping and Transport in 1951. Gough Whitlam combined the transport and civil aviation porfolios in 1973, but it was re-divided with Malcolm Fraser's appointment of Wal Fife as Minister for Aviation in 1982. Bob Hawke abolished the aviation portfolio in 1987 with the creation of the "super" departments. Since 1987, there has been a single senior transport minister in Cabinet. There has usually also been a Supporting minister outside cabinet, but there has not been one since 3 December 2007.
Agency and bodies
Other agencies and bodies the portfolio include:
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- Airservices Australia
- Australian Bicycle Council
- Australian Global Navigation Satellite System Coordination Committee (AGCC)
- Australian Local Government and Planning Ministers' Council
- Australian Maritime College
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority
- Australian Motor Vehicle Certification Board
- Australian Rail Operations Unit
- Australian Rail Track Corporation
- Australian Transport Council
- Christmas Island Administration
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands Administration
- East Kimberley Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Indigenous Trial
- International Air Services Commission
- Jervis Bay Territory Administration
- Local Government and Planning Joint Committee
- National Capital Authority
- National Transport Commission
- Navigation Safety Advisory Committee
- Administrator of the Northern Territory
- Office of the Administrator Norfolk Island
- Regional Development Council
- Regional Women's Advisory Council
- Standing Committee on Regional Development Secretariat
- Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee
- Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme Review Authority
List of Ministers for Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title Thomas Paterson Nationalist Party 1928–1929 Minister for Markets and Transport Parker Moloney Australian Labor Party 1929–1932 Archdale Parkhill United Australia Party 1932 Minister for Transport Larry Anthony Country Party 1941 George Lawson Australian Labor Party 1941–1943 Eddie Ward 1943–1949 Howard Beale Liberal Party 1949–1950 George McLeay 1950–1951 Minister for Shipping, Fuel and Transport 1951–1955 Minister for Shipping and Transport John Spicer 1955 Shane Paltridge 1955–1960 Hubert Opperman 1960–1963 Gordon Freeth 1963–1968 Ian Sinclair Country Party 1968–1971 Peter Nixon 1971–1972 Gough Whitlam Australian Labor Party 1972 Charles Jones 1972–1975 Minister for Transport Peter Nixon National Country Party 1975–1979 Ralph Hunt 1979–1982 1982–1983 Minister for Transport and Construction Peter Morris Australian Labor Party 1983–1987 Minister for Transport Gareth Evans 1987–1988 Minister for Transport and Communications Ralph Willis 1988–1990 Kim Beazley 1990–1991 John Kerin 1991–1991 Graham Richardson 1991–1992 Bob Collins 1992–1993 Laurie Brereton 1993–1996 Minister for Transport John Sharp National Party 1996–1997 Minister for Transport and Regional Development Mark Vaile 1997–1998 John Anderson 1998–2005 Minister for Transport and Regional Services Warren Truss 2005–2006 Mark Vaile 2006–2007 Anthony Albanese Australian Labor Party 2007–2010 Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional
Development and Local Government2010- Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Ministers for Civil Aviation
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title Harold Thorby United Australia Party 1938–1939 Minister for Civil Aviation James Fairbairn 1939–1940 Arthur Fadden 1940 John McEwen Country Party 1940–1941 Arthur Drakeford Australian Labor Party 1941–1949 Thomas White Liberal Party 1949–1951 Larry Anthony Country Party 1951–1954 Athol Townley Liberal Party 1954–1956 Shane Paltridge 1956–1964 Denham Henty 1964–1966 Reginald Swartz 1966–1969 Bob Cotton 1969–1972 Gough Whitlam Australian Labor Party 1972 Charles Jones 1972–1973 Wal Fife National Country Party 1982–1983 Minister for Aviation Kim Beazley Australian Labor Party 1983–1984 Peter Morris 1984–1987 Ministers for Shipping
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title Jack Beasley Australian Labor Party 1942–1945 Minister for Supply and Shipping Bill Ashley 1945–1948 1948–1949 Minister for Shipping and Fuel George McLeay Liberal Party 1949–1950 Bob Brown Australian Labor Party 1987–1990 Minister for Land Transport and Shipping Support Bob Collins 1990 Minister for Shipping 1990–1991 Minister for Shipping and Aviation Support 1991–1992 Minister for Shipping and Aviation Peter Cook 1992–1993 Minister for Shipping and Aviation Support Minister for Works and Railways
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title Patrick Lynch National Labor Party 1916–1917 Minister for Works and Railways William Watt Nationalist Party 1917–1918 Littleton Groom 1918–1921 Richard Foster 1921–1923 Percy Stewart Country Party 1923–1924 William Hill Nationalist Party 1924–1928 William Gibson 1928–1929 Joseph Lyons Australian Labor Party 1929–1931 Albert Green Australian Labor Party 1931–1932 Charles Marr United Australia Party 1932 Ministers supporting the Transport Minister
Since the creation of the enlarged portfolios in the third Hawke Ministry on 24 July 1987 there has usually been a minister outside cabinet supporting the Transport Minister.
Minister Party affiliation Period Ministerial Title Peter Duncan Australian Labor Party 1987–1988 Minister for Land Transport and Infrastructure Support Clyde Holding 1988 Minister for Transport and Communications Support Peter Morris 1988 Bob Brown 1988–1990 Minister for Land Transport and Shipping Support 1990–1993 Minister for Land Transport Ian Macdonald Liberal Party 1998–2001 Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government Wilson Tuckey 2001–2003 Ian Campbell 2003–2004 Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads Jim Lloyd 2004–2007 External links
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