Minister for Corrections (New South Wales)

The New South Wales Minister for Corrections is a minister of the Government of New South Wales who is commissioned with responsibility for the administration of correctional services, juvenile justice, and prisons in the state of New South Wales, Australia.^[1][2]

Minister for Corrections
Incumbent Anoulack Chanthivong since 5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)
Department of Communities and Justice
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Bill Haigh (as the Minister for Corrective Services)
Formation	30 January 2017

The current Minister for Corrections is Anoulack Chanthivong, since 5 April 2023. The minister administers the portfolio through the Department of Communities and Justice cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies.^[3]

Ultimately the minister is answerable to Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

Title	Minister [4]	Party		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Corrective Services	Bill Haigh		Labor	19 October 1978	2 October 1981	2 years, 348 days
	Rex Jackson			2 October 1981	27 October 1983	2 years, 25 days
	Peter Anderson			27 October 1983	5 April 1984	161 days
	John Akister			5 April 1984	21 March 1988	3 years, 351 days
	Ray Aston		Liberal	25 March 1988	23 May 1988	63 days
	John Fahey			23 May 1988	8 June 1988	16 days
	Michael Yabsley			8 June 1988	6 June 1991	2 years, 363 days
Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services	Terry Griffiths			6 June 1991	28 June 1991	22 days
Minister for Corrective Services	Bob Debus		Labor	4 April 1995	12 January 2001	5 years, 283 days
	John Watkins			12 January 2001	21 November 2001	313 days
	Richard Amery			21 November 2001	2 April 2003	1 year, 132 days
Minister for Corrective Services	John Robertson		Labor	30 January 2009	4 December 2009	308 days
	Phil Costa			8 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 110 days
Minister for Corrections	David Elliott		Liberal	2 April 2015	23 March 2019	3 years, 355 days	[5][4]
Minister for Counter Terrorism and Corrections	Anthony Roberts			2 April 2019	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	2 years, 263 days	[6]
Minister for Corrections	Geoff Lee			21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	28 March 2023	3 years, 136 days	[7] The minister administers the portfolio through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies.[3]
	Anoulack Chanthivong		Labor	5 April 2023	incumbent	2 years, 31 days

Former ministerial titles

Counter Terrorism

Title	Minister [4]	Party		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Counter Terrorism Minister for Corrections	David Elliott		Liberal	30 January 2017	2 April 2019	2 years, 62 days
Minister for Counter Terrorism and Corrections	Anthony Roberts			2 April 2019	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)	2 years, 263 days	[8]
Minister for Mental Health	Ryan Park		Labor	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	8 days
Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism	Yasmin Catley			5 April 2023	incumbent	2 years, 31 days

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism § Counter-terrorism.[edit]

Justice

Title	Minister [4]	Party		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister of Justice and Public Instruction	George Allen MLA		None	9 December 1873	8 February 1875	1 year, 61 days	[9]
	Joseph Docker MLC			9 February 1875	21 March 1877	2 years, 40 days	[10]
	Francis Suttor MLA			22 March 1877	16 August 1877	147 days	[11]
	John Lackey MLA			17 August 1877	17 December 1877	122 days	[12]
	Joseph Leary MLA			18 December 1877	20 December 1878	1 year, 2 days	[13]
	Francis Suttor			21 December 1878	30 April 1880	1 year, 131 days	[11]
Minister of Justice				1 May 1880	10 August 1880	101 days
	Sir Joseph Innes			11 August 1880	13 October 1881	63 days
	William Foster			14 October 1881	4 January 1883	1 year, 82 days
	Henry Cohen			5 January 1883	6 October 1885	2 years, 274 days
	James Farnell			7 October 1885	9 October 1885	2 days
	Thomas Slattery			2 November 1885	21 December 1885	49 days
	Louis Heydon			22 December 1885	4 February 1886	44 days
	James Garvan		Protectionist	26 February 1886	19 January 1887	327 days
	William Clarke		Free Trade	20 January 1887	16 January 1889	1 year, 362 days
	Thomas Slattery		Protectionist	17 January 1889	7 March 1889	49 days
	Albert Gould		Free Trade	8 March 1889	22 October 1891	2 years, 228 days
	Richard O'Connor		Protectionist	23 October 1891	14 December 1893	2 years, 52 days
	Thomas Slattery			15 December 1893	2 August 1894	230 days
	Albert Gould		Free Trade	3 August 1894	15 August 1898	4 years, 12 days
	Charles Lee			17 August 1898	3 July 1899	320 days
	John Hughes			3 July 1899	13 September 1899	72 days
	William Wood		Protectionist	14 September 1899	9 April 1901	1 year, 207 days
	Robert Fitzgerald		Progressive	11 April 1901	16 July 1901	96 days
	Bernhard Wise [a]			22 July 1901	14 June 1904	2 years, 328 days
	Thomas Waddell		Progressive	15 June 1904	29 August 1904	75 days
	Charles Wade		Liberal Reform	29 August 1904	20 December 1909	5 years, 113 days
	John Garland			21 December 1909	20 October 1910	303 days
	William Holman		Labor	21 October 1910	1 April 1912	1 year, 163 days
	David Hall			2 April 1912	15 November 1916	4 years, 227 days
	John Garland		Nationalist	15 November 1916	23 July 1919	2 years, 250 days
	Jack FitzGerald			23 July 1919	12 April 1920	264 days
	Edward McTiernan		Labor	12 April 1920	21 December 1920	253 days
	William McKell [b]			22 December 1920	10 October 1921	292 days	[15]
	Thomas Bavin		Nationalist	20 December 1921	20 December 1921	7 hours
	William McKell		Labor	20 December 1921	13 April 1922	114 days
	Thomas Ley		Nationalist	13 April 1922	17 June 1925	3 years, 65 days
	William McKell		Labor	17 June 1925	7 June 1927	1 year, 355 days
	Andrew Lysaght			8 June 1927	18 October 1927	132 days
Minister for Justice	John Lee		Nationalist	18 October 1927	3 November 1930	3 years, 16 days
	Joseph Lamaro		Labor	4 November 1930	17 June 1931	225 days
	William McKell			17 June 1931	13 May 1932	331 days
	Sir Daniel Levy		United Australia	16 May 1932	17 June 1932	32 days
	Lewis Martin			18 June 1932	16 August 1939	7 years, 59 days
	Vernon Treatt			16 August 1939	16 May 1941	1 year, 273 days
	Reg Downing		Labor	19 May 1941	31 May 1960	19 years, 12 days
	Jack Mannix			31 May 1960	13 May 1965	4 years, 347 days
	John Maddison		Liberal	13 May 1965	11 May 1976	10 years, 364 days
	Ron Mulock		Labor	14 May 1976	19 October 1978	2 years, 158 days
	Frank Walker			19 October 1978	1 February 1983	4 years, 105 days
	Paul Landa			1 February 1983	5 April 1984	1 year, 64 days
Minister for Justice	Terry Griffiths [c]		Liberal	28 June 1991	23 September 1992	1 year, 87 days	[4]
	Ted Pickering			23 September 1992	22 October 1992	29 days
	Wayne Merton			22 October 1992	26 May 1993	216 days
	John Hannaford			26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days
Minister for Justice	John Hatzistergos		Labor	2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days	[4]
	Tony Kelly			3 August 2005	2 April 2007	1 year, 242 days
	John Hatzistergos			2 April 2007	30 January 2009	1 year, 303 days
Minister for Justice	Greg Smith		Liberal	3 April 2011	17 April 2014	3 years, 14 days	[4]
	Brad Hazzard			23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
Minister for Justice and Police	Troy Grant		National	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Youth Justice (New South Wales) § Justice.[edit]

Youth Justice

Title	Minister	Party		Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Juvenile Justice	Carmel Tebbutt		Labor	8 April 1999	2 April 2003	3 years, 359 days
	Diane Beamer			2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days
	Tony Kelly			3 August 2005	2 April 2007	1 year, 242 days
	John Hatzistergos			2 April 2007	11 April 2007	9 days
	Barbara Perry			11 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 147 days
	Graham West			8 September 2008	5 June 2010	1 year, 270 days
	Barbara Perry			5 June 2010	28 March 2011	296 days
Minister for Mental Health	Ryan Park		Labor	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	8 days
Minister for Youth Justice	Jihad Dib			5 April 2023	present	2 years, 31 days

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Youth Justice (New South Wales) § Ministers.[edit]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Politics portal

• List of New South Wales government agencies
• Justice ministry
• Politics of New South Wales
• Minister for Corrections (Victoria)

Notes

1. Bernhard Wise was the Attorney General and took on the additional responsibilities following the electoral defeat of Robert Fitzgerald.
2. William McKell was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio to be Assistant Minister of Justice from 12 April 1920,^[14] and appointed Minister on 22 December 1920.
3. Known for 22 days as the Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services.