Minister for Regional New South Wales

The Minister for Regional New South Wales is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities for regional areas. The minister is responsible for administering the Regional NSW cluster.^[1]

Minister for Regional New South Wales
Incumbent Tara Moriarty since 5 April 2023
Department of Regional NSW
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Ray Chappell (as Minister for Regional Development)
Formation	26 May 1993

In the Minns ministry there are two other ministers with specific regional responsibility:

• Minister for Regional Health, Ryan Park
• Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Jenny Aitchison.

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

List of ministers

Regional New South Wales

The following individuals have served as Minister for Regional New South Wales or any precedent titles:

Title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Regional Development	Ray Chappell		National	Fahey (3)	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days
Minister for Small Business and Regional Development	Carl Scully		Labor	Carr (1)	4 April 1995	15 December 1995	255 days
Minister for State and Regional Development	Michael Egan				15 December 1995	1 December 1997	1 year, 351 days
Minister for Regional Development	Harry Woods			Carr (2) (3)	1 December 1997	2 April 2003	5 years, 122 days
	David Campbell			Carr (4) Iemma (1)	2 April 2003	2 April 2007	4 years, 0 days
	Tony Kelly			Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 156 days
	Phil Costa			Rees	8 September 2008	4 December 2009	1 year, 87 days
Minister for State and Regional Development	Ian Macdonald			Keneally	8 December 2009	5 June 2010	179 days
	Eric Roozendaal				5 June 2010	28 March 2011	296 days
Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services	Andrew Stoner		National	O'Farrell Baird (1)	28 March 2011	17 October 2014	3 years, 203 days
	Troy Grant			Baird (1)	17 October 2014	2 April 2015	167 days
Minister for Regional Development	John Barilaro			Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	6 years, 187 days
Minister for Regional New South Wales				Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	2 April 2019
Minister for Regional New South Wales, Industry and Trade				Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	6 October 2021		[3]
Minister for Regional New South Wales	Paul Toole			Perrottet (1) (2)	6 October 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 173 days	[4][5]
	Tara Moriarty		Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	2 years, 129 days

Assistant ministerial titles

Regional tourism

Title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Assistant Minister for Tourism and Major Events	Katrina Hodgkinson		National	O'Farrell	23 April 2014	17 October 2014	177 days
Minister for Regional Tourism	John Barilaro			Baird (1)	17 October 2014	2 April 2015	167 days	[6]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Politics portal

• List of New South Wales government agencies