Minister for Roads (New South Wales)

The Minister for Roads is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities which includes the development of road infrastructure and road pricing, and taxi and hire car policy and regulation.^[1][2] The portfolio has been previously known as the Minister for Highways, Minister for Roads and Freight and Minister for Metropolitan Roads. Since 2025, Jenny Aitchison has served as Minister for Roads.

Minister for Roads
Incumbent Jenny Aitchison since 17 March 2025 (2025-03-17)
Department of Transport
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Formation	15 March 1956

In the Minns ministry since April 2023, it has been one of three ministries in the transport sector and the Minister, works with the Minister for Regional Transport, presently also Aitchison, and the Minister for Transport.^[3][2] Together they administer the portfolio through the Department of Transport (Transport for NSW) and a range of other government agencies that coordinate funding arrangements for transport operators, including hundreds of local and community transport operators.^[4]

List of ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for highways or roads.

Ministerial title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Highways	Jack Renshaw		Labor	Cahill (3) (4)	15 March 1956	28 October 1959	3 years, 227 days
	Pat Hills			Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw	28 October 1959	13 May 1965	5 years, 197 days
	Pat Morton		Liberal	Askin (1) (2) (3) (4)	13 May 1965	19 June 1972	7 years, 37 days
	Sir Charles Cutler		Country	Askin (4) (5) (6)	19 June 1972	3 January 1975	2 years, 198 days
	Wal Fife		Liberal	Lewis (1)	3 January 1975	10 October 1975	280 days
	Max Ruddock			Lewis (1) (2)	10 October 1975	23 January 1976	105 days
	Tim Bruxner		Country	Willis	23 January 1976	14 May 1976	112 days
	Peter Cox		Labor	Wran (1)	14 May 1976	19 October 1978	2 years, 158 days
Minister for Roads	Harry Jensen			Wran (2) (3)	19 October 1978	2 October 1981	2 years, 348 days
	Paul Whelan			Wran (4)	2 October 1981	1 February 1983	1 year, 122 days
	Rex Jackson			Wran (5)	1 February 1983	27 October 1983	268 days
	Laurie Brereton				27 October 1983	10 November 1983	14 days
	George Paciullo				10 November 1983	10 February 1984	92 days
	Pat Hills			Wran (6)	10 February 1984	5 April 1984	55 days
	Laurie Brereton			Wran (7) (8) Unsworth	5 April 1984	26 November 1987	3 years, 235 days
Minister for Roads	Wal Murray		National	Greiner (1) (2) Fahey (1) (2)	24 July 1990	26 May 1993	2 years, 306 days
	Bruce Baird		Liberal	Fahey (3)	26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days
	Michael Knight		Labor	Carr (1)	4 April 1995	28 November 1996	1 year, 238 days
	Carl Scully			Carr (1) (2) (3) (4)	28 November 1996	21 January 2005	8 years, 54 days
	Michael Costa			Iemma (1)	21 January 2005	3 August 2005	194 days
	Joe Tripodi				3 August 2005	17 February 2006	198 days
	Eric Roozendaal			Iemma (2)	17 February 2006	5 September 2008	2 years, 211 days
	Michael Daley			Rees	8 September 2008	14 September 2009	1 year, 6 days
Minister for Transport and Roads	David Campbell		Labor	Keneally	8 December 2009	20 May 2010	163 days
Minister for Roads	David Borger				21 May 2010	28 March 2011	318 days
Minister for Roads and Ports	Duncan Gay		National	O'Farrell	4 April 2011	23 April 2014	5 years, 301 days	[5]
Minister for Roads and Freight				Baird (1)	23 April 2014	2 April 2015
Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight				Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017
	Melinda Pavey			Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	[6]
Minister for Transport and Roads	Andrew Constance		Liberal	Berejiklian (2)	2 April 2019	5 October 2021	2 years, 186 days	[7]
	Rob Stokes			Perrottet (1)	6 October 2021	21 December 2021	76 days	[8]
Minister for Metropolitan Roads	Natalie Ward		Liberal	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	[1]
Minister for Roads	John Graham		Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	17 March 2025	1 year, 354 days
	Jenny Aitchison				17 March 2025	incumbent	28 days

Related Ministries

Ministerial title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads	Paul Toole		National	Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	2 April 2019	21 December 2021	2 years, 263 days	[9]
	Sam Farraway			Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	[10]
	Jenny Aitchison		Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	17 March 2025	2 years, 9 days	[11]
Minister for Regional Transport					17 March 2025	incumbent

This section is an excerpt from Minister for Regional Transport § List of ministers.[edit]

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers for Regional Transport, or any precedent title.^[2]

Assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Ministers with responsibility for assisting or advising the Minister for Roads.^[2]

Ministerial title	Minister [2]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Assistant Minister for Roads	Michael Yabsley		Liberal		24 July 1990	6 June 1991	317 days	[12]
Minister Assisting the Minister for Roads	Wendy Machin		National		26 May 1993	4 April 1995	1 year, 313 days	[13]

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Politics portal
• Roads portal

• List of New South Wales government agencies