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Minister for Industry and Trade
Australian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Minister for Industry and Trade is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities for sponsoring and supporting enterprise, trade, and international investment in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The minister is responsible for administering the portfolio through the Premier's Department.[1]
Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
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Labour and Industry (1895-1921)
The Minister for Labour and Industry portfolio was established in 1895 in the Reid ministry and held in conjunction with the Minister of Public Instruction. In 1921, in the first Dooley ministry, the portfolio of Labour and Industry was split into Labour and the new portfolio of State Industrial Enterprises.[2] State Industrial Enterprises became the responsibility of the Minister for Railways. The responsibilities included - building construction, metal quarries, monier pipeworks, docks and workshops.[3] The State Industrial Enterprises portfolio was abolished in 1925 in the first Lang ministry.
State Development (1986-2011)
The Minister for State Development was a minister in the New South Wales Government that sought to attract new investment into the State and to identify opportunities for existing NSW businesses, through providing services to the business sector and co-ordination services to the public sector to develop an internationally competitive economy in New South Wales.[4][5]
The portfolio was abolished in 2011 with the formation of the O'Farrell ministry and its responsibilities were split between the portfolios of Trade and Investment and Regional Infrastructure and Services.[6]
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List of ministers
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Industry
The following individuals have served as the Minister for Industry, or any precedent titles:
Trade
The following individuals have served as the Minister for Trade, or any precedent titles:
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Former ministerial titles
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State Industrial Enterprises
The following individuals have served as the Minister for State Industrial Enterprises, or any equivalent titles:
Decentralisation
The following individuals have served as the Minister for Decentralisation, or any equivalent titles:
State Development
Investment
The following individuals have served as the Minister for Investment, or any precedent titles:
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