Melbourne Graduate School of Education Curriculum Policies Project

Commonwealth, State and Territory Education Ministers

Commonwealth

YearPolitical PartyPrime MinisterMinister for Education

Dec 1972 -
Nov 1975

ALP

Whitlam

Minister for Education
Kim BEAZLEY - Dec 1972 to Nov 1975
Margaret GUILFOYLE - Nov 1975 to Dec 1975

Nov 1975
-
Mar 1983

LIB

Fraser

Minister for Education
John CARRICK - Dec 1975 to Dec 1979
Wallace FIFE -  Dec 1979 to May 1982
Peter BAUME - May 1982 to Mar 1983

Mar 1983
-
Mar 1996

ALP

Hawke | Keating

Minister for Education
Susan RYAN - Mar 1983 Jul 1987

Minister for Employment, Education and Training
John DAWKINS - Jul 1987 Dec 1991
Kim BEAZLEY - Dec 1991 to Mar 1993
Kim BEAZLEY - Mar 1993 to Dec 1993  (Keating)
Simon CREAN - Dec 1993 to Mar 1996

Mar 1996 -
Dec 2007

LIB

Howard

Minister for Employment, Education, Training & Youth Affairs
Amanda VANSTONE - Mar 1996 to Oct 1997

Minister for Employment, Education & Youth Affairs David KEMP - Oct 1997 to Oct 1998

Minister for Education, Training & Youth Affairs
David KEMP - Oct 1998 to Nov 2001
Brendan NELSON - Nov 2001 to Jan 2006


Sources:
Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia. Accessed online 25 January 2008. Colin A. Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1965-1974 Edition (Canberra: ANU Press, 1977) 1975-1984 Edition (Canberra: ANU Press, 1986); and 1975-1999 Edition (Canberra: Federation Press, 2002).

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