Melbourne Graduate School of Education Curriculum Policies Project

Commonwealth, State and Territory Education Ministers

South Australia

YearPolitical PartyPremierMinister for Education

Jun 1970
-
Sep 1979

ALP

Corcoran | Dunstan

Minister of Education
Richard HUDSON - Jun 1970 to Jun 1975
Donald HOPGOOD - Jun 1975 to Feb 1979
Donald HOPGOOD - Feb 1979 to Sep 1979 (Corcoran)

Sep 1979
-
Nov 1982

LIB

Tonkin

Minister of Education
Harold ALLISON - Sep 1979 to Nov 1982

Nov 1982 -
Dec 1993

ALP

Bannon | Arnold

Minister of Education
Lynn ARNOLD - Nov 1982 to Dec 1985 (Bannon)
Gregory CRAFTER - Dec 1985 to Sep 1992
Gregory CRAFTER - Sep 1992 to Oct 1992 (Arnold)

Minister for Education, Employment & Training
Susan LENEHAN - Oct 1992 to Dec 1993

Dec 1993 -
Mar 2002

LIB

Brown | Olsen | Kerin

Minister for Education and Children's Services
Robert LUCAS - Dec 1993 to Nov 1996 (Brown)
Robert LUCAS - Nov 1996 to Oct 1997 (Olsen)

Minister for Education, Children's Services & Training
Malcolm BUCKLEY - Oct 1997 to Oct 2001

Minister for Education & Children's Services
Malcolm BUCKLEY - Oct 2001 to Mar 2002 (Kerin)

Mar 2002 -
2005*

ALP

Rann

Minister for Education & Children's Services
Patricia WHITE - Mar 2002 to Mar 2004
Jane LOMAX-SMITH - Mar 2004 to current


*Still in government at project end date of 2005.

Sources:
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); Parliament of South Australia Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007. Accessed online 25 January 2008; The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (21st ed. Revised) 2005.  Black, David (editor). The Western Australian Government Gazette No. 21, 25th January 2006; Parliament of Western Australia

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