| Minister for Pacific Island Affairs | |
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| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on theadvice of theprime minister |
| Inaugural holder | Bill Morrison(as Minister Assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in matters relating to Papua New Guinea) |
| Formation | 30 November 1973 (1973-11-30) |
| Website | ministers |
TheMinister for Pacific Island Affairs is a ministerial post of theAustralian Government and is currently held byPat Conroy since June 2022 in theAlbanese ministry.
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Pacific Island Affairs, or any precedent title:[1]
| Order | Minister | Party | Ministry | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Bilney | Labor | 2nd Keating | Minister forDevelopment Cooperation and Pacific Island Affairs | 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) | 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) | 2 years, 353 days | |
| 2 | Steven Ciobo | LNP | 1st Turnbull | Minister for International Development and the Pacific | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) | 150 days | |
| 3 | Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | Liberal | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 2 years, 185 days | |||
| 2nd Turnbull | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) | ||||||
| 4 | Alex Hawke | Liberal | 2nd Morrison | Minister for International Development and the Pacific | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 1 year, 207 days | |
| 5 | Zed Seselja | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 1 year, 152 days | ||||
| 6 | Pat Conroy | Labor | 1st Albanese | 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | 13 May 2025 (2025-05-13) | 3 years, 177 days | ||
| 2nd Albanese | Minister for Pacific Island Affairs | 13 May 2025 (2025-05-13) | Incumbent | |||||
The following individuals have been appointed as parliamentary secretaries and assistant ministers for Pacific Island affairs or any of its precedent titles:[1]
| Order | Minister | Party | Ministry | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Morrison | Labor | 2nd Whitlam | Minister Assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in matters relating to Papua New Guinea | 30 November 1973 (1973-11-30) | 12 June 1974 (1974-06-12) | 1 year, 188 days | |
| 3rd Whitlam | 12 June 1974 (1974-06-12) | 6 June 1975 (1975-06-06) | ||||||
| Minister Assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in matters relating to the Islands of the Pacific | 6 June 1975 (1975-06-06) | 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) | ||||||
| 2 | Duncan Kerr | Labor | 1st Rudd | Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs | 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) | 14 December 2009 (2009-12-14) | 2 years, 11 days | |
| 3 | Richard Marles | Labor | 2nd Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs | 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) | 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22) | 2 years, 189 days | |
| 4 | Matt Thistlethwaite | 22 March 2013 (2013-03-22) | 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) | 180 days | ||||
| 2nd Rudd | 22 June 2013 (2013-06-22) | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | ||||||
| 5 | Anne Ruston | Liberal | 1st Morrison | Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 274 days | |
| 6 | Nita Green | Labor | 2nd Albanese | Assistant Minister for Pacific Island Affairs | 13 May 2025 (2025-05-13) | Incumbent | 196 days | |
