| Minister for Industry and Innovation | |
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| Department of Industry, Science and Resources | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on theadvice of theprime minister |
| Inaugural holder | John Latham(as Minister for Industry) |
| Formation | 10 December 1928 (1928-12-10) |
| Website | www |
TheMinister for Industry and Innovation is anAustralian Government cabinet position which is currently held byTim Ayres following his swearing-in on 13 May 2025 as a result of Anthony Albanese's Labor government being re-elected at the2025 Australian federal election.
In theGovernment of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through theDepartment of Industry, Science and Resources.
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As of 2013[update] other bodies in the portfolio included:[1]
TheAustralian Space Agency opened inAdelaide in February 2020.[2]
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Industry or any precursor title.[3][4][5]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Latham | Nationalist | Bruce | Minister for Industry | 10 December 1928 | 22 October 1929 | 316 days | |
| 2 | James Scullin | Labor | Scullin | 22 October 1929 | 6 January 1932 | 2 years, 76 days | ||
| (1) | John Latham | United Australia | Lyons | 6 January 1932 | 12 October 1934 | 2 years, 279 days | ||
| 3 | Robert Menzies | 12 October 1934 | 20 March 1939 | 4 years, 159 days | ||||
| 4 | Billy Hughes | 20 March 1939 | 7 April 1939 | 1 year, 222 days | ||||
| Page | 20 March 1939 | 26 April 1939 | ||||||
| Menzies | 26 April 1939 | 28 October 1940 | ||||||
| 5 | Eric Spooner | Minister for War Organisation of Industry | 28 October 1940 | 28 August 1941 | 344 days | |||
| Fadden | 28 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
| 6 | John Dedman | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 19 February 1945 | 3 years, 135 days | ||
| 7 | John McEwen | Country | Menzies | Minister forTrade and Industry | 18 December 1963 | 21 January 1966 | 7 years, 49 days | |
| Holt | 26 January 1966 | 19 December 1967 | ||||||
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 5 February 1971 | ||||||
| 8 | Doug Anthony | 5 February 1971 | 10 March 1971 | 1 year, 304 days | ||||
| McMahon | 5 February 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||||||
| 9 | Gough Whitlam | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
| 10 | Jim Cairns | Minister for Secondary Industry | 19 December 1972 | 9 October 1973 | 294 days | |||
| 11 | Kep Enderby | 9 October 1973 | 12 June 1974 | 1 year, 124 days | ||||
| Minister for Manufacturing Industry | 12 June 1974 | 10 February 1975 | ||||||
| 12 | Jim McClelland | 10 February 1975 | 6 June 1975 | 116 days | ||||
| 13 | Lionel Bowen | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 158 days | ||||
| 14 | Bob Cotton | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 2 years, 39 days | ||
| Minister for Industry and Commerce | 22 December 1975 | 20 December 1977 | ||||||
| 15 | Phillip Lynch | 20 December 1977 | 11 October 1982 | 4 years, 295 days | ||||
| 16 | Andrew Peacock | 11 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 151 days | ||||
| 17 | John Button | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 10 years, 13 days | ||
| Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce | 13 December 1984 | 20 December 1991 | ||||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| 18 | Alan Griffiths | Minister for Industry, Technology andRegional Development | 24 March 1993 | 22 January 1994 | 304 days | |||
| 19 | Peter Cook | 30 January 1994 | 25 March 1994 | 2 years, 41 days | ||||
| Minister for Industry,Science and Technology | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | ||||||
| 20 | John Moore | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Industry,Science andTourism | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 224 days | |
| 21 | Nick Minchin | Minister for Industry,Science andResources | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 3 years, 36 days | |||
| 22 | Ian Macfarlane | Minister for Industry,Tourism andResources | 26 November 2001 | 3 December 2007 | 6 years, 7 days | |||
| 23 | Kim Carr | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Innovation, Industry,Science and Research | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 4 years, 11 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 December 2011 | ||||||
| 24 | Greg Combet | Minister for Industry and Innovation | 14 December 2011 | 26 June 2013 | 1 year, 194 days | |||
| (23) | Kim Carr | Rudd | Minister for Innovation, Industry,Science and Research | 26 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 145 days | ||
| (22) | Ian Macfarlane | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Industry | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 23 December 2014 | 2 years, 3 days | |
| Minister for Industry andScience | 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) | 15 September 2015 | ||||||
| Turnbull | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
| 25 | Christopher Pyne | Minister for Industry, Innovation andScience | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 302 days | |||
| 26 | Greg Hunt | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 24 January 2017 (2017-01-24) | 189 days | ||||
| 27 | Arthur Sinodinos | 24 January 2017 (2017-01-24) | 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) | 330 days | ||||
| 28 | Michaelia Cash | Minister for Jobs and Innovation | 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 251 days | |||
| 29 | Karen Andrews | Morrison | Minister for Industry,Science and Technology | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 29 March 2021 (2021-03-29) | 2 years, 213 days | ||
| 30 | Christian Porter1 | 29 March 2021 (2021-03-29) | 19 September 2021 (2021-09-19) | 174 days | ||||
| Scott Morrison1[6] | Minister for Industry,Science,Energy andResources | 15 April 2021 (2021-04-15) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 1 year, 38 days | ||||
| 31 | Angus Taylor1 | Minister for Industry,Energy and Emissions Reduction | 8 October 2021 (2021-10-08) | 227 days | ||||
| 32 | Ed Husic | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Industry andScience | 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | 13 May 2025 (2025-05-13) | 2 years, 346 days | |
| 33 | Tim Ayres | Minister for Industry and Innovation | 13 May 2025 (2025-05-13) | Incumbent | 279 days | |||
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Hawker | United Australia | Lyons | Minister for Commerce | 13 April 1932 (1932-04-13) | 23 September 1932 (1932-09-23) | 163 days | |
| 2 | Joseph Lyons | 3 October 1932 (1932-10-03) | 13 October 1932 (1932-10-13) | 10 days | ||||
| 3 | Frederick Stewart | 13 October 1932 (1932-10-13) | 9 November 1934 (1934-11-09) | 757 days | ||||
| 4 | Earle Page | Country | 9 November 1934 (1934-11-09) | 7 April 1939 (1939-04-07) | 4 years, 149 days | |||
| Page | 7 April 1939 (1939-04-07) | 26 April 1939 (1939-04-26) | ||||||
| 5 | George McLeay | United Australia | Menzies | 26 April 1939 (1939-04-26) | 14 March 1940 (1940-03-14) | 323 days | ||
| 6 | Archie Cameron | Country | 14 March 1940 (1940-03-14) | 28 October 1940 (1940-10-28) | 228 days | |||
| (4) | Earle Page | 28 October 1940 (1940-10-28) | 29 August 1941 (1941-08-29) | 344 days | ||||
| Fadden | 29 August 1941 (1941-08-29) | 7 October 1941 (1941-10-07) | ||||||
| 7 | William Scully | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 (1941-10-07) | 22 December 1942 (1942-12-22) | 5 years, 25 days | ||
| Minister for Commerce andAgriculture | 22 December 1942 (1942-12-22) | 6 July 1945 (1945-07-06) | ||||||
| Forde | 6 July 1945 (1945-07-06) | 13 July 1945 (1945-07-13) | ||||||
| Chifley | 13 July 1945 (1945-07-13) | 1 November 1946 (1946-11-01) | ||||||
| 8 | Reg Pollard | 1 November 1946 (1946-11-01) | 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19) | 3 years, 48 days | ||||
| 9 | John McEwen | Country | Menzies | 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19) | 11 January 1956 (1956-01-11) | 6 years, 23 days | ||
| 10 | Bob Cotton | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Industry and Commerce | 22 December 1975 | 20 December 1977 | 1 year, 363 days | |
| 11 | Phillip Lynch | 20 December 1977 | 11 October 1982 | 4 years, 295 days | ||||
| 12 | Andrew Peacock | 11 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 151 days | ||||
| 13 | John Button | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 10 years, 13 days | ||
| Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce | 13 December 1984 | 20 December 1991 | ||||||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| Order | Minister | Party | Ministry | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Thomson | National Country | Fraser | Minister for Science and Technology | 3 November 1980 | 16 October 1982 | 2 years, 128 days | |
| National | 16 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | ||||||
| 2 | Barry Jones | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 1 year, 277 days | ||
| 3 | John Button | Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce | 13 December 1984 | 20 December 1991 | 8 years, 101 days | |||
| Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
| 4 | Alan Griffiths | Minister for Industry, Technology andRegional Development | 24 March 1993 | 22 January 1994 | 304 days | |||
| 5 | Peter Cook | 30 January 1994 | 25 March 1994 | 2 years, 41 days | ||||
| Minister for Industry, Science and Technology | 25 March 1994 | 11 March 1996 | ||||||
| 6 | Peter McGauran | National | Howard | Minister for Science and Technology | 11 March 1996 | 26 September 1997 | 1 year, 199 days | |
| 7 | Karen Andrews | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Industry, Science and Technology | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) | 2 years, 214 days | |
| 8 | Christian Porter | 30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) | 19 September 2021 (2021-09-19) | 173 days | ||||
| 9 | Melissa Price | Minister for Science and Technology | 8 October 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 227 days | |||
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Manufacturing, or any of its precedent titles:[7]
| Order | Minister | Party | Ministry | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Carr | Labor | 2nd Gillard | Minister for Manufacturing | 14 December 2011 (2011-12-14) | 5 March 2012 (2012-03-05) | 82 days | |
| 2 | Kate Lundy | Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation | 5 March 2012 | 27 June 2013 | 1 year, 197 days | |||
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
The following individual has been appointed as parliamentary secretaries for industry, or any of its precedent titles:
| Order | Assistant Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Entsch | Liberal | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Science and Resources | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 7 years, 98 days | |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Tourism and Resources | 26 November 2001 | 27 January 2006 | ||||||
| 2 | Bob Baldwin | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Tourism and Resources | 27 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 310 days | |||
| 3 | Richard Marles | Labor | Rudd | Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry | 9 June 2009 | 24 June 2010 | 1 year, 97 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
| 4 | Mark DreyfusQC | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation | 14 December 2011 | 4 February 2013 | 1 year, 52 days | |
| 5 | Yvette D'Ath | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation | 25 March 2013 | 27 June 2013 | 177 days | |
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| (2) | Bob Baldwin | Liberal | Abbott | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry | 18 September 2013 | 23 December 2014 | 310 days | |
| 6 | Karen Andrews | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Science | 23 December 2014 | 21 September 2015 | 1 year, 209 days | |||
| Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Science | 21 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | |||||
| 7 | Craig Laundy | Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science | 19 July 2016 | 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) | 1 year, 154 days | |||
| 8 | Zed Seselja | Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation | 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) | 23 August 2018 (2018-08-23) | 246 days | |||
The following individuals have been appointed as assistant minister for innovation, or any of its precedent titles:
| Order | Assistant Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Marles | Labor | Rudd | Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry | 9 June 2009 | 24 June 2010 | 1 year, 97 days | |
| Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
| 2 | Mark DreyfusQC | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation | 14 December 2011 | 4 February 2013 | 1 year, 52 days | |
| 3 | Yvette D'Ath | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation | 25 March 2013 | 27 June 2013 | 177 days | |
| Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
| 4 | Wyatt Roy | Liberal | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Innovation | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 302 days | |
| 5 | Craig Laundy | Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science | 19 July 2016 | 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) | 1 year, 154 days | |||
| 6 | Zed Seselja | Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation | 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) | 23 August 2018 (2018-08-23) | 246 days | |||
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Manufacturing, or any of its precedent titles:[7]
| Order | Minister | Party | Ministry | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Ayres | Labor | Albanese | Assistant Minister for Manufacturing | 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | Incumbent | 3 years, 260 days | |
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