The Minister for Small Business is a minister of the New South Wales Government within the Treasury and has responsibilities for matters relating to small business policy and regulation in New South Wales. The current Minister for Small Business, since 5 April 2023, is Steve Kamper.
| Minister for Small Business | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Nominator | Premier of New South Wales |
| Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
| Inaugural holder | George Paciullo (as the Minister for Small Business and Technology) |
| Formation | 10 February 1984 |
The minister supports the Minister for Finance, presently Courtney Houssos and the Treasurer, presently Daniel Mookhey. Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.
Role and responsibilities edit
Small business was first represented at a portfolio level in the sixth Wran ministry, with the appointment of George Paciullo as the Minister for Small Business and Technology, with Paciullo also holding the portfolio of Industry and Decentralisation. The portfolio was responsible for promoting the well-being, growth and development of the small business sector in New South Wales through the Office of Small Business. In the eighth Wran ministry small business was combined with industry to form the portfolio of Industry and Small Business.[1]
Small Business first became a separate portfolio in the Unsworth ministry, with the appointment of Deirdre Grusovin who also held the portfolio of Consumer Affairs. In addition to the Office of Small Business, the portfolio was responsible for Small Business Development Corporation which undertook research and investigated matters relating to the small business section of the economy and aimed at expanding the effectiveness of existing government assistance and advisory programs. The portfolio was replaced in the first Grieiner ministry by the portfolio of Business and Consumer Affairs.[2][3]
List of ministers edit
| Title | Minister [3] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Small Business and Technology | George Paciullo | Labor | Wran (6) | 10 February 1984 | 5 April 1984 | 55 days | ||
| Eric Bedford | Wran (7) | 5 April 1984 | 31 December 1985 | 1 year, 270 days | ||||
| Neville Wran | 1 January 1986 | 6 February 1986 | 36 days | |||||
| Minister for Industry and Small Business | Peter Cox | Wran (8) Unsworth |
6 February 1986 | 26 November 1987 | 1 year, 293 days | |||
| Minister for Small Business | Deirdre Grusovin | Unsworth | 26 November 1987 | 21 March 1988 | 116 days | |||
| Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs | Gerry Peacocke | National | Grieiner (1) | 25 March 1988 | 6 June 1991 | 3 years, 73 days | ||
| Minister for Small Business | Ray Chappell | National | 26 May 1993 | 4 April 1995 | 1 year, 313 days | |||
| Minister for Small Business and Regional Development | Carl Scully | Labor | 4 April 1995 | 15 December 1995 | 255 days | |||
| Minister for Small Business | Sandra Nori | Labor | 8 April 1999 | 2 April 2003 | 3 years, 359 days | |||
| David Campbell | Carr (4) Iemma (1) |
2 April 2003 | 2 April 2007 | 4 years, 0 days | ||||
| Joe Tripodi | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007 | 5 September 2008 | 1 year, 156 days | ||||
| Tony Stewart | Rees | 8 September 2008 | 11 November 2008 | 64 days | ||||
| Jodi McKay | 11 November 2008 | 30 January 2009 | 80 days | |||||
| Steve Whan | 30 January 2009 | 4 December 2009 | 308 days | |||||
| Peter Primrose | Keneally | 4 December 2009 | 21 May 2010 | 168 days | ||||
| Frank Terenzini | 21 May 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 311 days | |||||
| Katrina Hodgkinson | National | O'Farrell | 3 April 2011 | 17 April 2014 | 3 years, 14 days | |||
| Andrew Stoner | Baird (1) | 23 April 2014 | 17 October 2014 | 177 days | ||||
| John Barilaro | Baird (1) (2) Berejiklian (1) |
17 October 2014 | 23 March 2019 | 4 years, 157 days | [4] | |||
| Minister for Finance and Small Business | Damien Tudehope | Liberal | Berejiklian (2) | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days | [5] | |
| Minister for Small Business | Eleni Petinos | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | 3 August 2022 | 225 days | [6][7] | ||
| Victor Dominello | 3 August 2022 | 28 March 2023 | 237 days | |||||
| Steve Kamper | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 25 days | |||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "PFO-66 Small Business and Technology". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ "PFO-154 Small Business [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 10 March 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ a b "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
- ^ Maddison, Max (31 July 2022). "Dominic Perrottet sacks NSW Small Business Minister Eleni Petinos over alleged bullying". The Australian. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
