Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

The Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence, is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibility for the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault in New South Wales, Australia.

Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Incumbent
Jodie Harrison
since 5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)
Department of Communities and Justice
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderPru Goward (as Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault)
Formation2 April 2015

The reduction in violence against women was one of the objectives in establishing the Minister for the Status of Women in the third Fahey ministry in 1993.[1] A separate portfolio of Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault was created in the second Baird ministry. Women's safety was added to the portfolio title in the second Perrottet ministry. The current minister, since 21 December 2021, is Natalie Ward.[2] The minister supports the Attorney General in the administration of that portfolio. through the Stronger Communities cluster, in particular the Department of Communities and Justice and a range of other government agencies.

Ultimately, the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers
TitleMinister[2]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Pru Goward   Liberal Berejiklian (1) 2 April 2015 23 March 2019 3 years, 355 days [3]
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Mark Speakman Berejiklian (2) 2 April 2019 27 May 2021 2 years, 263 days [4]
Minister for Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)		 27 May 2021 21 December 2021 [5]
Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence Natalie Ward Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 5 April 2023 1 year, 105 days [6]
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Jodie Harrison   Labor Minns 5 April 2023 incumbent 43 days

See also

References
  1. "PFO-162 Status of Women (1993-1995) Women [I] (1995-2019)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 8 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. Vukovic, Dom; Gerathy, Sarah; McDonald, Philippa (29 January 2017). "NSW Cabinet reshuffle: Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces big changes to front bench". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (230)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 28 May 2021. p. 2-3. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
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