The New South Wales Minister for Gaming and Racing is a minister in the Government of New South Wales with responsibilities for the oversight of hospitality and for racing in the state of New South Wales, Australia.[1]

Role and responsibilities

Racing became a portfolio for the first time in the Unsworth ministry.[2] The minister was responsible for regulating bookmakers and the control of greyhound, trotting and horse racing, racecourse development and the management of the NSW Totalisator Agency Board.[3] With the establishment of the Sydney Harbour Casino in 1995, the portfolio included the Casino Control Board.[4] The portfolio was abolished in the Second Berejiklian ministry and responsibility shared by the Minister for Customer Service and the Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, before being re-established in the second Perrottet ministry. In addition to racing and gambling, the minister is also responsible for registered clubs.[5]

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister for Gaming and Racing, or any precedent title:

Ministerial title Minister [2] Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Racing Michael Cleary   Labor Unsworth 4 July 1986 21 March 1988 1 year, 261 days
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing Bob Rowland Smith   National Greiner (1) 25 March 1988 18 September 1989 3 years, 60 days
Minister for Racing [a] 18 September 1989 24 May 1991
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing George Souris Greiner (2)
Fahey (1) 		6 June 1991 24 June 1992 1 year, 18 days
Joe Schipp   Liberal Fahey (2) 3 July 1992 26 May 1993 327 days
Chris Downy Fahey (3) 26 May 1993 4 April 1995 1 year, 313 days
Minister for Gaming and Racing Richard Face   Labor Carr (1) (2) (3) 4 April 1995 13 February 2003 7 years, 315 days
Michael Egan Carr (3) 13 February 2003 2 April 2003 48 days
Grant McBride Carr (4)
Iemma (1) 		2 April 2003 2 April 2007 4 years, 0 days
Graham West Iemma (2) 2 April 2007 8 September 2008 1 year, 159 days
Kevin Greene Rees
Keneally 		8 September 2008 28 March 2011 2 years, 201 days
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing George Souris   National O'Farrell 4 April 2011 23 April 2014 3 years, 19 days
Minister for Hospitality, Gaming and Racing Troy Grant Baird (1) 23 April 2014 2 April 2015 2 years, 282 days
Minister for Racing Baird (2) 2 April 2015 30 January 2017
Paul Toole Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days
Minister for Hospitality and Racing Kevin Anderson   National Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 5 April 2023 1 year, 105 days [1]
Minister for Gaming and Racing David Harris   Labor Minns 5 April 2023 incumbent 1 year, 340 days

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The portfolio of Racing was separated from Sport and Recreation however Bob Rowland Smith retained responsibility for both portfolios.

References

  1. ^ a b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ "PFO-109 Racing [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ^ "PFO-110 Gaming and Racing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  5. ^ "PFO-435 Hospitality and Racing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 7 March 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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