The Minister for Youth is the minister in the Australian government responsible for oversight of youth affairs in Australia alongside the Minister for Education. The incumbent Minister is Labor senator Jess Walsh.
In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Education is the senior minister in providing direction and oversight of the Department of Education. The Minister for Youth assists in this administration.
List of ministers for youth There have been several portfolios to include the term "youth", sometimes separate from or under education portfolios. The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers with various titles that have included the word "youth":
Order Minister Party affiliation Prime Minister Ministerial title Term start Term end Term in office 1 Ian Viner Liberal Fraser Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs 2 Neil Brown 3 Susan Ryan Labor Hawke Minister for Education and Youth Affairs 4 John Dawkins Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Youth Affairs 5 Clyde Holding Minister for Employment Services and Youth Affairs days 6 Amanda Vanstone Liberal Howard Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs 7 David Kemp Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs 8 Larry Anthony National Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 9 Kate Ellis LaborRudd Minister for Youth Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth 10 Peter Garrett Gillard Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth (9) Kate Ellis Rudd Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth days 11 Richard Colbeck Liberal Morrison Minister for Youth and Sport 12 Alan Tudge Minister for Education and Youth 2 December 2021 13 Anne Aly Labor Albanese Minister for Youth 14 Jess Walsh Incumbent
List of ministers for early childhood education
See also Minister for Education and Early Learning (New South Wales) Minister for Youth (New South Wales) Minister for Youth (Victoria) Minister for Youth (Western Australia)
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