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Carr ministry (1999–2003)

The Carr ministry (1999–2003) or Third Carr ministry was the 87th ministry of the New South Wales Government, and was led by the 39th Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr, representing the Labor Party.

The ministry covered the period from 8 April 1999, when Carr led Labor to victory at the 1999 state election, until 3 April 2003, when Carr's Labor government was re-elected at the 2003 state election. As of 2023, this is the last term of Parliament in which the elected Premier of New South Wales has served the full term.

Composition of ministry

The ministry was announced on 8 April 1999 and two new roles were created in March 2000.[a] In June 2000 Jeff Shaw resigned from parliament to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court,[1] resulting in a reconfiguration of the ministry.[b] Having spent more than five years as the Minister for the Olympics organising the Sydney Olympics in September 2000, Michael Knight retired from parliament in January 2001.[2][c][d] In November 2001 Paul Whelan resigned from the ministry.[3][e][f][g][h][i][j] The fourth re-arrangement occurred in July 2002, when Faye Lo Po' retired from the ministry.[4][5][k] Richard Face had announced that he would not contest the 2003 election[4] and retired from the ministry in February 2003.[l] The ministry was replaced by the Fourth Carr ministry following the 2003 election.[6][7]

  Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c John Della Bosca assigned additional roles to assist the Premier on Public Sector Management and the Central Coast.
  2. ^ a b c Jeff Shaw resigned from parliament to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court. He was replaces as Attorney General by Bob Debus and John Della Bosca replaced him as Minister for Industrial Relations.
  3. ^ a b Michael Knight retired from parliament on 12 January 2001 and his Olympics portfolio was abolished
  4. ^ a b Bob Debus was replaced as Minister for Corrective Services by John Watkins.
  5. ^ a b Paul Whelan resigned as Minister for Police on 21 November 2001 and was replaced by Michael Costa, who entered the ministry.
  6. ^ a b c The portfolio of Urban Affairs and Planning was renamed Planning and Andrew Refshauge remained minister.
  7. ^ a b c d e John Aquilina gained the portfolio of Land and Water Conservation from Richard Amery and Fair Trading from John Watkins who took on Aquilina's portfolio of Education and Training.
  8. ^ a b Richard Amery gained the portfolio of Corrective Services from John Watkins and lost Land and Water Conservation to John Aquilina.
  9. ^ a b Morris Iemma gained the portfolio of Sport and Recreation from John Watkins.
  10. ^ a b c d e John Watkins was promoted to the portfolio of Education and Training from John Aquilina and gave up Fair Trading to Aquilina, Corrective Services to Richard Amery and Sport and Recreation to Morris Iemma.
  11. ^ a b c d e Faye Lo Po' retired from the ministry on 11 July 2002 and was replaced as Minister for Women by Sandra Nori. Lo Po's other portfolios of Community Services, Aging and Disability Services were transferred to Carmel Tebbutt.
  12. ^ a b c Richard Face retired from the ministry on 13 February 2003, with his portfolios of Gaming and Racing and Assisting the Premier on Hunter Development allocated to Michael Egan.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Retained portfolio from the first Carr ministry.

References

  1. ^ Chesterton, Andrew (12 August 2007). "Jeff Shaw's fall from grace". Daily Telegraph. Australia. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  2. ^ Green, Antony (5 April 2011). "Campbelltown". NSW Votes 2011. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. ^ Mealey, Rachel (19 November 2001). "Paul Whelan stands down as NSW Police Minister" (transcript). The World Today. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b Totaro, Paula (6 April 2002). "Faye Lo Po' stands between Carr and certainty". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Carr reshuffle to push DOCS off front page" (transcript). PM (ABC Radio). Australia. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.