Minister for Women (Australia)
List of Ministers for Women
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Women, or any of its precedent titles:

Minister for Women (Australia)

Section Title: List of Ministers for Women
Table Section Text: The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Women, or any of its precedent titles:

Order	Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office

1	Tony Street	Liberal	Fraser	Minister Assisting the Prime Minister in Women’s Affairs	16 August 1976	8 November 1976	84 days

2	Ian Macphee	8 November 1976	20 December 1977	1 year, 42 days

3	Susan Ryan	Labor	Hawke	Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women	11 March 1983	19 January 1988	4 years, 314 days

4	Margaret Reynolds	19 January 1988	4 April 1990	2 years, 75 days

5	Wendy Fatin	4 April 1990	20 December 1991	2 years, 354 days

Keating	20 December 1991	24 March 1993

6	Rosemary Crowley	24 March 1993	23 December 1993	274 days

7	Ros Kelly	23 December 1993	1 March 1994	68 days

8	Carmen Lawrence	25 March 1994	11 March 1996	1 year, 352 days

9	Jocelyn Newman	Liberal	Howard	11 March 1996	9 October 1997	1 year, 212 days

10	Judi Moylan	Minister for the Status of Women	9 October 1997	21 October 1998	1 year, 12 days

n/a	Jocelyn Newman	Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women	21 October 1998	30 January 2001	2 years, 101 days

11	Amanda Vanstone	30 January 2001	7 October 2003	2 years, 250 days

12	Kay Patterson	7 October 2003	26 October 2004	2 years, 112 days

Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues	26 October 2004	27 January 2006

13	Julie Bishop	27 January 2006	3 December 2007	1 year, 310 days

14	Tanya Plibersek	Labor	Rudd	Minister for the Status of Women	3 December 2007	24 June 2010	2 years, 285 days

Gillard	24 June 2010	14 September 2010

15	Kate Ellis	15 September 2010	14 December 2011	1 year, 90 days

16	Julie Collins	14 December 2011	27 June 2013	1 year, 278 days

Rudd	27 June 2013	18 September 2013

17	Michaelia Cash	Liberal	Abbott	Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women	18 September 2013	15 September 2015	4 years, 93 days

Turnbull	15 September 2015	21 September 2015

Minister for Women	21 September 2015	20 December 2017

18	Kelly O'Dwyer	20 December 2017	Incumbent	443 days

Sentence(s)

The Minister for Women in the Government of Australia is Kelly O'Dwyer, who took office on the 20th of December 2017.

final_sentence: The Minister for Women in the Government of Australia is Kelly O'Dwyer, who took office on the 20th of December 2017.