# Minister for Trade and Tourism

The Minister for Trade and Tourism is a portfolio in the Government of Australia, falling within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The position is currently held by Senator Don Farrell, sworn in as part of the Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022. The minister is assisted by the Assistant Minister for Trade, held by Senator Tim Ayres.

## Portfolio

In the Government of Australia, the minister and assistant minister(s) administer the portfolio through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) jointly with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Other trade-related bodies for which the minister and assistant minister are responsible are:
* Austrade
* Export Finance Australia
* Tourism Australia
DFAT was created in 1987 through the merger of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Trade. In sequence, the trade portfolio has been administered by the following departments:
* Department of Trade and Customs (1901–1956)
* Department of Trade (1956–1963)
* Department of Trade and Industry (1963–1972)
* Department of Overseas Trade (1972–1977)
* Department of Trade and Resources (1977–1983)
* Department of Trade (1983–1987)
* Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1987–present)

## List of ministers for trade

The following individuals have been appointed as minister for trade, tourism and investment, or any of its precedent titles:
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Charles Kingston | Protectionist | Barton | Minister for Trade and Customs | 1 January 1901 (1901-01-01) | 24 July 1903 (1903-07-24) | 2 years, 204 days |
| 2 | William Lyne | Protectionist | Barton | Minister for Trade and Customs | 11 August 1903 (1903-08-11) | 24 September 1903 (1903-09-24) | 260 days |
| 2 | William Lyne | Protectionist | Deakin | Minister for Trade and Customs | 24 September 1903 (1903-09-24) | 27 April 1904 (1904-04-27) | 260 days |
| 3 | Andrew Fisher | Labor | Watson | Minister for Trade and Customs | 27 April 1904 (1904-04-27) | 17 August 1904 (1904-08-17) | 112 days |
| 4 | Allan McLean | Protectionist | Reid | Minister for Trade and Customs | 17 August 1904 (1904-08-17) | 5 July 1905 (1905-07-05) | 322 days |
| n/a | William Lyne | Protectionist | Deakin | Minister for Trade and Customs | 5 July 1905 (1905-07-05) | 30 July 1907 (1907-07-30) | 2 years, 25 days |
| 5 | Austin Chapman | Protectionist | Deakin | Minister for Trade and Customs | 30 July 1907 (1907-07-30) | 13 November 1908 (1908-11-13) | 1 year, 106 days |
| 6 | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | Minister for Trade and Customs | 13 November 1908 (1908-11-13) | 2 June 1909 (1909-06-02) | 201 days |
| 7 | Robert Best | Liberal | Deakin | Minister for Trade and Customs | 2 June 1909 (1909-06-02) | 29 April 1910 (1910-04-29) | 331 days |
| n/a | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | Minister for Trade and Customs | 29 April 1910 (1910-04-29) | 24 June 1913 (1913-06-24) | 3 years, 56 days |
| 8 | Littleton Groom | Liberal | Cook | Minister for Trade and Customs | 24 June 1913 (1913-06-24) | 17 September 1914 (1914-09-17) | 1 year, 85 days |
| n/a | Frank Tudor | Labor | Fisher | Minister for Trade and Customs | 17 September 1914 (1914-09-17) | 27 October 1915 (1915-10-27) | 1 year, 363 days |
| n/a | Frank Tudor | Labor | Hughes | Minister for Trade and Customs | 27 October 1915 (1915-10-27) | 14 September 1916 (1916-09-14) | 1 year, 363 days |
| 9 | Billy Hughes | Labor | Hughes | Minister for Trade and Customs | 29 September 1916 (1916-09-29) | 14 November 1916 (1916-11-14) | 46 days |
| 10 | William Archibald | National Labor | Hughes | Minister for Trade and Customs | 14 November 1916 (1916-11-14) | 17 February 1917 (1917-02-17) | 95 days |
| 11 | Jens Jensen | Nationalist | Hughes | Minister for Trade and Customs | 17 February 1917 (1917-02-17) | 13 December 1918 (1918-12-13) | 1 year, 299 days |
| 12 | William Watt | Nationalist | Hughes | Minister for Trade and Customs | 13 December 1918 (1918-12-13) | 17 January 1919 (1919-01-17) | 35 days |
| 13 | Walter Massy-Greene | Nationalist | Hughes | Minister for Trade and Customs | 17 January 1919 (1919-01-17) | 21 December 1921 (1921-12-21) | 2 years, 338 days |
| 14 | Arthur Rodgers | Nationalist | Hughes | Minister for Trade and Customs | 21 December 1921 (1921-12-21) | 5 February 1923 (1923-02-05) | 1 year, 46 days |
| n/a | Austin Chapman | Nationalist | Bruce | Minister for Trade and Customs | 9 February 1923 (1923-02-09) | 26 May 1924 (1924-05-26) | 1 year, 107 days |
| n/a | Littleton Groom | Nationalist | Bruce | Minister for Trade and Customs | 26 May 1924 (1924-05-26) | 13 June 1924 (1924-06-13) | 18 days |
| 15 | Herbert Pratten | Nationalist | Bruce | Minister for Trade and Customs | 13 June 1924 (1924-06-13) | 7 May 1928 (1928-05-07) | 3 years, 329 days |
| 16 | Stanley Bruce | Nationalist | Bruce | Minister for Trade and Customs | 8 May 1928 (1928-05-08) | 28 November 1928 (1928-11-28) | 204 days |
| 17 | Henry Gullett | Nationalist | Bruce | Minister for Trade and Customs | 28 November 1928 (1928-11-28) | 22 October 1929 (1929-10-22) | 328 days |
| 18 | James Fenton | Labor | Scullin | Minister for Trade and Customs | 22 October 1929 (1929-10-22) | 4 February 1931 (1931-02-04) | 1 year, 105 days |
| 19 | Frank Forde | Labor | Scullin | Minister for Trade and Customs | 4 February 1931 (1931-02-04) | 6 January 1932 (1932-01-06) | 336 days |
| n/a | Henry Gullett | United Australia | Lyons | Minister for Trade and Customs | 6 January 1932 (1932-01-06) | 14 January 1933 (1933-01-14) | 1 year, 8 days |
| 20 | Thomas White | United Australia | Lyons | Minister for Trade and Customs | 14 January 1933 (1933-01-14) | 8 November 1938 (1938-11-08) | 5 years, 298 days |
| 21 | John Perkins | United Australia | Lyons | Minister for Trade and Customs | 8 November 1938 (1938-11-08) | 7 April 1939 (1939-04-07) | 169 days |
| 21 | John Perkins | United Australia | Page | Minister for Trade and Customs | 7 April 1939 (1939-04-07) | 26 April 1939 (1939-04-26) | 169 days |
| 22 | John Lawson | United Australia | Menzies | Minister for Trade and Customs | 26 April 1939 (1939-04-26) | 23 February 1940 (1940-02-23) | 303 days |
| 23 | Robert Menzies | United Australia | Menzies | Minister for Trade and Customs | 23 February 1940 (1940-02-23) | 14 March 1940 (1940-03-14) | 20 days |
| 24 | George McLeay | United Australia | Menzies | Minister for Trade and Customs | 14 March 1940 (1940-03-14) | 28 October 1940 (1940-10-28) | 228 days |
| 25 | Eric Harrison | United Australia | Menzies | Minister for Trade and Customs | 28 October 1940 (1940-10-28) | 29 August 1941 (1941-08-29) | 344 days |
| 25 | Eric Harrison | United Australia | Fadden | Minister for Trade and Customs | 29 August 1941 (1941-08-29) | 7 October 1941 (1941-10-07) | 344 days |
| 26 | Richard Keane | Labor | Curtin | Minister for Trade and Customs | 7 October 1941 (1941-10-07) | 6 July 1945 (1945-07-06) | 4 years, 201 days |
| 26 | Richard Keane | Labor | Forde | Minister for Trade and Customs | 6 July 1945 (1945-07-06) | 13 July 1945 (1945-07-13) | 4 years, 201 days |
| 26 | Richard Keane | Labor | Chifley | Minister for Trade and Customs | 13 July 1945 (1945-07-13) | 26 April 1946 (1946-04-26) | 4 years, 201 days |
| 27 | John Dedman | Labor | Chifley | Minister for Trade and Customs | 26 April 1946 (1946-04-26) | 18 June 1946 (1946-06-18) | 53 days |
| 28 | James Fraser | Labor | Chifley | Minister for Trade and Customs | 18 June 1946 (1946-06-18) | 1 November 1946 (1946-11-01) | 136 days |
| 29 | Ben Courtice | Labor | Chifley | Minister for Trade and Customs | 1 November 1946 (1946-11-01) | 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19) | 3 years, 48 days |
| 30 | Neil O'Sullivan | Liberal | Menzies | Minister for Trade and Customs | 19 December 1949 (1949-12-19) | 11 January 1956 (1956-01-11) | 6 years, 23 days |
| 31 | John McEwen | Country | Menzies | Minister for Trade | 11 January 1956 (1956-01-11) | 18 December 1963 (1963-12-18) | 15 years, 25 days |
| 31 | John McEwen | Country | Menzies | Minister for Trade and Industry | 18 December 1963 (1963-12-18) | 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) | 15 years, 25 days |
| 31 | John McEwen | Country | Holt | Minister for Trade and Industry | 26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) | 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) | 15 years, 25 days |
| 31 | John McEwen | Country | McEwen | Minister for Trade and Industry | 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) | 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) | 15 years, 25 days |
| 31 | John McEwen | Country | Gorton | Minister for Trade and Industry | 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) | 5 February 1971 (1971-02-05) | 15 years, 25 days |
| 32 | Doug Anthony | Country | Gorton | Minister for Trade and Industry | 5 February 1971 (1971-02-05) | 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) | 1 year, 270 days |
| 32 | Doug Anthony | Country | McMahon | Minister for Trade and Industry | 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) | 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) | 1 year, 270 days |
| 33 | Gough Whitlam | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for Trade and Industry | 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) | 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) | 14 days |
| 34 | Jim Cairns | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for Overseas Trade | 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) | 11 December 1974 (1974-12-11) | 1 year, 357 days |
| 35 | Frank Crean | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for Overseas Trade | 11 December 1974 (1974-12-11) | 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) | 335 days |
| n/a | Doug Anthony | National Country | Fraser | Minister for Overseas Trade | 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) | 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) | 7 years, 120 days |
| n/a | Doug Anthony | National Country | Fraser | Minister for Trade and Resources | 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) | 16 October 1982 | 7 years, 120 days |
| n/a | Doug Anthony | National | Fraser | Minister for Trade and Resources | 16 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 7 years, 120 days |
| 36 | Lionel Bowen | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Trade | 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) | 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) | 1 year, 277 days |
| 37 | John Dawkins | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Trade | 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) | 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) | 2 years, 223 days |
| 38 | Michael Duffy | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Trade Negotiations | 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) | 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) | 2 years, 254 days |
| 39 | Neal Blewett | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Trade Negotiations | 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) | 1 February 1991 (1991-02-01) | 1 year, 267 days |
| 39 | Neal Blewett | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Trade and Overseas Development | 1 February 1991 (1991-02-01) | 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) | 1 year, 267 days |
| 39 | Neal Blewett | Labor | Keating | Minister for Trade and Overseas Development | 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) | 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) | 1 year, 267 days |
| 40 | John Kerin | Labor | Keating | Minister for Trade and Overseas Development | 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) | 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) | 1 year, 87 days |
| 41 | Peter Cook | Labor | Keating | Minister for Trade | 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) | 30 January 1994 (1994-01-30) | 312 days |
| 42 | Bob McMullan | Labor | Keating | Minister for Trade | 30 January 1994 (1994-01-30) | 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) | 2 years, 41 days |
| 43 | Tim Fischer | National | Howard | Minister for Trade | 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) | 20 July 1999 (1999-07-20) | 3 years, 131 days |
| 44 | Mark Vaile | National | Howard | Minister for Trade | 20 July 1999 (1999-07-20) | 29 September 2006 (2006-09-29) | 7 years, 71 days |
| 45 | Warren Truss | National | Howard | Minister for Trade | 29 September 2006 (2006-09-29) | 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) | 1 year, 65 days |
| 46 | Simon Crean | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Trade | 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) | 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) | 2 years, 207 days |
| 46 | Simon Crean | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Trade | 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 2 years, 207 days |
| 47 | Stephen Smith | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Trade | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) | 78 days |
| 48 | Craig Emerson | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Trade | 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) | 5 March 2012 (2012-03-05) | 2 years, 286 days |
| 48 | Craig Emerson | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Trade and Competitiveness | 5 March 2012 (2012-03-05) | 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) | 2 years, 286 days |
| 49 | Richard Marles | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Trade | 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 83 days |
| 50 | Andrew Robb | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Trade and Investment | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 153 days |
| 50 | Andrew Robb | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Trade and Investment | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) | 2 years, 153 days |
| 51 | Steven Ciobo | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Trade and Investment | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 2 years, 191 days |
| 51 | Steven Ciobo | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 2 years, 191 days |
| 52 | Simon Birmingham | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 2 years, 116 days |
| 53 | Dan Tehan | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 1 year, 152 days |
| 54 | Don Farrell | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Trade and Tourism | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 199 days |
Notes
    Whitlam was part of a two-man ministry that comprised just Gough Whitlam and Lance Barnard for fourteen days, until the full ministry was announced.

## List of ministers for tourism

Since 1966, Australia had ministers responsible for tourism under various titles. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Tourism, or any of its precedent titles:
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Don Chipp | Liberal | Holt | Minister in charge of Tourist Activities | 14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) | 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) | 1 year, 76 days |
| 1 | Don Chipp | Liberal | McEwen | Minister in charge of Tourist Activities | 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) | 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) | 1 year, 76 days |
| 1 | Don Chipp | Liberal | Gorton | Minister in charge of Tourist Activities | 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) | 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28) | 1 year, 76 days |
| 2 | Reg Wright | Liberal | Gorton | Minister in charge of Tourist Activities | 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28) | 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) | 3 years, 92 days |
| 2 | Reg Wright | Liberal | McMahon | Minister in charge of Tourist Activities | 10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) | 31 May 1971 (1971-05-31) | 3 years, 92 days |
| 3 | Peter Howson | Liberal | McMahon | Minister in charge of Tourist Activities | 31 May 1971 (1971-05-31) | 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05) | 1 year, 188 days |
| 4 | Frank Stewart | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for Tourism and Recreation | 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) | 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) | 2 years, 327 days |
| 5 | Reg Withers | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Tourism and Recreation | 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) | 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) | 41 days |
| 6 | John Brown | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism | 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) | 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) | 4 years, 282 days |
| 6 | John Brown | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) | 18 December 1987 (1987-12-18) | 4 years, 282 days |
| 7 | Graham Richardson | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | 19 January 1988 (1988-01-19) | 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) | 2 years, 75 days |
| 8 | Ros Kelly | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | 4 April 1990 (1990-04-04) | 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) | 1 year, 267 days |
| 8 | Ros Kelly | Labor | Keating | Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) | 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) | 1 year, 267 days |
| 9 | Alan Griffiths | Labor | Keating | Minister for Tourism | 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) | 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) | 1 year, 87 days |
| 10 | Michael Lee | Labor | Keating | Minister for Tourism | 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) | 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) | 2 years, 353 days |
| 11 | John Moore | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism | 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) | 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) | 1 year, 212 days |
| 12 | Andrew Thomson | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Sport and Tourism | 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) | 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) | 1 year, 12 days |
| 13 | Jackie Kelly | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Sport and Tourism | 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) | 3 years, 36 days |
| 14 | Joe Hockey | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Small Business and Tourism | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) | 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) | 2 years, 335 days |
| 15 | Fran Bailey | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Small Business and Tourism | 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) | 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) | 3 years, 38 days |
| 16 | Martin Ferguson | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Tourism | 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) | 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) | 5 years, 112 days |
| 16 | Martin Ferguson | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Tourism | 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) | 25 March 2013 (2013-03-25) | 5 years, 112 days |
| 17 | Gary Gray | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Tourism | 25 March 2013 (2013-03-25) | 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) | 177 days |
| 17 | Gary Gray | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Tourism | 27 June 2013 (2013-06-27) | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 177 days |
| 18 | Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Tourism and International Education | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 302 days |
| 19 | Steven Ciobo | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 2 years, 40 days |
| 20 | Simon Birmingham | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 2 years, 116 days |
| 21 | Dan Tehan | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 1 year, 152 days |
| 22 | Don Farrell | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Trade and Tourism | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 199 days |

## List of ministers assisting the minister for trade and investment

The following individuals have been appointed as minister assisting the minister for trade and investment, or its preceding titles:
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Ian Sinclair | Country | Holt | Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Industry | 14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) | 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) | 4 years, 53 days |
| 1 | Ian Sinclair | Country | McEwen | Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Industry | 19 December 1967 (1967-12-19) | 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) | 4 years, 53 days |
| 1 | Ian Sinclair | Country | Gorton | Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Industry | 10 January 1968 (1968-01-10) | 5 February 1971 (1971-02-05) | 4 years, 53 days |
| 2 | John Howard | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Special Trade Negotiations | 17 July 1977 (1977-07-17) | 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) | 156 days |
| 3 | Victor Garland | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Special Trade Representations | 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) | 8 December 1979 (1979-12-08) | 1 year, 353 days |
| 4 | Douglas Scott | National Country | Fraser | Minister for Special Trade Representations Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Resources | 8 December 1979 (1979-12-08) | 19 August 1980 (1980-08-19) | 255 days |
| 5 | Ian Sinclair | National Country | Fraser | Minister for Special Trade Representations | 19 August 1980 (1980-08-19) | 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03) | 76 days |
| 6 | Tom McVeigh | National Country | Fraser | Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Resources | 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03) | 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) | 2 years, 128 days |
| 7 | Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 302 days |
| 8 | Andrew Gee | Morrison | National | Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment | 6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) | 2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) | 1 year, 146 days |
| 9 | David Gillespie | Morrison | National | Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment | 2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 325 days |

## List of parliamentary secretaries and assistant ministers for trade

The following individuals have been appointed as parliamentary secretary and assistant ministers for trade:
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Stephen Martin | Labor | Keating | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade | 27 December 1991 (1991-12-27) | 24 March 1993 (1993-03-24) | 1 year, 87 days |
| 2 | David Brownhill | National | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade | 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) | 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) | 2 years, 224 days |
| 3 | Larry Anthony | National | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade | 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) | 20 July 1999 (1999-07-20) | 272 days |
| 4 | De-Anne Kelly | National | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade | 7 October 2003 (2003-10-07) | 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) | 1 year, 19 days |
| 5 | Bruce Billson | Liberal | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade | 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) | 6 July 2005 (2005-07-06) | 253 days |
| 6 | Sandy Macdonald | National | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade | 6 July 2005 (2005-07-06) | 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) | 205 days |
| (4) | De-Anne Kelly | National | Howard | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade | 27 January 2006 (2006-01-27) | 29 September 2006 (2006-09-29) | 245 days |
| 7 | John Murphy | Labor | Rudd | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade | 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) | 25 February 2009 (2009-02-25) | 1 year, 84 days |
| 8 | Anthony Byrne | Labor | Rudd | Parliamentary Secretary for Trade | 25 February 2009 (2009-02-25) | 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) | 1 year, 201 days |
| 8 | Anthony Byrne | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Trade | 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24) | 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) | 1 year, 201 days |
| 9 | Justine Elliot | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Trade | 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) | 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) | 2 years, 143 days |
| 10 | Kelvin Thomson | Labor | Gillard | Parliamentary Secretary for Trade | 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) | 1 June 2013 (2013-06-01) | 117 days |
| 11 | Steven Ciobo | Liberal | Abbott | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Investment | 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 272 days |
| 12 | Keith Pitt | National | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) | 1 year, 154 days |
| 13 | Luke Hartsuyker | National | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) | 26 February 2018 (2018-02-26) | 68 days |
| 14 | Mark Coulton | National | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | 5 March 2018 (2018-03-05) | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 1 year, 345 days |
| 14 | Mark Coulton | National | Morrison | Assistant Minister for Trade and Investment | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) | 1 year, 345 days |
| 15 | Tim Ayres | Labor | Albanese | Assistant Minister for Trade | 1 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 199 days |

## List of assistant ministers for regional tourism

The following individuals have been appointed as assistant minister for regional tourism:
| Order | Minister | Party | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Jonathon Duniam | | Liberal | Morrison | Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 2 years, 359 days |