# Minister for Resources

The Minister for Resources is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Madeleine King following the swearing in of the full Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022.
In the Government of Australia, the ministers administer this portfolio through the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.

## Mission and outcomes

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the department's annual reports and on the department's website.
At its creation, the department was responsible for:
* Environment protection and conservation of biodiversity
* Air quality
* National fuel quality standards
* Land contamination
* Meteorology
* Administration of the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
* Natural, built and movable cultural heritage
* Greenhouse policy coordination
* Environmental research
* Water policy and resources
In the Howard government, the portfolio of Water Resources was assigned to the Environment Department; this was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Malcolm Turnbull. The secretary of the department was David Borthwick.

## List of ministers for resources

Australia has had ministers who had specific responsibility for matters relating to the development of minerals resources since December 1972, although earlier there were ministers for national development, who had some responsibilities in this area as well.
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Rex Connor | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for Minerals and Energy | 19 December 1972 | 14 October 1975 | 2 years, 299 days |
| 2 | Ken Wriedt | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for Minerals and Energy | 14 October 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 28 days |
| 3 | Doug Anthony | National Country | Fraser | Minister for National Resources | 11 November 1975 | 20 December 1977 | 7 years, 120 days |
| 3 | Doug Anthony | National Country | Fraser | Minister for Trade and Resources | 20 December 1977 | 16 October 1982 | 7 years, 120 days |
| 3 | Doug Anthony | National | Fraser | Minister for Trade and Resources | 16 October 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 7 years, 120 days |
| 4 | Peter Walsh | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Resources and Energy | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 1 year, 277 days |
| 5 | Gareth Evans | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Resources and Energy | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | 2 years, 223 days |
| 6 | Peter Morris | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Resources | 24 July 1987 | 19 January 1988 | 179 days |
| 7 | Peter Cook | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Resources | 19 January 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 2 years, 75 days |
| 8 | Alan Griffiths | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Resources | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | 2 years, 354 days |
| 8 | Alan Griffiths | Labor | Keating | Minister for Resources | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | 2 years, 354 days |
| 9 | Michael Lee | Labor | Keating | Minister for Resources | 24 March 1993 | 24 December 1993 | 275 days |
| 10 | David Beddall | Labor | Keating | Minister for Resources | 24 December 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 2 years, 78 days |
| 11 | Warwick Parer | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Resources and Energy | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 224 days |
| 12 | Nick Minchin | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Industry, Science and Resources | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | 3 years, 36 days |
| 13 | Ian Macfarlane | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources | 26 November 2001 | 3 December 2007 | 6 years, 7 days |
| 14 | Martin Ferguson | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Resources and Energy | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 5 years, 89 days |
| 14 | Martin Ferguson | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Resources and Energy | 24 June 2010 | 22 March 2013 | 5 years, 89 days |
| 15 | Gary Gray | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Resources and Energy | 22 March 2013 | 27 June 2013 | 180 days |
| 15 | Gary Gray | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Resources and Energy | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 180 days |
| 16 | Josh Frydenberg | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) | 302 days |
| 16 | Josh Frydenberg | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Resources and Energy | 18 February 2016 (2016-02-18) | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 302 days |
| 17 | Matt Canavan | National | Turnbull | Minister for Resources and Northern Australia | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 25 July 2017 (2017-07-25) | 1 year, 6 days |
| 18 | Barnaby Joyce | National | Turnbull | Minister for Resources and Northern Australia | 25 July 2017 (2017-07-25) | 27 October 2017 (2017-10-27) | 94 days |
| (17) | Matt Canavan | National | Turnbull | Minister for Resources and Northern Australia | 27 October 2017 (2017-10-27) | 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) | 2 years, 99 days |
| (17) | Matt Canavan | National | Morrison | Minister for Resources and Northern Australia | 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) | 3 February 2020 (2020-02-03) | 2 years, 99 days |
| 19 | Keith Pitt | National | Morrison | Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia | 6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) | 2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) | 2 years, 106 days |
| 19 | Keith Pitt | National | Morrison | Minister for Resources and Water | 2 July 2021 (2021-07-02) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 2 years, 106 days |
| 19 | Scott Morrison | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources | 15 April 2021 (2021-04-15) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 1 year, 38 days |
| 20 | Madeleine King | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Resources | 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | Incumbent | 2 years, 202 days |
    Morrison was appointed as Minister for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources by the Governor-General on Morrison's advice in April 2021, with both Morrison and Pitt holding the position of Minister for Resources until May 2022. However, the appointment of Morrison was not made public until August 2022.