# Minister for Cities (Australia)

The Minister for Cities in the Government of Australia is a position which is currently held by Jenny McAllister since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry.

## List of ministers for cities

The following individuals have served as the Minister for Cities, or any other precedent titles: The Minister for Sustainable Population was a ministerial portfolio administered through the Department of the Treasury responsible for "planning properly for the infrastructure needs, for the housing needs, for the transport needs, for the regional needs" of the Australian population of the future. Originally entitled the Minister for Population by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, his successor, Julia Gillard, renamed the portfolio to the Minister for Sustainable Population to reflect her policy changes on the matter of population growth and the need for a sustainable future for Australia, saying the change sends a clear message about the new direction the Government is taking. After the 2010 federal election, the portfolio was subsumed by the Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities portfolio.
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Tom Uren | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for Urban and Regional Development | 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19) | 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) | 2 years, 327 days |
| 2 | John Carrick | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Urban and Regional Development | 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) | 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) | 41 days |
| 3 | Ivor Greenwood | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development | 22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) | 8 July 1976 (1976-07-08) | 199 days |
| 4 | Kevin Newman | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development | 8 July 1976 (1976-07-08) | 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) | 1 year, 165 days |
| 5 | Ray Groom | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development | 20 December 1977 (1977-12-20) | 5 December 1978 (1978-12-05) | 350 days |
| 6 | Tony Burke | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Population | 14 April 2010 (2010-04-14) | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 3 years, 78 days |
| 6 | Tony Burke | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Sustainable Population | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) | 3 years, 78 days |
| 6 | Tony Burke | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | 14 September 2010 (2010-09-14) | 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) | 3 years, 78 days |
| 7 | Jamie Briggs | Liberal | Abbott | Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 102 days |
| 7 | Jamie Briggs | Liberal | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development | 15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) | 21 September 2015 | 2 years, 102 days |
| 7 | Jamie Briggs | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Cities and the Built Environment | 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) | 29 December 2015 | 2 years, 102 days |
| 8 | Paul Fletcher | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Urban Infrastructure | 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) | 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) | 2 years, 39 days |
| 8 | Paul Fletcher | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities | 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 2 years, 39 days |
| 9 | Alan Tudge | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population | 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 2 years, 116 days |
| 9 | Alan Tudge | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure | 29 May 2019 (2019-05-29) | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 2 years, 116 days |
| (8) | Paul Fletcher | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 23 May 2022 (2022-05-23) | 1 year, 152 days |
| 10 | Jenny McAllister | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Cities | 29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) | Incumbent | 72 days |