# Minister for Youth (Australia)

The Minister for Youth is a ministry in the Australian government responsible for oversight of youth affairs in Australia alongside the Minister for Education. The incumbent Minister is Labor MP Anne Aly.
In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Education is the senior minister in providing direction and oversight of the Department of Education. The Minister for Youth assists in this administration.

## List of ministers for youth

There have been several portfolios to include the term "youth", sometimes separate from or under education portfolios. The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers with various titles that have included the word "youth":
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Ian Viner | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs | 5 December 1978 (1978-12-05) | 16 April 1981 (1981-04-16) | 2 years, 132 days |
| 2 | Neil Brown | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs | 16 April 1981 (1981-04-16) | 7 May 1982 (1982-05-07) | 1 year, 21 days |
| 3 | Susan Ryan | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Education and Youth Affairs | 11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) | 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) | 1 year, 277 days |
| 4 | John Dawkins | Labor | Hawke | Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Youth Affairs | 13 December 1984 (1984-12-13) | 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) | 2 years, 223 days |
| 5 | Clyde Holding | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Employment Services and Youth Affairs | 24 July 1987 (1987-07-24) | 19 January 1988 (1988-01-19) | 179 days |
| 6 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) | 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) | 1 year, 212 days |
| 7 | David Kemp | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) | 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) | 5 years, 260 days |
| 7 | David Kemp | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21) | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) | 5 years, 260 days |
| 8 | Larry Anthony | National | Howard | Minister for Children and Youth Affairs | 26 November 2001 (2001-11-26) | 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) | 2 years, 335 days |
| 9 | Kate Ellis | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Youth | 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) | 9 June 2009 (2009-06-09) | 2 years, 207 days |
| 9 | Kate Ellis | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth | 9 June 2009 (2009-06-09) | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 2 years, 207 days |
| 10 | Peter Garrett | Labor | Gillard | Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 26 June 2013 (2013-06-26) | 2 years, 363 days |
| (9) | Kate Ellis | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth | 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 79 days |
| 11 | Richard Colbeck | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Youth and Sport | 29 May 2019 (2019-5-29) | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 1 year, 207 days |
| 12 | Alan Tudge | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Education and Youth | 22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) | 2 December 2021 | 345 days |
| 13 | Anne Aly | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Youth | 1 June 2022 (2022-6-1) | Incumbent | 2 years, 289 days |

## List of ministers for early childhood education

The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers with various titles that have included the words "early childhood":
| Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Kate Ellis | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth | 9 June 2009 (2009-06-09) | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 1 year, 19 days |
| 2 | Peter Garrett | Labor | Gillard | Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth | 28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) | 26 June 2013 (2013-06-26) | 2 years, 363 days |
| (1) | Kate Ellis | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth | 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) | 18 September 2013 (2013-09-18) | 79 days |
| 3 | Anne Aly | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Early Childhood Education | 1 June 2022 (2022-6-1) | Incumbent | 2 years, 289 days |