Minister for Western Sydney
The Minister for Western Sydney is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the region to the west of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales, Australia. It was first established in 1997 in the second Carr ministry as an assistant minister, before becoming a separate portfolio in the third Carr ministry. The portfolio was only intermittently responsible for any legislation, nor tasked with the management of a department. The region is not defined, although generally consistent with Greater Western Sydney the portfolio has on occasion been responsible for areas outside  that region, such as the Sydney Olympic Park. In the second Perrottet ministry the portfolio is responsible for the Western Parkland City Authority, which includes the regiod around the Western Sydney Airport. The current minister, Stuart Ayres, also holds the portfolios of Enterprise, Investment and Trade and tourism and sport. List of ministers. The following individuals have served as Minister for Western Sydney, or any precedent titles: <includeonly>==== Assistant ministers ====</includeonly>