Special Minister of State

Special Minister of State
File:Cormann Portrait.jpg Incumbent Mathias Cormann since 18 February 2016
Department of Finance
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder	Don Willesee
Formation	1972

The Australian Special Minister of State is Senator the Hon. Mathias Cormann, since 18 February 2016.

In the Government of Australia, the Special Minister of State (SMOS), formerly the Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity, is a ministerial portfolio responsible for various parliamentary, electoral, financial, public service and oversight affairs.

Scope

The minister administers the portfolio through the Department of Finance and a range of other government agencies, including:

• Asset Management and Parliamentary Services (Government Business, Special Claims and Land Policy Division, Property and Construction Division & Ministerial and Parliamentary Services)
• Australian Government Information Management Office (Policy and Planning Divisions & the Agency Services Division)
• Australian Public Service Commission
• Australian National Audit Office
• Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
• Commonwealth Ombudsman
• Remuneration Tribunal
• Public Interests Disclosure
• Electoral Reform
• Government Advertising
• Parliamentary Integrity
• Register of Lobbyists
• Australian Electoral Commission
• Screen Australia

List of Special Ministers of State

The following individuals have been appointed as Special Ministers of State, or any of its precedent titles:

Order	Minister	Party		Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Don Willesee		Labor	Whitlam	Special Minister of State	19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)	30 November 1973 (1973-11-30)	days
2	Lionel Bowen					30 November 1973 (1973-11-30)	6 June 1975 (1975-06-06)
3	Doug McClelland					6 June 1975 (1975-06-06)	11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)	days
4	Reg Withers		Liberal	Fraser		11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)	22 December 1975 (1975-12-22)	days
5	Mick Young		Labor	Hawke	Special Minister of State	11 March 1983 (1983-03-11)	14 July 1983 (1983-07-14)	days
6	Kim Beazley					14 July 1983 (1983-07-14)	21 January 1984 (1984-01-21)	days
n/a	Mick Young					21 January 1984 (1984-01-21)	16 February 1987 (1987-02-16)
7	Michael Tate					16 February 1987 (1987-02-16)	24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)	days
8	Susan Ryan					24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)	19 January 1988 (1988-01-19)	days
9	Frank Walker		Labor	Keating	Special Minister of State	24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)	25 March 1994 (1994-03-25)
10	Gary Johns					25 March 1994 (1994-03-25)	11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)
11	Nick Minchin		Liberal	Howard	Special Minister of State	9 October 1997 (1997-10-09)	21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)
12	Chris Ellison					21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)	30 January 2001 (2001-01-30)
13	Eric Abetz					30 January 2001 (2001-01-30)	27 January 2006 (2006-01-27)
14	Gary Nairn					27 January 2006 (2006-01-27)	3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)
15	John Faulkner		Labor	Rudd		3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)	9 June 2009 (2009-06-09)
16	Joe Ludwig					9 June 2009 (2009-06-09)	24 June 2010 (2010-06-24)
				Gillard		24 June 2010 (2010-06-24)	14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)
17	Gary Gray					14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)	25 March 2013 (2013-03-25)
18	Mark Dreyfus					25 March 2013 (2013-03-25)	27 June 2013 (2013-06-27)	days
				Rudd		27 June 2013 (2013-06-27)	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
19	Michael Ronaldson		Liberal	Abbott		18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)	15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
				Turnbull		15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)	21 September 2015
20	Mal Brough		Liberal National			21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)	29 December 2015 (2015-12-29)	days
21	Mathias Cormann		Liberal			18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)	Incumbent	days

External links

• Special Minister of State website