Minister for Families and Social Services


The Australian Minister for Families and Social Services oversees Australian government social services, including mental health, families and children's policy, and support for carers and people with disabilities, and seniors.
Anne Ruston was appointed Minister for Families and Social Services in May 2019, following swearing in by the Governor-General. The Hon. Paul Fletcher served as Minister for Families and Social Services from 2018 to 2019.
The current Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme is Stuart Robert since 2019, replacing Assistant Minister for Social Services, Housing and Disability Services the Hon. Sarah Henderson, who served from 2018 to 2019.
The current Minister for Housing is Michael Sukkar since 2019.
The current Assistant Minister for Children and Families is the Hon. Michelle Landry, since 26 August 2018.

Portfolio

In the Government of Australia, the Ministers administer the portfolio through the Department of Social Services. Other portfolio bodies for which the Ministers are responsible include:
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Social Services, or any of its precedent titles:

Assistant ministers

List of Ministers for the National Disability Insurance Scheme

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, or any of its precedent titles such as Assistant Minister for Social Services and Disability Services:

List of Assistant Ministers for Children and Families

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Children and Families, or any precedent titles:

Former portfolio ministers

List of housing ministers

The first Minister for Housing was Les Bury, appointed in 1963, although there were Ministers in charge of War Service Homes from 1932 to 1938 and 1941 to 1945. In 1945 Bert Lazzarini was appointed Minister for Works and Housing and this title continued until 1952, when Wilfrid Kent Hughes became Minister for Works. No minister included "works" or "construction" in his portfolio after Stewart West lost this title in 1987, partly reflecting the progressive outsourcing of the Commonwealth's construction activities and even ownership of assets. The John Howard government had no Minister of Housing, partly reflecting the decline of the significance of the commonwealth-state housing agreements as a means of providing new housing since the post-war years.
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Housing and Homelessness, or any precedent titles:
Notes

List of ministers for major projects

List of ministers for urban development

List of ministers for aged care

Ministers for aged care or ageing were appointed from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1998 to 2013. The portfolio gained a mental health component in 2010. The latter returned to the health portfolio in 2013, with ageing moving to social services. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, or any of its precedent titles: The Turnbull Government transferred the aged care portfolio back to the Department of Health in October 2015.

List of assistant ministers for social services and for multicultural affairs

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, or any precedent titles: