Weatherill Ministry

The Weatherill Ministry is the 72nd and current Ministry of the Government of South Australia, led by Jay Weatherill of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. It commenced on 21 October 2011, when Weatherill succeeded Mike Rann as Premier and Labor leader.^[1]^[2]

First formation

Office	Minister
Premier Minister for State Development	Jay Weatherill MHA
Deputy Premier Attorney-General Minister for Planning Minister for Business Services and Consumers	John Rau MHA
Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Minister for Forests Minister for Regional Development Minister for Tourism Minister for the Status of Women<	Gail Gago MLC
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Patrick Conlon MHA
Treasurer Minister for Workers Rehabilitation Minister for Defence Industries Minister for Veterans' Affairs	Jack Snelling MHA
Minister for Health and Ageing Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister for The Arts	John Hill MHA
Minister for Police Minister for Correctional Services Minister for Emergency Services Minister for Road Safety Minister for Multicultural Affairs	Jennifer Rankine MHA
Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation Minister for Water and the River Murray Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation	Paul Caica MHA
Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy Minister for Small Business	Tom Koutsantonis MHA
Minister for Finance Minister for the Public Sector	Michael O'Brien MHA
Minister for Education and Child Development	Grace Portolesi MHA
Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills Minister for Science and Information Economy Minister for Recreation and Sport	Tom Kenyon MHA
Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for State/Local Government Relations	Russell Wortley MLC
Minister for Transport Services	Chloe Fox MHA
Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion Minister for Social Housing Minister for Disabilities Minister for Youth Minister for Volunteers	Ian Hunter MLC

Second formation

Weatherill made a major reshuffle of the ministry on 21 January 2013, following the resignations of a number of ministers.^[3]^[4]

Office	Minister
Premier Treasurer Minister for the Public Sector Minister for The Arts	Jay Weatherill MHA
Deputy Premier Attorney-General Minister for Planning Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Business Services and Consumers	John Rau MHA
Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Minister for Forests Minister for Regional Development Minister for the Status of Women Minister for State/Local Government Relations	Gail Gago MLC
Minister for Health and Ageing Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister for Defence Industries Minister for Veterans' Affairs	Jack Snelling MHA
Minister for Education and Child Development Minister for Multicultural Affairs	Jennifer Rankine MHA
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy Minister for Housing and Urban Development	Tom Koutsantonis MHA
Minister for Finance Minister for Police Minister for Correctional Services Minister for Emergency Services Minister for Road Safety	Michael O'Brien MHA
Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills Minister for Science and Information Economy	Grace Portolesi MHA
Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade Minister for Small Business	Tom Kenyon MHA
Minister for Transport Services Minister Assisting the Minister for the Arts	Chloe Fox MHA
Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation Minister for Water and the River Murray Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation	Ian Hunter MLC
Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion Minister for Social Housing Minister for Disabilities Minister for Youth Minister for Volunteers	Tony Piccolo MHA
Minister for Tourism Minister for Recreation and Sport	Leon Bignell MHA

Third formation

Weatherill reshuffled cabinet on 26 March 2014, following the government's re-election at the 2014 state election.^[5]^[6]

It was followed by two minor changes: the appointment of former Liberal leader turned independent Martin Hamilton-Smith on 27 May 2014, and the resignation of Jennifer Rankine and her replacement by Kyam Maher on 3 February 2015.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Party	Minister	Portfolio
Labor	Hon. Jay Weatherill, MHA	Premier
Labor	Hon. John Rau, MHA	Deputy Premier Attorney-General Minister for Justice Reform Minister for Planning Minister for Housing and Urban Development Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Child Protection Reform (from 3 February 2015)
Labor	Hon. Gail Gago, MLC	Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills Minister for Science and Information Economy Minister for the Status of Women Minister for Business Services and Consumers
Labor	Hon. Jack Snelling, MHA	Minister for Health Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister for The Arts Minister for Defence Industries (until 27 May 2014) Minister for Health Industries
Labor	Hon. Jennifer Rankine, MHA	Minister for Education and Child Development (until 3 February 2015)
Labor	Hon. Tom Koutsantonis, MHA	Treasurer Minister for Finance Minister for State Development Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy Minister for Automotive Transformation (until 27 May 2014) Minister for Small Business
Labor	Hon. Ian Hunter, MLC	Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation (until 3 February 2015) Minister for Climate Change (from 3 February 2015) Minister for Water and the River Murray
Labor	Hon. Tony Piccolo, MHA	Minister for Disabilities Minister for Police Minister for Correctional Services Minister for Emergency Services Minister for Road Safety
Labor	Hon. Leon Bignell, MHA	Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Minister for Forests Minister for Tourism Minister for Recreation and Sport Minister for Racing
Independent	Hon. Geoff Brock, MHA	Minister for Regional Development Minister for Local Government
Labor	Hon. Zoe Bettison, MHA	Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion Minister for Social Housing Minister for Multicultural Affairs Minister for Ageing Minister for Youth Minister for Veterans' Affairs (until 27 May 2014) Minister for Volunteers
Labor	Hon. Susan Close, MHA	Minister for the Public Sector Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade (until 27 May 2014) Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation (from 27 May 2014 to 3 February 2015) Minister for Automotive Transformation (from 27 May 2014 to 3 February 2015) Minister for Education and Child Development (from 3 February 2015)
Labor	Hon. Stephen Mullighan, MHA	Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning Minister Assisting the Minister for Housing and Urban Development
Independent Liberal	Hon. Martin Hamilton-Smith, MHA	Minister for Investment and Trade (from 23 May 2014) Minister for Defence Industries (from 23 May 2014) Minister for Veterans’ Affairs (from 23 May 2014)
Labor	Hon. Kyam Maher, MLC	Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation (from 3 February 2015) Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation (from 3 February 2015) Minister for Automotive Transformation (from 3 February 2015)

^Non-Labor MHAs Hamilton-Smith and Brock joined the Labor minority government cabinet following the 2014 election. Though later that year when it became a majority government following the 2014 Fisher by-election, Hamilton-Smith and Brock were kept in cabinet.

Fourth formation

Tony Piccolo announced his resignation from cabinet on 12 January 2016, citing cabinet renewal, ahead of an imminent cabinet reshuffle.^[11] Gail Gago announced her resignation from cabinet three days later, also citing cabinet renewal.^[12]^[13]

Peter Malinauskas and Leesa Vlahos were announced as the new cabinet members on 18 January. Swearing in and portfolio allocations occurred on 19 February.^[14]^[15]

Party	Minister	Portfolio
Labor	Hon. Jay Weatherill, MHA	Premier
Labor	Hon. John Rau, MHA	Deputy Premier Attorney-General Minister for Justice Reform Minister for Planning Minister for Industrial Relations Minister for Child Protection Reform Minister for the Public Sector Minister for Consumer and Business Services Minister for City of Adelaide
Labor	Hon. Kyam Maher, MLC	Minister for Employment Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation Minister for Automotive Transformation Minister for Science and Information Economy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council
Labor	Hon. Jack Snelling, MHA	Minister for Health Minister for The Arts Minister for Health Industries Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly
Labor	Hon. Tom Koutsantonis, MHA	Treasurer Minister for Finance Minister for State Development Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy
Labor	Hon. Ian Hunter, MLC	Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation Minister for Water and the River Murray Minister for Climate Change
Labor	Hon. Leon Bignell, MHA	Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Minister for Forests Minister for Tourism Minister for Recreation and Sport Minister for Racing
Independent Liberal	Hon. Martin Hamilton-Smith, MHA	Minister for Investment and Trade Minister for Small Business Minister for Defence Industries Minister for Veterans’ Affairs
Independent	Hon. Geoff Brock, MHA	Minister for Regional Development Minister for Local Government
Labor	Hon. Zoe Bettison, MHA	Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion Minister for Social Housing Minister for the Status of Women Minister for Ageing Minister for Multicultural Affairs Minister for Youth Minister for Volunteers
Labor	Hon. Susan Close, MHA	Minister for Education and Child Development Minister for Higher Education and Skills
Labor	Hon. Stephen Mullighan, MHA	Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Minister for Housing and Urban Development
Labor	Hon. Leesa Vlahos, MHA	Minister for Disabilities Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Labor	Hon. Peter Malinauskas, MLC	Minister for Police Minister for Correctional Services Minister for Emergency Services Minister for Road Safety

Notes

¹ Geoff Brock and Martin Hamilton-Smith continued to sit as independent MHAs while serving in a Labor ministry.

References

↑ "Ministry - Order of Precedence - As at 21 October 2011". Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Friday 21 October 2011" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Ministry - Order of Precedence - As at 21 January 2013". Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Monday 21 January 2013" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Ministry - Order of Precedence - As at 26 March 2014". Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Wednesday 26 March 2014" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Ministry - Order of Precedence - As at 27 May 2014". Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Tuesday 27 May 2014" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Ministry - Order of Precedence - As at 3 February 2015". Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ "Tuesday 3 February 2015" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ Tony Piccolo resigns as South Australian Police Minister ahead of Cabinet reshuffle: ABC 12 January 2016
↑ Gail Gago resigns as South Australian employment minister: ABC 15 December 2016
↑ Right to claim both vacancies: InDaily 15 December 2016
↑ Peter Malinauskas, Leesa Vlahos confirmed as new members of SA Labor ministry: ABC 18 January 2016
↑ Reshuffle, Peter Malinauskas and Leesa Vlahos join Jay Weatherill’s Cabinet: The Advertiser 18 January 2016

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