Minister_for_Police_and_Emergency_Services_(New_South_Wales)

Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism

Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism

Australian politician


The New South Wales Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism is a minister in the Government of New South Wales who has responsibilities which include the conduct and regulation of all police and services agencies and personnel and also deals with operational and event planning issues, and fire and rescue services in New South Wales, Australia. The Minister also serves as the Vice-Patron of NSW Police Legacy.[1]

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The current Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism is Yasmin Catley, since 5 April 2023.

On the 21 December 2021 upon the appointment of Steph Cooke as the Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience[2] the portfolio for the Minister of Police and Emergency Services was split.

The ministers administer the portfolio through the Communities and Justice cluster, in particular through the Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, and additional agencies including the New South Wales Crime Commission, the New South Wales Police Force and the Police Integrity Commission[3][4][5]

Ultimately the ministers are responsible to Parliament of New South Wales.

List of ministers

Police

The following individuals have served as Ministers for Police, or any precedent titles:

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Counter-terrorism

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See also


References

  1. "Patrons and Board". NSW Police Legacy. NSW Police Legacy. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. "Tuesday, 21 December 2021". Governor of New South Wales. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  3. "The Ministry for Police and Emergency Services". About us. NSW Government. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. "Portfolio: Police and Emergency Services". NSW Government Directory. NSW Government. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  5. "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  7. "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

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