The persons who have been Ministers for Education and Training, or any of its earlier titles, are as follows:[2]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | 1 | John Gorton | Liberal}}| | Liberal | Menzies | Minister in charge of Commonwealth Activities in Education and Research under the Prime Minister | {{start date|1963|12|18|df=y}} | {{end date|1966|1|26|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1963|12|18|1968|1|10}} |
Liberal}}| | Holt | {{start date|1966|1|26|df=y}} | {{end date|1966|12|14|df=y}} |
Liberal}}| | Minister for Education and Science | {{start date|1966|12|14|df=y}} | {{end date|1967|12|19|df=y}} |
Liberal}}| | McEwen | {{start date|1967|12|19|df=y}} | {{end date|1968|1|10|df=y}} |
Liberal}}| | Gorton | {{start date|1968|1|10|df=y}} | {{end date|1968|2|28|df=y}} |
2 | Malcolm Fraser | Liberal}}| | {{start date|1968|2|28|df=y}} | {{end date|1969|11|12|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1968|2|28|1969|11|12}} |
3 | Nigel Bowen | Liberal}}| | {{start date|1969|11|12|df=y}} | {{end date|1971|3|10|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1968|2|28|1971|3|22}} |
Liberal}}| | McMahon | {{start date|1971|3|10|df=y}} | {{end date|1971|3|22|df=y}} |
4 | David Fairbairn | Liberal}}| | {{start date|1971|3|22|df=y}} | {{end date|1971|8|20|df=y}} | {{age in days|1971|3|22|1971|8|20}} days |
n/a | Malcolm Fraser | Liberal}}| | {{start date|1971|8|20|df=y}} | {{end date|1972|12|5|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1971|8|20|1972|12|5}} |
5 | 1|1| 1}} | Labor}}| | Labor | Whitlam | {{start date|1972|12|5|df=y}} | {{end date|1972|12|19|df=y}} | {{age in days|1972|12|5|1972|12|19}} days |
6 | Kim Beazley, Snr. | Labor}}| | Minister for Education | {{start date|1972|12|19|df=y}} | {{end date|1975|11|11|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1972|12|19|1975|11|11}} |
7 | Margaret Guilfoyle | Liberal}}| | Liberal | Fraser | {{start date|1975|11|11|df=y}} | {{end date|1975|12|22|df=y}} | {{age in days|1975|11|11|1975|12|22}} days |
8 | John Carrick | Liberal}}| | {{start date|1975|12|22|df=y}} | {{end date|1979|12|8|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1975|12|22|1979|12|8}} |
9 | Wal Fife | Liberal}}| | {{start date|1979|12|8|df=y}} | {{end date|1982|5|7|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1979|12|8|1982|5|7}} |
10 | Peter Baume | Liberal}}| | {{start date|1982|5|7|df=y}} | {{end date|1983|3|11|df=y}} | {{age in days|1982|5|7|1983|3|11}} days |
11 | Susan Ryan | Labor}}| | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Education and Youth Affairs | {{start date|1983|3|11|df=y}} | {{end date|1984|12|13|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1983|3|11|1987|7|24}} |
Labor}}| | Minister for Education | {{start date|1984|12|13|df=y}} | {{end date|1987|7|24|df=y}} |
12 | John Dawkins | Labor}}| | Minister for Employment, Education and Training | {{start date|1987|7|24|df=y}} | {{end date|1991|12|20|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1987|7|24|1991|12|27}} |
Labor}}| | Keating | {{start date|1991|12|20|df=y}} | {{end date|1991|12|27|df=y}} |
13 | Kim Beazley | Labor}}| | {{start date|1991|12|27|df=y}} | {{end date|1993|12|23|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1991|12|27|1993|12|23}} |
14 | Simon Crean | Labor}}| | {{start date|1993|12|23|df=y}} | {{end date|1996|3|11|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1991|12|27|1996|3|11}} |
15 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal}}| | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs | {{start date|1996|3|11|df=y}} | {{end date|1997|10|9|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1996|3|11|1997|10|9}} |
16 | David Kemp | Liberal}}| | Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs | {{start date|1997|10|9|df=y}} | {{end date|2001|11|26|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1997|10|9|2001|11|26}} |
17 | Brendan Nelson | Liberal}}| | Minister for Education, Science and Training | {{start date|2001|11|26|df=y}} | {{end date|2006|1|27|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2001|11|26|2006|1|27}} |
18 | Julie Bishop | Liberal}}| | {{start date|2006|1|27|df=y}} | {{end date|2007|12|3|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2006|1|27|2007|12|3}} |
19 | Julia Gillard | Labor}}| | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Education | {{start date|2007|12|3|df=y}} | 24 June 2010 | {{age in years and days|2007|12|3|2010|6|28}} |
Labor}}| | Gillard | 24 June 2010 | {{end date|2010|6|28|df=y}}{{ref|2|2| 2}} |
n/a | Simon Crean | Labor}}| | {{start date|2010|6|28|df=y}} | {{end date|2010|9|14|df=y}} | {{age in days|2010|6|28|2010|9|14}} days |
20 | Peter Garrett | Labor}}| | Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth | {{start date|2010|9|14|df=y}} | {{end date|2013|7|1|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2010|9|14|2013|7|1}} |
21 | Bill Shorten | Labor}}| | Rudd | Minister for Education | {{start date|2013|7|1|df=y}} | {{end date|2013|9|18|df=y}} | {{age in days|2013|7|1|2013|9|18}} days |
22 | Christopher Pyne | Liberal}}| | Liberal | Abbott | {{start date|2013|9|18|df=y}} | {{end date|2014|12|23|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2013|9|18|2015|9|21}} |
Liberal}}| | Minister for Education and Training | {{start date|2014|12|23|df=y}} | {{end date|2015|9|15|df=y}} |
Liberal}}| | Turnbull | {{start date|2015|9|15|df=y}} | {{end date|2015|9|21|df=y}} |
23 | Simon Birmingham | Liberal}} | | {{start date|2015|9|21|df=y}} | 24 August 2018 | {{age in years and days|2015|9|21|2018|8|26}} |
Morrison | 24 August 2018 | 28 August 2018 |
24 | Dan Tehan | Minister for Education | {{start date|2018|8|28|df=y}} | incumbent | {{age in years and days|2018|8|28}} |
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The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, or any of its precedent titles:[2]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | 1 | Ross Free | Labor}}| | Labor | Keating | Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training | 24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 | {{age in years and days|1993|3|24|1996|4|11}} |
2 | David Kemp | Liberal}}| | Liberal | Howard | 11 March 1996 | 6 October 1997 | {{age in years and days|1996|3|11|1997|10|6}} |
3 | Chris Ellison | Liberal}}| | 6 October 1997 | 21 October 1998 | {{age in years and days|1997|10|6|1998|10|21}} |
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4 | Gary Hardgrave | Liberal}}| | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Vocational and Technical Education | 22 October 2004 | 23 January 2007 | {{age in years and days|2004|10|22|2007|1|23}} |
5 | Andrew Robb | Liberal}}| | Minister for Vocational and Further Education | 23 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | {{age in days|2007|1|23|2007|12|3}} days |
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6 | Chris Evans | Labor}}| | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations | 14 September 2010 | 14 December 2011 | {{age in years and days|2010|8|14|2013|2|2}} |
Labor}}| | Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs, Science and Research | 14 December 2011 | 2 February 2013 |
7 | Chris Bowen | Labor}}| | 2 February 2013 | 22 March 2013 | {{age in days|2013|2|2|2013|3|22}} days |
8 | Craig Emerson | Labor}}| | 25 March 2013 | 26 June 2013 | {{age in days|2013|3|25|2013|6|26}} days |
9 | Kim Carr | Labor}}| | Rudd | Minister for Higher Education | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | {{age in days|2013|7|1|2013|9|18}} days |
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10 | Luke Hartsuyker | Nationals}}| | National | Turnbull | Minister for Vocational Education and Skills | {{start date|2015|9|21|df=y}} | {{end date|2016|2|18|df=y}} | {{age in days|2015|9|21|2016|2|18}} days |
11 | Scott Ryan | Liberal}}| | Liberal | {{start date|2016|02|18|df=y}} | 19 July 2016 | {{age in years and days|2016|02|18}} |
There have been several portfolios to include the term "youth", sometimes separate from or under education portfolios. The following individuals have been appointed as Ministers with various titles that have included the word "youth":[2]
Order | Minister | Party affiliation | Prime Minister | Ministerial title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
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1 | Ian Viner | Liberal}}| | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs | {{start date|1978|12|05|df=y}} | {{end date|1981|04|16|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1978|12|05|1981|04|16}} |
2 | Neil Brown | Liberal}}| | {{start date|1981|04|16|df=y}} | {{end date|1982|05|07|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1981|04|16|1982|05|07}} |
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3 | Susan Ryan | Labor}}| | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Education and Youth Affairs | {{start date|1983|03|11|df=y}} | {{end date|1984|12|13|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1983|03|11|1984|12|13}} |
4 | John Dawkins | Labor}}| | Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Youth Affairs | {{start date|1984|12|13|df=y}} | {{end date|1987|07|24|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1984|12|13|1987|07|24}} |
5 | Clyde Holding | Labor}}| | Minister for Employment Services and Youth Affairs | {{start date|1987|07|24|df=y}} | {{end date|1988|01|19|df=y}} | {{age in days|1987|07|24|1988|01|19}} days |
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6 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal}}| | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs | {{start date|1996|03|11|df=y}} | {{end date|1997|10|09|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1996|03|11|1997|10|09}} |
7 | David Kemp | Liberal}}| | {{start date|1997|10|09|df=y}} | {{end date|1998|10|21|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|1996|03|11|2001|11|26}} |
Liberal}}| | Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs | {{start date|1998|10|21|df=y}} | {{end date|2001|11|26|df=y}} |
8 | Larry Anthony | National}}| | National | Minister for Children and Youth Affairs | {{start date|2001|11|26|df=y}} | {{end date|2004|10|26|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2001|11|26|2004|10|26}} |
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9 | Kate Ellis | Labor}}| | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Youth | {{start date|2007|12|03|df=y}} | {{end date|2009|06|09|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2007|12|03|2010|06|28}} |
Labor}}| | Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth | {{start date|2009|06|09|df=y}} | {{end date|2010|06|28|df=y}} |
10 | Peter Garrett | Labor}}| | Gillard | Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth | {{start date|2010|06|28|df=y}} | {{end date|2013|06|26|df=y}} | {{age in years and days|2010|06|28|2013|06|26}} |
n/a | Kate Ellis | Labor}}| | Rudd | Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth | {{start date|2013|07|01|df=y}} | {{end date|2013|09|18|df=y}} | {{age in days|2013|07|01|2013|9|18}} days |
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The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Education and Training, or any of its precedent titles:[2]
1. ^{{cite web|title=Administrative Arrangement Order |publisher=Government of Australia |date=3 December 2007 |url=http://www.pmc.gov.au/parliamentary/docs/aao_2007.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-12-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511205139/http://www.pmc.gov.au/parliamentary/docs/aao_2007.pdf |archivedate=11 May 2008 }}(Part 6, p14)
2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fnewhandbook%2F2014-10-31%2F0062%22 |title=Ministries and Cabinets |work=43rd Parliamentary Handbook: Historical information on the Australian Parliament |publisher=Parliament of Australia |year=2010 |accessdate=9 January 2015 }}