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Minister for Medical Research (New South Wales)

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Minister for Medical Research
Incumbent
David Harris
since 5 April 2023
StyleThe Honourable
NominatorPremier of New South Wales
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderFrank Sartor (as the Minister for Science and Medical Research)
Formation2 April 2003

The Minister for Medical Research is a minister in the New South Wales Government and has responsibilities which included medical research in New South Wales, Australia.

History

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The New South Wales government was involved in medical research since 1871 with the establishment of the position of Analytical Chemist.[1][2] The NSW Medical Research Council was established on 18 September 1946 with objectives that included (1) carrying out a survey of medical research being conducted; (2) advising the government as to the expenditure of money upon medical research and the merits of reputed cures or methods of treatment. The Council however ceased to operate within a year of its establishment.[3]

Medical Research was not represented at a portfolio level until 2003 with the creation of the portfolio of Science and Medical Research. The issues within the portfolio included gene technology; prohibition of human cloning and regulation of research on human embryos; access to Australia’s genetic and biochemical resources; bioethics; and spinal cord injury.[4] The portfolio was combined with the Health portfolio in 2019 in the second Berejiklian ministry, named Health and Medical Research.[5] The portfolio returned to Health in the second Perrottet ministry.[6]

List of ministers

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Title Minister [6] Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Science and Medical Research Frank Sartor   Labor Carr (4)
Iemma (1) 		2 April 2003 2 April 2007 4 years, 0 days
Verity Firth Iemma (2) 2 April 2007 5 September 2008 1 year, 159 days
Tony Stewart Rees 8 September 2008 4 November 2008 57 days
Jodi McKay Rees
Keneally 		4 November 2008 28 March 2011 2 years, 144 days
Minister for Medical Research Jillian Skinner [a]   Liberal O'Farrell
Baird (1) 		3 April 2011 2 April 2015 3 years, 364 days
Pru Goward Baird (2) 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days
Brad Hazzard [a] Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 4 years, 325 days
Minister for Health and Medical Research Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1) 		2 April 2019 21 December 2021
Minister for Medical Research David Harris   Labor Minns 5 April 2023 incumbent 1 year, 228 days

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Concurrently held the Health portfolio.

References

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  1. ^ "ACT-128 Medical Research". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. ^ "Appointment of Mr Charles Watt to be Analytical Chemist to the Government (216)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 1 September 1871. p. 1932. Retrieved 13 May 2022 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "AGY-4581 New South Wales Medical Research Council". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ^ "AGY-5358 Office of Science and Medical Research". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  5. ^ "PFO-275 Science and Medical Research (2003-2011) Medical Research (2011-2019)". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2022.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  6. ^ a b "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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