Minister for Local Government (New South Wales)

Minister for Local Government
Incumbent
Ron Hoenig
since 5 April 2023
Department of Planning and Environment
StyleThe Honourable
NominatorPremier of New South Wales
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderJohn Daniel FitzGerald
Formation15 November 1916
Websitewww.olg.nsw.gov.au

The Minister for Local Government, currently held since 5 April 2023 by Ron Hoenig, is a minister in the New South Wales Government and has responsibilities which includes all local government areas and related legislation in New South Wales, the most primary of which is the Local Government Act 1993. The minister administers the portfolio through the Planning and Environment cluster, in particular through the Office of Local Government, and a range of other government agencies.[1][2] The minister assists the senior cluster minister, the Minister for Climate Change, the Environment, and Heritage.[3] Both ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

  1. ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gazette 2023_2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).