The Minister for Western Sydney is a minister in the

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with responsibility for the

Greater Western Sydney Greater Western Sydney (GWS) is a large region of the metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia that generally embraces the north-west, south-west, central-west, far western and the Blue Mountains sub-regions with ...

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. It was first established in 1997 in the

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as an assistant minister, before becoming a separate portfolio in the third Carr ministry. The portfolio was only intermittently responsible for any legislation, nor tasked with the management of a department. The region is not defined, although generally consistent with

the portfolio has on occasion been responsible for areas outside that region, such as the

Sydney Olympic Park Sydney Olympic Park is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, located 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Parramatta, City of Parramatta Council. It i ...

. In the

second Perrottet ministry The Second Perrottet ministry or Second Perrottet–Toole ministry was the 99th ministry of the Government of New South Wales, and was led by Dominic Perrottet, the state's 46th Premier of New South Wales, Premier. The Liberal Party of Australia ...

the portfolio is responsible for the Western Parkland City Authority, which includes the region around the

Western Sydney Airport Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport , also known as Badgerys Creek Airport or Western Sydney Airport, is an international airport under construction in the suburbs of Luddenham and Badgerys Creek, New South Wales. Together ...

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister for Western Sydney, or any precedent titles:

Assistant ministers

References

{{New South Wales ministerial portfolios

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Western Sydney