Order
|
Minister
|
Party
|
Prime Minister
|
Title
|
Term start
|
Term end
|
Term in office
|
1
|
Kep Enderby
|
|
Labor
|
Whitlam
|
Minister for the Northern Territory
1
|
19 December 1972
(
1972-12-19
)
|
19 October 1973
(
1973-10-19
)
|
304 days
|
2
|
Rex Patterson
1
|
19 October 1973
(
1973-10-19
)
|
6 June 1975
(
1975-06-06
)
|
2 years, 2 days
|
Minister for Northern Australia
|
6 June 1975
(
1975-06-06
)
|
21 October 1975
(
1975-10-21
)
|
3
|
Paul Keating
|
21 October 1975
(
1975-10-21
)
|
11 November 1975
(
1975-11-11
)
|
21 days
|
4
|
Ian Sinclair
|
|
National Country
|
Fraser
|
11 November 1975
(
1975-11-11
)
|
22 December 1975
(
1975-12-22
)
|
41 days
|
5
|
Evan Adermann
|
Minister for the Northern Territory
|
22 December 1975
(
1975-12-22
)
|
28 September 1978
(
1978-09-28
)
|
2 years, 280 days
|
|
6
|
Bob Collins
|
|
Labor
|
Hawke
|
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Northern Australia
|
4 April 1990
(
1990-04-04
)
|
20 December 1991
(
1991-12-20
)
|
2 years, 53 days
|
Keating
|
20 December 1991
(
1991-12-20
)
|
27 May 1992
(
1992-05-27
)
|
7
|
Ben Humphreys
|
27 May 1992
(
1992-05-27
)
|
24 March 1993
(
1993-03-24
)
|
301 days
|
|
8
|
Josh Frydenberg
|
|
Liberal
|
Turnbull
|
Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia
|
21 September 2015
(
2015-09-21
)
|
18 February 2016
(
2016-02-18
)
|
150 days
|
9
|
Matt Canavan
|
|
Liberal National
|
Minister for Northern Australia
|
18 February 2016
(
2016-02-18
)
|
19 July 2016
(
2016-07-19
)
|
1 year, 157 days
|
Minister for Resources and Northern Australia
|
19 July 2016
(
2016-07-19
)
|
25 July 2017
(
2017-07-25
)
|
10
|
Barnaby Joyce
|
|
National
|
25 July 2017
(
2017-07-25
)
|
27 October 2017
(
2017-10-27
)
|
94 days
|
(9)
|
Matt Canavan
|
|
Liberal National
|
27 October 2017
(
2017-10-27
)
|
24 August 2018
(
2018-08-24
)
|
2 years, 99 days
|
Morrison
|
24 August 2018
(
2018-08-24
)
|
3 February 2020
(
2020-02-03
)
|
11
|
Keith Pitt
Scott Morrison
[3]
|
Minister for Resources,
Water
and Northern Australia
|
6 February 2020
(
2020-02-06
)
|
2 July 2021
(
2021-07-02
)
|
1 year, 146 days
|
12
|
David Littleproud
|
Minister for Agriculture
and Northern Australia
|
2 July 2021
(
2021-07-02
)
|
23 May 2022
(
2022-05-23
)
|
325 days
|
13
|
Madeleine King
|
|
Labor
|
Albanese
|
Minister for Northern Australia
|
1 June 2022
(
2022-06-01
)
|
Incumbent
|
2 years, 14 days
|