| Order
|
Minister
|
Party affiliation
|
Prime Minister
|
Ministerial title
|
Term start
|
Term end
|
Term in office
|
| 1
|
Barry Jones
|
|
Labor
|
Hawke
|
Minister for
Science
,
Customs
and Small Business
|
19 January 1988
(
1988-01-19
)
|
4 April 1990
(
1990-04-04
)
|
2 years, 75 days
|
| 2
|
David Beddall
|
Minister for Small Business and
Customs
|
4 April 1990
(
1990-04-04
)
|
27 December 1991
(
1991-12-27
)
|
2 years, 354 days
|
| Keating
|
Minister for Small Business,
Construction
and
Customs
|
27 December 1991
(
1991-12-27
)
|
24 March 1993
(
1993-03-24
)
|
| 3
|
Chris Schacht
|
Minister for
Science
and Small Business
|
24 March 1993
(
1993-03-24
)
|
25 March 1994
(
1994-03-25
)
|
2 years, 353 days
|
| Minister for Small Business,
Customs
and
Construction
|
25 March 1994
(
1994-03-25
)
|
11 March 1996
(
1996-03-11
)
|
| 4
|
Geoff Prosser
|
|
Liberal
|
Howard
|
Minister for Small Business and
Consumer Affairs
|
11 March 1996
(
1996-03-11
)
|
18 July 1997
(
1997-07-18
)
|
1 year, 129 days
|
| 5
|
Peter Reith
|
Minister for
Workplace Relations
and Small Business
|
18 July 1997
(
1997-07-18
)
|
21 October 1998
(
1998-10-21
)
|
3 years, 196 days
|
| Minister for
Employment, Workplace Relations
and Small Business
|
21 October 1998
(
1998-10-21
)
|
30 January 2001
(
2001-01-30
)
|
| 6
|
Ian Macfarlane
|
Minister for Small Business
|
30 January 2001
(
2001-01-30
)
|
26 November 2001
(
2001-11-26
)
|
300 days
|
| 7
|
Joe Hockey
|
Minister for Small Business and
Tourism
|
26 November 2001
(
2001-11-26
)
|
26 October 2004
(
2004-10-26
)
|
2 years, 335 days
|
| 8
|
Fran Bailey
|
26 October 2004
(
2004-10-26
)
|
3 December 2007
(
2007-12-03
)
|
3 years, 38 days
|
| 9
|
Craig Emerson
|
|
Labor
|
Rudd
|
Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy
|
3 December 2007
(
2007-12-03
)
|
24 June 2010
(
2010-06-24
)
|
2 years, 285 days
|
| Gillard
|
24 June 2010
(
2010-06-24
)
|
14 September 2010
(
2010-09-14
)
|
| 10
|
Nick Sherry
|
Minister for Small Business
|
14 September 2010
(
2010-09-14
)
|
14 December 2011
(
2011-12-14
)
|
1 year, 91 days
|
| 11
|
Mark Arbib
|
14 December 2011
(
2011-12-14
)
|
5 March 2012
(
2012-03-05
)
|
82 days
|
| 12
|
Brendan O'Connor
|
5 March 2012
(
2012-03-05
)
|
4 February 2013
(
2013-02-04
)
|
336 days
|
| 13
|
Chris Bowen
|
4 February 2013
(
2013-02-04
)
|
25 March 2013
(
2013-03-25
)
|
49 days
|
| 14
|
Gary Gray
|
25 March 2013
(
2013-03-25
)
|
27 June 2013
(
2013-06-27
)
|
177 days
|
| Rudd
|
27 June 2013
(
2013-06-27
)
|
18 September 2013
(
2013-09-18
)
|
| 15
|
Bruce Billson
|
|
Liberal
|
Abbott
|
18 September 2013
(
2013-09-18
)
|
15 September 2015
(
2015-09-15
)
|
2 years, 3 days
|
| Turnbull
|
15 September 2015
(
2015-09-15
)
|
21 September 2015
|
| 16
|
Kelly O'Dwyer
|
21 September 2015
(
2015-09-21
)
|
19 July 2016
(
2016-07-19
)
|
302 days
|
| 17
|
Michael McCormack
|
|
National
|
19 July 2016
(
2016-07-19
)
|
20 December 2017
(
2017-12-20
)
|
1 year, 154 days
|
| 18
|
Craig Laundy
|
|
Liberal
|
Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation
|
20 December 2017
(
2017-12-20
)
|
28 August 2018
(
2018-08-28
)
|
251 days
|
| 19
|
Michaelia Cash
|
Morrison
|
Minister for Small and Family Business,
Skills and Vocational Education
|
28 August 2018
(
2018-08-28
)
|
29 May 2019
(
2019-05-29
)
|
2 years, 214 days
|
| Minister for
Employment
,
Skills
, Small and Family Business
|
29 May 2019
(
2019-05-29
)
|
30 March 2021
(
2021-03-30
)
|
| 20
|
Stuart Robert
|
Minister for
Employment, Workforce
,
Skills
, Small and Family Business
|
30 March 2021
(
2021-03-30
)
|
23 May 2022
(
2022-05-23
)
|
1 year, 54 days
|
| 21
|
Julie Collins
|
|
Labor
|
Albanese
|
Minister for Small Business
|
1 June 2022
(
2022-06-01
)
|
Incumbent
|
733 days
|