Minister for Corrections Minister for Veterans Affairs Minister for Counter Terrorism |
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Department of Justice | |
Style | The Honourable |
Inaugural holder |
Bill Haigh (as the Minister for Corrective Services) Graham West (as the Minister Assisting the Premier on Veterans Affairs) |
Formation | 19 October 1978 (Corrective Services) 23 January 2009 (Veterans Affairs) |
The New South Wales Minister for Corrections is a minister of the Government of New South Wales who is commissioned with responsibility for the administration of correctional services, juvenile justice, prisons, veterans' affairs and counter terrorism in New South Wales, Australia. The position supports the Attorney General and is sometimes, although not always, held concurrently with that office.
The current Minister for Corrections is David Elliott, who is also the Minister for Veterans Affairs, since 2 April 2015 and the Minister for Counter Terrorism, since 30 January 2017. The minister administers the portfolio through the New South Wales Department of Justice.