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Minister of Youth Justice of New South Wales
The Hon. Jihad Dib MP
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Precursor	Minister of Justice Minister for Juvenile Justice
Formation	8 April 1999
First holder	Carmel Tebbutt

The Minister for Youth Justice, formerly Minister for Juvenile Justice, is a ministry in the administration of New South Wales. The position supports the Attorney General and has occasionally been held concurrently with that office.

Role and responsibilities

Prior to 1873 there were two legal officers in the ministry, Attorney General and the Solicitor General, however there was only one portfolio, the law officers of the crown. The Attorney was the senior law officer and responsible for the work of the Solicitor-General, Crown Solicitors, parliamentary draftsmen, the administration of the courts and supporting officers such as the Sheriff and Coroner. The Solicitor General represented the crown in court, provided legal advice to the government, drafted bills and helped to prepare civil and criminal litigation.

When the Attorney General Edward Butler resigned, the Solicitor General Joseph Innes was promoted to first law officer. Innes was not however replaced as Solicitor General. Instead Parkes created the new ministry of justice and public instruction. The minister assumed responsibility for the administration of the courts, sheriff and coroner, as well as the Council of Education, orphan schools, the public library, Australian Museum and observatory. The first minister George Allen, was a solicitor who had a particular interest in education, having previously served as a commissioner of National education, supported the incorporation of the Sydney Grammar School and having a seat on the Council of Education immediately prior to his appointment as responsible minister.

Prisons remained the responsibility of the Colonial Secretary. In 1880 the ministry was split into the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Public Instruction.

Prior to 1880 the Minister of Justice and Public Instruction was responsible for the administration of the courts, sheriff and coroner, as well as the Council of Education, orphan schools, the public library, Australian Museum and observatory. In 1880 the ministry was split into the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Public Instruction following the passage of the Public Instruction Act of 1880 which required a minister to assume the responsibilities of the former Council of Education.

The minister also assumed responsibility for prisons which had previously been the responsibility of the Colonial Secretary, however the Colonial Secretary retained responsibility for police. The Minister for Justice was briefly responsible for Police from 1974 until 1975. In 1978 the minister ceased to be responsible for prisons which became the responsibility of the Minister for Corrective Services.

The ministry was held by the Attorney General in the third to sixth Wran ministries and was formally subsumed into the responsibilities of the Attorney General in the seventh Wran ministry in 1984. The portfolio was re-created in 1991, known for three weeks as the Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services, before returning to the name Minister for Justice. The ministry was abolished in the First Carr ministry in 1995, with justice returning to be the responsibility of the Attorney General, and juvenile justice being the responsibility of a separate minister. It was re-created in the Fourth Carr ministry in 2003 and was abolished in the Rees ministry in 2011. The portfolio was re-created in the O'Farrell ministry in 2011, combined with the portfolio of police in 2015 and was abolished in the first Berejiklian ministry in 2017, replaced by the Minister for Counter Terrorism.

Ministers

Former ministerial titles

Justice

Minister of Justice and Public Instruction of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Formation	9 December 1873
First holder	George Allen
Final holder	Francis Suttor
Abolished	30 April 1880
Succession	Minister of Justice Minister of Public Instruction

Minister for Justice of New South Wales
Final minister Troy Grant
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Precursor	Minister of Justice and Public Instruction
Formation	1 May 1880
First holder	Francis Suttor
Final holder	Troy Grant
Abolished	30 January 2017
Succession	Minister for Counter Terrorism

Notes

1. For example the Solicitor General prosecuted the bushrangers the Clarke brothers in 1867, and appeared with the Attorney General in a motion before the full court for a new trial.
2. Bernhard Wise was the Attorney General and took on the additional responsibilities following the electoral defeat of Robert Fitzgerald.
3. William McKell was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio to be Assistant Minister of Justice from 12 April 1920, and appointed Minister on 22 December 1920.
4. Known for 22 days as the Minister for Courts Administration and Corrective Services.

References

1. ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
2. "Central criminal court: wounding with intent to murder". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 May 1867. p. 2. Retrieved 30 December 2020 – via Trove.
3. "Supreme Court: Queen v Thomas Clarke and another (Bushgrangers)". The Empire. No. 4, 869. New South Wales, Australia. 13 June 1867. p. 5. Retrieved 30 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
4. Mason, Keith, The Office of Solicitor General for New South Wales (PDF) (1988 Autumn) Bar News: Journal of the NSW Bar Association 22.
5. ^ "PFO-5 Justice and Public Instruction". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
6. Cowper, Norman & Teale, Ruth (1969). "Allen, Sir George Wigram (1824–1885)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
7. ^ "PFO-6 Justice". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
8. "PFO-5 Justice and Public Instruction". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
9. ^ "PFO-6 Justice". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
10. Public Instruction Act of 1880 (nsw)
11. "PFO-20 Police". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
12. "PFO-7 Justice". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
13. "PFO-285 Justice". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
14. "PFO-339 Justice". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
15. "Sir George Wigram Allen (1824-1885)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
16. "Mr Joseph Docker (1802–1884)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
17. ^ "Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor (1839-1915)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
18. "Sir John Lackey (1830-1903)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
19. "Mr Joseph Leary (1831-1881)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
20. "Appointment of Assistant Minister of Justice (73)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 12 April 1920. p. 2286. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Trove.
21. "Appointment of Minister of Justice (218)". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 31 December 1920. p. 7685. Retrieved 10 October 2021 – via Trove.

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