Commonwealth, State and Territory Education Ministers: Commonwealth

Year	Political Party	Prime Minister	Minister for Education
Dec 1972 - Nov 1975	ALP	Whitlam	Minister for Education Kim BEAZLEY – Dec 1972 to Nov 1975 Margaret GUILFOYLE – Nov 1975 to Dec 1975
Nov 1975 - Mar 1983	LIB	Fraser	Minister for Education John CARRICK – Dec 1975 to Dec 1979 Wallace FIFE – Dec 1979 to May 1982 Peter BAUME – May 1982 to Mar 1983
Mar 1983 - Mar 1996	ALP	Hawke \| Keating	Minister for Education Susan RYAN – Mar 1983 Jul 1987 Minister for Employment, Education and Training John DAWKINS – Jul 1987 Dec 1991 Kim BEAZLEY – Dec 1991 to Mar 1993 Kim BEAZLEY – Mar 1993 to Dec 1993 (Keating) Simon CREAN – Dec 1993 to Mar 1996
Mar 1996 - Dec 2007	LIB	Howard	Minister for Employment, Education, Training & Youth Affairs Amanda VANSTONE – Mar 1996 to Oct 1997 Minister for Employment, Education & Youth Affairs David KEMP – Oct 1997 to Oct 1998 Minister for Education, Training & Youth Affairs David KEMP – Oct 1998 to Nov 2001 Brendan NELSON – Nov 2001 to Jan 2006

Sources:
Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia. Accessed online 25 January 2008. Colin A. Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1965-1974 Edition (Canberra: ANU Press, 1977) 1975-1984 Edition (Canberra: ANU Press, 1986); and 1975-1999 Edition (Canberra: Federation Press, 2002).