Membership of the MCEECDYA comprises Australian State, Territory and Australian Government and New Zealand Ministers with responsibility for the portfolios of school education, early childhood development and youth affairs, with Papua New Guinea, Norfolk Island and East Timor having observer status.
Chair
The Hon. Simon Crean MP, Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
(Australian Government)
Ministers
Australian Capital Territory
Mr Andrew Barr MLA, Minister for Education and Training; Minister for Children and Young People Ms Joy Burch MLA, Minister for Children and Young People, ACT Department of Disability, Housing & Community Services
New South Wales
The Hon. Verity Firth MP, Minister for Education and Training The Hon. Peter Primrose MLC, Minister for Youth and Volunteering The Hon. Linda Burney MP, Minister for Community Services
Victoria
The Hon. James Merlino MLA, Minister for Youth Affairs The Hon. Maxine Morand, Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development The Hon. Bronwyn Pike, Minister for Education
Queensland
The Hon. Geoff Wilson MP, Minister for Education and Training The Hon. Karen Struthers MP, Minister for Community Services and Housing
South Australia
The Hon. Jay Weatherill, Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development The Hon Grace Portolesi MP, Minister for Youth, SA Attorney General's Department
Western Australia
The Hon. Dr Elizabeth Constable MLA, Minister for Education The Hon. Donna Faragher MLC, Minister for Youth The Hon. Robyn McSweeney MLC, Minister for Child Protection; Community Services
Tasmania
The Hon Lin Thorp MP, Minister for Education and Skills; Minister for Children
Northern Territory
The Hon. Dr Christopher Burns MLA, Minister for Education and Training The Hon. Robert Knight MLA, Minister for Young Territorians The Hon. Konstantine Vatskalis MLA, Minister for Children and Families; Child Protection
Australian Government
The Hon. Simon Crean MP, Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations The Hon. Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth
New Zealand
The Hon. Paula Bennett, Minister for Social Development and Employment and Minister of Youth Affairs The Hon. Anne Tolley, Minister of Education and Minister for Tertiary Education
Papua New Guinea (Observer Status)
The Hon. Mark Maipakai MP, Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations The Hon. Michael Ogio MP, Minister for Higher Education, Research and Science The Hon. Michael Somare MP, Minister for Education
