The Special Minister of State (SMOS), currently the Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity is a ministerial portfolio in the Australian Government Department of Finance and Deregulation responsible for various parliamentary, electoral, financial and oversight affairs.

Other areas of responsibility include:

• Asset Management and Parliamentary Services (Government Business, Special Claims and Land Policy Division, Property and Construction Division & Ministerial and Parliamentary Services)
• Australian Government Information Management Office (Policy and Planning Divisions & the Agency Services Division)
• Australian Public Service Commission
• Australian National Audit Office
• Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
• Commonwealth Ombudsman
• Remuneration Tribunal
• Public Interests Disclosure
• Electoral Reform
• Government Advertising
• Parliamentary Integrity
• Register of Lobbyists
• Australian Electoral Commission
• Screen Australia

The position is currently held by Gary Gray

Gary Gray (Australian politician)

Gary Gray AO , Australian politician, is the Australian Labor Party representative for the Division of Brand in Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives. Gray is currently the Special Minister of State and the Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity.Gary...

 MP who is in the Outer Ministry of the Second Gillard Ministry

Second Gillard Ministry

The Second Gillard Ministry is the 67th Australian ministry. It is led by Julia Gillard of the Australian Labor Party. On 11 September 2010 she announced the makeup of her ministry, following the 2010 Federal election...

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Australian Special Ministers of State

Minister	Party affiliation	Period
Don Willesee Don Willesee Donald Robert "Don" Willesee was an Australian politician, a member of the Australian Senate for 25 years representing Western Australia, and a Cabinet minister in the Whitlam government....	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1972–1973
Lionel Bowen Lionel Bowen Lionel Frost Bowen AC , Australian politician, was a senior Labor Party figure, serving in the ministries of Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke...	Australian Labor Party	1973–1975
Doug McClelland	Australian Labor Party	1975
Reg Withers Reg Withers Reginald Greive 'Reg' Withers is a former long-serving member of the Australian Senate, a former government minister, and former Lord Mayor of Perth....	Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1975
Mick Young Mick Young Michael Jerome Young was an Australian politician. He rose through the Australian Labor Party to become its National Secretary, before serving as a Labor member of the House of Representatives from the 1974 election to 1988...	Australian Labor Party	1983
Kim Beazley Kim Beazley In the October 1998 election, Labor polled a majority of the two-party vote and received the largest swing to a first-term opposition since 1934. However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up eight seats short of making Beazley Prime Minister....	Australian Labor Party	1983–1984
Mick Young	Australian Labor Party	1984–1987
Michael Tate Michael Tate Michael Carter Tate AO is a former Australian Labor Party politician who later became an ambassador and then a Catholic priest....	Australian Labor Party	1987
Susan Ryan Susan Ryan Susan Maree Ryan AO is an Australian educator who served as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory 1975–87...	Australian Labor Party	1987–1988
Frank Walker	Australian Labor Party	1993–1994
Gary Johns Gary Johns Gary Thomas Johns is a former Australian politician.Johns was born in Melbourne, Victoria and received a Bachelor of Economics and a M.A. from Monash University. He was elected as the member for Petrie in 1987, and held it for the Australian Labor Party until his defeat in 1996...	Australian Labor Party	1994–1996
Nick Minchin Nick Minchin Nicholas Hugh "Nick" Minchin is a former Australian politician, serving as a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing South Australia from July 1993 to June 2011, and a former cabinet minister in the Howard Government....	Liberal Party	1996–1998
Chris Ellison Chris Ellison Christopher Martin Ellison , is a former Liberal member of the Australian Senate. He represented Western Australia in the Senate from July 1993 to January 2009.-Background:...	Liberal Party	1998–2001
Eric Abetz Eric Abetz Eric Abetz , has been a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since February 1994, representing the state of Tasmania. He is currently Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. He was educated at the University of Tasmania and was a barrister and solicitor before entering politics...	Liberal Party	2001–2006
Gary Nairn Gary Nairn Gary Roy Nairn is a former Australian politician.Nairn was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at the University of New South Wales. He was a surveyor in private practice and managing director of a surveying and mapping consultancy before entering politics. He moved to the Northern...	Liberal Party	2006–2007
John Faulkner John Faulkner John Philip Faulkner is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since 1989, representing the state of New South Wales. Following a period serving on various Senate Committees and as Deputy Whip, he was a Minister in the Keating Labor government 1993-96...	Australian Labor Party	2007–2009
Joe Ludwig Joe Ludwig Senator the Hon Joseph William Ludwig , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since July 1999, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Biography:...	Australian Labor Party	2009–2010
Gary Gray Gary Gray (Australian politician) Gary Gray AO , Australian politician, is the Australian Labor Party representative for the Division of Brand in Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives. Gray is currently the Special Minister of State and the Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity.Gary...	Australian Labor Party	2010–Present