House debates
Monday, 15 September 2008
Ministerial Arrangements
2:00 pm
Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I inform the House that the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs will be absent from question time today as he will be at the dedication of the Onslow War Memorial and the 65th commemoration of the bombing of Onslow in Western Australia. The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel will answer questions on his behalf. The Minister for Sport and Youth will also be absent from question time today as she is attending the Olympic victory parade in Sydney. The Minister for Health and Ageing will answer questions regarding sport and the Deputy Prime Minister will answer questions regarding youth on her behalf.
I also table for the information of the House a revised ministry list reflecting a number of changes to the representation arrangements in the other place. There are no changes to the representation arrangements in this chamber. I seek leave to have the revised ministry list incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
RUDD MINISTRY
15 September 2008
TITLE | MINISTER | OTHER CHAMBER |
Prime Minister | The Hon Kevin Rudd MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Senator the Hon John Faulkner | The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP | |
Minister for Climate Change and Water | Senator the Hon Penny Wong | The Hon Wayne Swan MP |
Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Childcare Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Maxine McKew MP The Hon Anthony Byrne MP | The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP (Water) |
Minister for Education | The Hon Julia Gillard MP | Senator the Hon Kim Carr |
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations | The Hon Julia Gillard MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Minister for Social Inclusion | The Hon Julia Gillard MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
(Deputy Prime Minister) | ||
Minister for Youth | The Hon Kate Ellis MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Minister for Employment Participation | The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Prime Minister for Social Inclusion | Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens | |
Treasurer | The Hon Wayne Swan MP | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy |
Assistant Treasurer | The Hon Chris Bowen MP | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy |
Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs | The Hon Chris Bowen MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry | The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP |
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship | Senator the Hon Chris Evans | The Hon Robert McClelland MP |
Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services | The Hon Laurie Ferguson MP | |
Senator the Hon John Faulkner | The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP | |
(Vice President of the Executive Council) | ||
Minister for Finance and Deregulation | The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister for Trade | The Hon Simon Crean MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon John Murphy MP | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | The Hon Stephen Smith MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs | The Hon Duncan Kerr SC MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance | The Hon Bob McMullan | |
Minister for Defence | The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP | Senator the Hon John Faulkner |
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs | The Hon Alan Griffin MP | Senator the Hon John Faulkner |
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel | The Hon Warren Snowdon MP | Senator the Hon John Faulkner |
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement | The Hon Greg Combet A M MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support | The Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM MP | |
Minister for Health and Ageing | The Hon Nicola Roxon MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Minister for Ageing | The Hon Justine Elliot MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Minister for Sport | The Hon Kate Ellis MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Parliamentary Secretary | Senator the Hon Jan McLucas | |
Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | The Hon Jenny Macklin MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Minister for Housing | The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Minister for the Status of Women | The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP | Senator the Hon Penny Wong |
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services | The Hon Bill Shorten MP | |
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Leader of the House) | The Hon Anthony Albanese MP | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy |
(Leader of the House) | ||
Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Northern Australia | The Hon Gary Gray AO MP | |
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy | The Hon Anthony Albanese MP |
(Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) | ||
Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | Senator the Hon Kim Carr | The Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP The Hon Julia Gillard MP (Research) |
Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy | The Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP | Senator the Hon Kim Carr |
Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation | ||
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts | The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP | Senator the Hon Penny Wong |
Attorney-General | The Hon Robert McClelland MP | Senator the Hon Penny Wong |
Minister for Home Affairs | The Hon Bob Debus MP | Senator the Hon Penny Wong |
Minister for Human Services | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig | The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP |
(Manager of Government Business in the Senate) | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | The Hon Tony Burke MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister for Resources and Energy | The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP | Senator the Hon Kim Carr |
Minister for Tourism | The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Each box represents a portfolio. Cabinet Ministers are shown in bold type. As a general rule, there is one department in each portfolio. However, there is a Department of Climate Change in the Prime Minister’s portfolio and a Department of Veterans’ Affairs in the Defence portfolio. Except for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Department of Finance and Deregulation, the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, the Department of Climate Change and the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism the title of each department reflects that of the portfolio minister.