House debates
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Ministerial Arrangements
4:05 pm
Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I table for the information of the House a revised ministry list reflecting changes to the ministry, all of which relate to parliamentary secretary appointments following the resignation of The Hon. John Murphy MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade. I acknowledge the significant and strong contribution that Parliamentary Secretary Mr Murphy has made to the government and to our reform agenda and I thank him for his service.
Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Senator the Hon. Mark Arbib has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery and will have particular responsibility for the implementation of the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan. I seek leave to have the revised ministry list incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
The revised ministry list read as follows—
RUDD MINISTRY
25 February 2008
TITLE | MINISTER | OTHER CHAMBER |
Prime Minister | 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 The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP (Water) |
Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Childcare | The Hon Maxine McKew MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change | The Hon Greg Combet AM MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Anthony Byrne MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib | |
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 Parliamentary Secretary for the Voluntary Sector | 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 | |
| (Vice President of the Executive Council) | Senator the Hon John Faulkner | The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP |
Minister for Finance and Deregulation | The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister for Trade | The Hon Simon Crean MP | Senator the Hon Kim Carr |
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade | The Hon Anthony Byrne MP | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | The Hon Stephen Smith MP | Senator the Hon John Faulkner |
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 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 Service | The Hon Bill Shorten MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction | The Hon Bill Shorten MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for the Voluntary Sector | Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens | |
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | 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 |
Parliamentary Secretary for Water | The Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM MP | |
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 (Manager of Government Business in the Senate) | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig | The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP |
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.