House debates
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Ministerial Arrangements
4:03 pm
Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Mr Speaker, I have the honour to inform the House that, following the election held on 21 August 2010, the Governor-General commissioned me to form a government. The ministry was appointed on 14 September 2010. I understand that a document giving details of the ministry will be included in the Votes and Proceedings and Hansard. The document is a list of ministers and the offices they hold. It shows those ministers who constitute the cabinet and provides details of representation arrangements in each chamber. It also shows the parliamentary secretaries whom I have appointed.
The document read as follows—
GILLARD MINISTRY
Title | Minister | Other Chamber |
Prime Minister | The Hon Julia Gillard MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government | The Hon Simon Crean MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister for the Arts | The Hon Simon Crean MP | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib |
Minister for Social Inclusion | The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib |
Minister for Privacy and Freedom of Information | The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Minister for Sport | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib | The Hon Kate Ellis MP |
Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity | The Hon Gary Gray AO MP | Senator the Hon Penny Wong |
The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP | Senator the Hon Penny Wong | |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister | Senator the Hon Kate Lundy | |
Treasurer (Deputy Prime Minister) | The Hon Wayne Swan MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Assistant Treasurer | The Hon Bill Shorten MP | |
Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation | The Hon Bill Shorten MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer | The Hon David Bradbury MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations | Senator the Hon Chris Evans | The Hon Simon Crean MP (Jobs and Workplace Relations) The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP (Tertiary Education and Skills) |
Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth | The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare | The Hon Kate Ellis MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib | The Hon Jenny Macklin MP |
Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations | Senator the Hon Jacinta Collins | |
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Digital Productivity | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy | The Hon Anthony Albanese MP |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | The Hon Kevin Rudd MP | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy |
Minister for Trade | The Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy |
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade | The Hon Justine Elliot MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs | The Hon Richard Marles MP | |
Minister for Defence (Deputy Leader of the House) | The Hon Stephen Smith MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs | The Hon Warren Snowdon MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel | The Hon Warren Snowdon MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Minister for Defence Materiel | The Hon Jason Clare MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence | Senator the Hon David Feeney | Senator the Hon Kim Carr |
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship | The Hon Chris Bowen MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Citizenship | Senator the Hon Kate Lundy | |
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport (Leader of the House) | The Hon Anthony Albanese MP | Senator the Hon Kim Carr |
Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport | The Hon Catherine King MP | |
Minister for Health and Ageing | The Hon Nicola Roxon MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Minister for Indigenous Health | The Hon Warren Snowdon MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing | The Hon Mark Butler MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing | The Hon Catherine King MP | |
Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | The Hon Jenny Macklin MP | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib |
Minister for the Status of Women | The Hon Kate Ellis MP | Senator the Hon Penny Wong |
Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib | The Hon Jenny Macklin MP |
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers | Senator the Hon Jan McLucas | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services | The Hon Julie Collins MP | |
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | The Hon Tony Burke MP | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy |
Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water | Senator the Hon Don Farrell | |
Minister for Finance and Deregulation | Senator the Hon Penny Wong | The Hon Wayne Swan MP |
Special Minister of State | The Hon Gary Gray AO MP | Senator the Hon Penny Wong |
Minister Assisting on Deregulation | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry | |
Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | Senator the Hon Kim Carr | The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP |
Minister for Small Business | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry | The Hon Bill Shorten MP |
Attorney-General (Vice President of the Executive Council) | The Hon Robert McClelland MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Minister for Home Affairs | The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Minister for Justice | The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Manager of Government Business in the Senate) | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig | The Hon Tony Burke MP |
Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | The Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM MP | |
Minister for Resources and Energy | The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister for Tourism | The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister Assisting the Minister for Tourism | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry | |
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency | The Hon Greg Combet AM MP | Senator the Hon Penny Wong |
Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency | The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP | |
Minister for Human Services | The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib |
Mr Speaker, I would also like to inform the House that the honourable member for Hunter has been appointed Chief Government Whip—
Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
and that the honourable members for Shortland and Fowler have been appointed government whips. And I thank the member for North Sydney for his encouragement and support of the Chief Government Whip.