House debates

Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Shadow Ministerial Arrangements

2:00 pm

Photo of Bill ShortenBill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | | Hansard source

(—) (): by leave—For the information of the House I present a revised list of the shadow ministry. In addition to his responsibilities as shadow minister for employment and workplace relations, the member for Gorton will now be the shadow Special Minister of State. The member for Brand will retain his responsibilities as shadow minister for resources and shadow minister for Northern Australia.

The document read as follows—

SHADOW MINISTRY LIST

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Shadow Cabinet Ministers are shown in bold type.

* Senator Katy Gallagher’s appointment to the Shadow Ministry is effective from 1 November 2015. Senator the Hon Jan McLucas will serve as Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness and Shadow Minister for Mental Health, and represent the Shadow Minister for Northern Australia, the Shadow Minister for Health, the Shadow Assistant Minister for Health, the Shadow Minister for Sport and the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs in the Senate until 31 October 2015.