Senate debates
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Ministerial Arrangements
2:00 pm
Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
by leave—On 23 January the Prime Minister announced a number of changes to the federal ministry. Ministers were appointed to their new positions on 30 January. May I indulge the Senate by congratulating Senators Brandis and Scullion on their promotion to the ministry. For the information of honourable senators, I table an updated list of the full ministry. I take this opportunity formally to advise the Senate that Senator Coonan will continue to take questions on behalf of the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women’s Issues and Senator Abetz will continue to take questions on behalf of the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service. I seek leave to have the list incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
The document read as follows—
FOURTH HOWARD MINISTRY
30 January 2007
Title | Minister | Other Chamber |
Prime Minister | The Hon John Howard MP | Senator the Hon Nick Minchin |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister | The Hon Tony Smith MP | |
Transport and Regional Services (Deputy Prime Minister) | The Hon Mark Vaile MP | Senator the Hon Ian Campbell |
Local Government, Territories and Roads | The Hon Jim Lloyd MP | Senator the Hon Ian Campbell |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon De-Anne Kelly MP | |
Treasurer | The Hon Peter Costello MP | Senator the Hon Nick Minchin |
Revenue and Assistant Treasurer | The Hon Peter Dutton MP | Senator the Hon Helen Coonan |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Chris Pearce MP | |
Foreign Affairs | The Hon Alexander Downer MP | Senator the Hon Helen Coonan |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Greg Hunt MP | Senator the Hon Helen Coonan |
Trade | The Hon Warren Truss MP | |
Finance and Administration (Vice President of the Executive Council) | Senator the Hon Nick Minchin | The Hon Peter Costello MP |
The Hon Gary Nairn MP | Senator the Hon Nick Minchin | |
Parliamentary Secretary | Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck | |
| (Leader of the House) | The Hon Tony Abbott MP | Senator the Hon Santo Santoro |
Ageing | Senator the Hon Santo Santoro | The Hon Tony Abbott MP |
Assistant Health and Ageing | The Hon Christopher Pyne MP | |
Attorney-General | The Hon Philip Ruddock MP | Senator the Hon Chris Ellison |
Justice and Customs (Manager of Government Business in the Senate) | Senator the Hon Chris Ellison | The Hon Philip Ruddock MP |
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) | Senator the Hon Helen Coonan | The Hon Peter McGauran MP |
the Arts and Sport | Senator the Hon George Brandis SC | The Hon Peter McGauran MP |
Defence | The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP | Senator the Hon Chris Ellison |
Veterans’ Affairs Minister Assisting the Defence | The Hon Bruce Billson MP | Senator the Hon Chris Ellison |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Peter Lindsay MP | |
Industry, Tourism and Resources | The Hon Ian Macfarlane MP | Senator the Hon Nick Minchin |
Small Business and Tourism | The Hon Fran Bailey MP | Senator the Hon Nick Minchin |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Bob Baldwin MP | |
Immigration and Citizenship | The Hon Kevin Andrews MP | Senator the Hon Ian Campbell |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Teresa Gambaro MP | |
Human Services | Senator the Hon Ian Campbell | The Hon Mal Brough MP |
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Deputy Leader of the House) | The Hon Peter McGauran MP | Senator the Hon Eric Abetz |
Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation | Senator the Hon Eric Abetz | The Hon Peter McGauran MP |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Sussan Ley MP | |
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Minister Assisting the Prime Indigenous Affairs | The Hon Mal Brough MP | Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion |
Community Services | Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion | The Hon Mal Brough MP |
Education, Science and Training Minister Assisting the Prime Women’s Issues | The Hon Julie Bishop MP | Senator the Hon George Brandis SC |
Vocational and Further Education | The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP | Senator the Hon George Brandis SC |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Pat Farmer MP | |
Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Assisting the Prime the Public Service | The Hon Joe Hockey MP | Senator the Hon Eric Abetz |
Workforce Participation | The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP | Senator the Hon Eric Abetz |
the Environment and Water Resources | The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP | Senator the Hon Eric Abetz |
Assistant the Environment and Water Resources | The Hon John Cobb MP |
Each box represents a portfolio. Cabinet Ministers are shown in bold type. As a general rule, there is one department in each portfolio. Except for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the title of each department reflects that of the portfolio minister. There is also a Department of Veterans’ Affairs in the Defence portfolio.