Senate debates
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Ministerial Arrangements
1:59 pm
Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I table for the information of the Senate a revised ministry list, reflecting changes to the ministry in April 2010. I seek leave to have the document incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The document read as follows—
RUDD MINISTRY
14 April 2010
Title | Minister | Other Chamber |
Prime Minister | The Hon Kevin Rudd MP | Senator the Hon Chris Evans |
| (Manager of Government Business in the Senate) | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig | The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP |
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib | |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Anthony Byrne MP | |
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 Mark Arbib |
Minister for Social Inclusion (Deputy Prime Minister) | The Hon Julia Gillard MP | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib |
Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth | The Hon Kate Ellis MP | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib |
Minister for Employment Participation | Senator the Hon Mark Arbib | The Hon Julia Gillard MP |
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion | Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Employment | The Hon Jason Clare MP | |
Treasurer | The Hon Wayne Swan MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister for Population | The Hon Tony Burke MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law | The Hon Chris Bowen MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs | The Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry |
Assistant Treasurer | Senator the Hon Nick Sherry | The Hon Wayne Swan 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 | |
Minister for Defence (Vice President of the Executive Council) | Senator the Hon John Faulkner | The Hon Greg Combet AM MP |
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs | The Hon Alan Griffin MP | Senator the Hon John Faulkner |
Minister for Defence Personnel | The Hon Alan Griffin MP | Senator the Hon John Faulkner |
Minister for Defence Materiel and Science | The Hon Greg Combet AM MP | Senator the Hon John Faulkner |
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support | The Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM MP | |
Minister for Trade | The Hon Simon Crean MP | Senator the Hon Kim Carr |
Parliamentary Secretaryfor Trade | The Hon Anthony Byrne MP | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | The Hon Stephen Smith MP | Senator the Hon John Faulkner |
Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance | The Hon Bob McMullan MP | |
Minister for Health and Ageing | The Hon Nicola Roxon MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery | The Hon Warren Snowdon 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 Mark Arbib |
Parliamentary Secretary for Health | The Hon Mark Butler MP | |
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 | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction | The Hon Bill Shorten MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for the Voluntary Sector | Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens | |
Minister for Finance and Deregulation | The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy |
Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig | The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP | |
Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation | The Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP | |
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Leader of the House) | The Hon Anthony Albanese MP | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy |
Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | The Hon Maxine McKew MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Western and Northern Australia | The Hon Gary Gray AO MP | |
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) | Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy | The Hon Anthony Albanese MP |
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 |
Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry | The Hon Richard Marles MP | |
Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water | Senator the Hon Penny Wong | The Hon Greg Combet AM MP The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP (Water) |
Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency | The Hon Greg Combet AM MP | |
Minister for Environment Protection, 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 Brendan O’Connor MP | Senator the Hon Penny Wong |
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 Penny Wong |
Minister for Human Services | The Hon Chris Bowen MP | Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig |
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 Veterans’ Affairs in the Defence portfolio. The title of a department does not necessarily reflect the title of a minister in all cases.
Can I steal Senator Abetz’s thunder a little, while I am on feet, and congratulate him on his election as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, and congratulate Senator Brandis on his election as deputy leader. We look forward to working constructively with them on matters of mutual interest. I have always had a very good relationship with the previous leader, Senator Minchin. We never agreed on anything politically, but we were able to work cooperatively. I wish him well in his new role as active backbencher.