House debates

Tuesday, 12 February 2008

Ministerial Arrangements

3:51 pm

Photo of Kevin RuddKevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I have the honour to inform the House that, following the election held on 24 November 2007, the Governor-General commissioned me to form a government. Ministers and parliamentary secretaries were appointed on 3 December 2007. For the information of honourable members, I present a list of the full ministry. The document lists all ministers and parliamentary secretaries and the offices they hold. It shows those ministers who comprise the cabinet and provides details of representation arrangements in each chamber. I understand the document will be included in the Votes and Proceedings and Hansard.

The document read as follows—

RUDD MINISTRY

12 February 2008

Title

Minister

Other Chamber

Prime Minister

Cabinet Secretary

Minister for Climate Change and Water

Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Childcare

Parliamentary Secretary

The Hon Kevin Rudd MP

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

Senator the Hon Penny Wong

The Hon Maxine McKew MP

The Hon Anthony Byrne MP

Senator the Hon Chris Evans

The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP

The Hon Wayne Swan MP

The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP (Water)

Minister for Education

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Minister for Social Inclusion

(Deputy Prime Minister)

Minister for Youth

Minister for Employment Participation

Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector

Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Prime Minister for Social Inclusion

The Hon Julia Gillard MP

The Hon Julia Gillard MP

The Hon Julia Gillard MP

The Hon Kate Ellis MP

The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens

Senator the Hon Kim Carr

Senator the Hon Penny Wong

Senator the Hon Penny Wong

Senator the Hon Penny Wong

Senator the Hon Penny Wong

Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer

Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs

Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law

The Hon Wayne Swan MP

The Hon Chris Bowen MP

The Hon Chris Bowen MP

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry

The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

(Leader of the Government in the Senate)

Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services

Senator the Hon Chris Evans

The Hon Laurie Ferguson MP

The Hon Robert McClelland MP

Special Minister of State

(Vice President of the Executive Council)

Minister for Finance and Deregulation

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP

The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry

Minister for Trade

Parliamentary Secretary

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs

Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance

The Hon Simon Crean MP

The Hon John Murphy MP

The Hon Stephen Smith MP

The Hon Duncan Kerr MP

The Hon Bob McMullan MP

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

Minister for Defence

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support

The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP

The Hon Alan Griffin MP

The Hon Warren Snowdon MP

The Hon Greg Combet AM MP

The Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM MP

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

Minister for Health and Ageing

Minister for Ageing

Minister for Sport

Parliamentary Secretary

The Hon Nicola Roxon MP

The Hon Justine Elliot MP

The Hon Kate Ellis MP

Senator the Hon Jan McLucas

Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig

Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig

Senator the Hon Chris Evans

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Minister for Housing

Minister for the Status of Women

Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services

The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP

The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP

The Hon Bill Shorten MP

Senator the Hon Chris Evans

Senator the Hon Chris Evans

Senator the Hon Penny Wong

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and             Local Government

(Leader of the House)

Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Northern Australia

The Hon Anthony Albanese MP

The Hon Gary Gray AO MP

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy

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

Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy

Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation

Senator the Hon Kim Carr

The Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP

The Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP

The Hon Julia Gillard MP (Research)

Senator the Hon Kim Carr

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts

The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP

Senator the Hon Penny Wong

Attorney-General

Minister for Home Affairs

The Hon Robert McClelland MP

The Hon Bob Debus MP

Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig

Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig

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

Minister for Tourism

The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP

The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP

Senator the Hon Kim Carr

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry

Mr Speaker, I would also like to inform the House that the honourable member for Chifley, Mr Price, has been appointed Chief Government Whip and the honourable members for Shortland, Ms Hall, and Werriwa, Mr Hayes, have been appointed as government whips.

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