House debates
Tuesday, 7 February 2006
Ministerial Arrangements
2:21 pm
John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
On 24 January I announced a number of changes to the ministry consequent upon certain resignations. The swearing-in took place on 27 January 2006. For the information of honourable members, I table an updated list of the full ministry with some minor changes to the Senate representation to that published in the list dated 30 January 2006. I also advise that the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer will be absent from question time today and tomorrow. He, along with some other members on both sides of the House, is representing the parliament at the Australian Future Directions Forum. The Treasurer will answer questions on his behalf.
The document read as follows—
FOURTH HOWARD MINISTRY
7 February 2006*
TITLE | MINISTER | OTHER CHAMBER |
Prime Minister | The Hon John Howard MP | Senator the Honourable Nick Minchin |
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister | The Hon Gary Hardgrave MP | |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister | The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP | |
Minister for Trade (Deputy Prime Minister) | The Hon Mark Vaile MP | Senator the Hon Helen Coonan |
Parliamentary Secretary (Trade) | The Hon De-Anne Kelly MP | |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | The Hon Alexander Downer MP | Senator the Hon Helen Coonan |
Parliamentary Secretary (Foreign Affairs) | The Hon Teresa Gambaro MP | |
Treasurer | The Hon Peter Costello MP | Senator the Hon Nick Minchin |
Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer | The Hon Peter Dutton MP | Senator the Hon Helen Coonan |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Chris Pearce MP | |
Minister for Finance and Administration (Vice President of the Executive Council) | Senator the Hon Nick Minchin | The Hon Peter Costello MP |
Minister for Human Services | The Hon Joe Hockey MP | Senator the Hon Rod Kemp |
The Hon Gary Nairn MP | Senator the Hon Eric Abetz | |
Parliamentary Secretary | Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck | |
Minister for Transport and Regional Services | The Hon Warren Truss MP | Senator the Hon Ian Campbell |
Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads | The Hon Jim Lloyd MP | Senator the Hon Ian Campbell |
Minister for Health and Ageing (Leader of the House) | The Hon Tony Abbott MP | Senator the Hon Santo Santoro |
Minister for Ageing | Senator the Hon Santo Santoro | The Hon Tony Abbott MP |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Christopher Pyne MP | |
Attorney-General | The Hon Philip Ruddock MP | Senator the Hon Chris Ellison |
Minister for Justice and Customs (Manager of Government Business in the Senate) | Senator the Hon Chris Ellison | The Hon Philip Ruddock MP |
Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) | Senator the Hon Helen Coonan | The Hon Peter McGauran MP |
Minister for the Arts and Sport | Senator the Hon Rod Kemp | The Hon Peter McGauran MP |
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs | Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone | The Hon Philip Ruddock MP |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP | |
Minister for Defence | The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP | Senator the Hon Ian Campbell |
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence | The Hon Bruce Billson MP | Senator the Hon Ian Campbell |
Parliamentary Secretary | Senator the Hon Sandy Macdonald | |
Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources | The Hon Ian Macfarlane MP | Senator the Hon Nick Minchin |
Minister for Small Business and Tourism | The Hon Fran Bailey MP | Senator the Hon Nick Minchin |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Bob Baldwin MP | |
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service | The Hon Kevin Andrews MP | Senator the Hon Eric Abetz |
Minister for Workforce Participation | The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP | Senator the Hon Eric Abetz |
Minister for the Environment and Heritage | Senator the Hon Ian Campbell | The Hon Warren Truss MP |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Greg Hunt MP | |
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Deputy Leader of the House) | The Hon Peter McGauran MP | Senator the Hon Eric Abetz |
Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation | Senator the Hon Eric Abetz | The Hon Peter McGauran MP |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Sussan Ley MP | |
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs | The Hon Mal Brough MP | Senator the Hon Rod Kemp |
Minister for Community Services | The Hon John Cobb MP | Senator the Hon Rod Kemp |
Minister for Education, Science and Training Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women’s Issues | The Hon Julie Bishop MP | Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone |
Minister for Vocational and Technical Education | The Hon Gary Hardgrave MP | Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone |
Parliamentary Secretary | The Hon Pat Farmer 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 and a Department of Human Services in the Finance and Administration portfolio. * The changes to the ministry list issued on 6 July 2005 took effect on 27 January 2006.