House debates

Tuesday, 20 March 2007

Shadow Ministry

4:00 pm

Photo of Kevin RuddKevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | | Hansard source

On the issue of ministerial arrangements, following the resignation on 9 March 2007 of the member for Wills from the portfolio of shadow Attorney-General, I have made changes to the size and responsibilities of the opposition frontbench. For the information of the House I table a revised list of the opposition frontbench.

The document read as follows—

SHADOW MINISTRY

9 March 2007

PORTFOLIO

SHADOW MINISTER

OTHER CHAMBER

Leader

Kevin Rudd

Senator Chris Evans

Deputy Leader

Employment & Industrial Relations; Social Inclusion

Julia Gillard

Senator Penny Wong

Leader in the Senate

National Development, Resources & Energy

Senator Chris Evans

Bob McMullan

Deputy Leader in the Senate

Communications & Information Technology

Senator Stephen Conroy

Anthony Albanese

Infrastructure & Water

Manager of Opposition Business in the House

Anthony Albanese

Senator Penny Wong

Homeland Security; Justice & Customs;

Territories

Arch Bevis

Senator Joseph Ludwig (Homeland

Security; Justice & Customs)

Senator Kate Lundy (Territories)

Assistant Treasurer; Revenue & Competition Policy

Chris Bowen

Senator Nick Sherry (Assistant Treasurer; Revenue)

Senator Stephen Conroy (Competition)

Immigration, Integration & Citizenship

Tony Burke

Senator Joseph Ludwig

Industry; Innovation, Science & Research

Senator Kim Carr

Anthony Albanese

Trade; Regional Development

Simon Crean

Senator Kim Carr (Trade)

Senator Kerry O’Brien (Regional

Development)

Service Economy, Small Business & Independent

Contractors

Craig Emerson

Senator Stephen Conroy

Multicultural Affairs; Urban Development; Consumer Affairs

Laurie Ferguson

Senator Joseph Ludwig (Multicultural

Affairs)

Senator Kim Carr (Urban Development;

Consumer Affairs)

Transport & Roads; Tourism

Martin Ferguson

Senator Kerry O’Brien

Defence

Joel Fitzgibbon

Senator Chris Evans

Climate Change, Environment & Heritage; Arts

Peter Garrett

Senator Penny Wong (Climate Change,

Environment & Heritage)

Senator Stephen Conroy (Arts)

Veterans’ Affairs; Defence Science & Personnel; Special

Minister of State

Alan Griffin

Senator Kate Lundy (Veterans’ Affairs)

Senator Chris Evans (Defence Science &

Personnel)

Senator Penny Wong (Special Minister of

State)

Attorney-General; Manager of Opposition Business in the

Senate

Senator Joseph Ludwig

Nicola Roxon

Sport & Recreation; Health Promotion; Local Government

Senator Kate Lundy

Nicola Roxon (Health Promotion)

Laurie Ferguson (Sport & Recreation; Local

Government)

Families & Community Services; Indigenous Affairs & Reconciliation

Jenny Macklin

Senator Jan McLucas (Families and

Community Services)

Senator Kim Carr (Indigenous Affairs)

Foreign Affairs

Robert McClelland

Senator Chris Evans

Ageing, Disabilities and Carers

Senator Jan McLucas

Nicola Roxon

Federal/State Relations; International Development

Assistance; Deputy manager of Opposition Business in the House

Bob McMullan

Senator Stephen Conroy (Federal/State Relations)

Senator Joseph Ludwig (International Development Assistance)

Primary Industries, Fisheries & Forestry

Senator Kerry O’Brien

Simon Crean

Human Services; Housing; Youth; Women

Tanya Plibersek

Senator Kate Lundy

Health

Nicola Roxon

Senator Jan McLucas

Superannuation & Intergenerational Finance; Banking & Financial Services

Senator Nick Sherry

Chris Bowen

Education & Training

Stephen Smith

Senator Kim Carr

Treasurer

Wayne Swan

Senator Nick Sherry

Finance

Lindsay Tanner

Senator Nick Sherry

Public Administration & Accountability; Corporate Governance & Responsibility; Workforce Participation

Senator Penny Wong

Chris Bowen (Public Administration & Accountability; Corporate Governance & Responsibility)

Julia Gillard (Workforce Participation)

Parliamentary Secretaries

Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Anthony Byrne

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence & Veterans’ Affairs

Graham Edwards

Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Heritage

Jennie George

Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury

Catherine King

Parliamentary Secretary for Education

Kirsten Livermore

Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition

John Murphy

Parliamentary Secretary for Industrial Relations

Brendan O’Connor

Parliamentary Secretary for Industry & Innovation

Bemie Ripoll

Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia and Indigenous Affairs

Warren Snowdon

Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition (Social & Community Affairs)

Ursula Stephens

Chief Opposition Whip

Roger Price

Senate Opposition Whip

Senator George Campbell

Whip in the House of Representatives

Jill Hall

Deputy Senate Whip

Senator Linda Kirk

Whip in the House of Representatives

Michael Danby

Deputy Senate Whip

Senator Ruth Webber