House debates
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Ministerial Arrangements
3:51 pm
Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to 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 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 |
| (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.