House debates
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Ministerial Arrangements
2:01 pm
Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Mr Speaker, this morning I was elected as leader of the parliamentary Labor Party. I was subsequently sworn in by the Governor-General as Prime Minister. The honourable Wayne Swan has been elected as the deputy leader, and will be the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. I table for the information of the House a revised ministry list reflecting those events. I seek leave to have the document incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The document read as follows—
GILLARD MINISTRY
24 June 2010
Title | Minister | Other Chamber |
Prime Minister | The Hon Julia Gillard 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 | 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 (Deputy Prime Minister) | 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.
With your indulgence, Mr Speaker, and the indulgence of the Leader of the Opposition, I will make some very brief remarks. Obviously I have already had the opportunity to speak to the Australian people through the press about my intentions and plans as Prime Minister. I will not repeat all of those words now. Can I simply say it is my intention to lead a government that is focused each and every day on meeting the needs of working families around the country. I accept that the government has lost track. We will get back on track. I have taken control for precisely that purpose.
I say about the former Prime Minister, the honourable Kevin Rudd, who is in the parliament with us today, that he certainly has the gratitude and respect of the Labor Party, and I believe that every member of this place would be full of admiration for the remarkable and dignified way in which he has conducted himself today and the fortitude and strength of character he is showing, including by attending question time today.
Can I say to my deputy, Wayne Swan, congratulations on taking the position. I very much look forward to us working even closer together than we have since the days that the government was first sworn in, in November 2007.
Can I say to the Leader of the Opposition, we are very different people. We have different outlooks on life, different policies, different views and different personalities. We have made very different life choices. I believe, though, we both understand what an honour and a duty it is to serve as Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, and I also believe we understand the responsibility upon us to lay before the Australian people, clearly and precisely, the things for which we stand and the things that we will do if we are elected at the election due this year, which I will call in coming months.
2:04 pm
Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
On indulgence, Mr Speaker, I note that the Deputy Prime Minister has become the Prime Minister, I note that the Treasurer has become the Deputy Prime Minister, and I congratulate both of them on their promotions. I understand, perhaps not as well as they do but I certainly understand, that to hold high office is a great privilege and we all understand that it must be discharged in the best interests of the Australian people.
May I offer commiserations to the member for Griffith. He was elected Prime Minister of Australia by the Australian people, and he should have been allowed to face the judgment of the Australian people. A midnight knock on the door followed by political execution is no way for the Australian Prime Minister to be treated.
I accept that there is a big challenge for all of us in this place to offer the right policies to the Australian people. The new Prime Minister has admitted that the government has lost its way, and her challenge will be to demonstrate how things will be different given that she is as committed, it seems, to the policies of the former Prime Minister as he was himself. Regardless, I think the Australian public can expect a fierce contest. It will be a tough contest—I respect the abilities of the Prime Minister—and I hope, as well as being a tough contest, it will also be a clean and fair contest.