Senate debates

Monday, 9 October 2006

Ministerial Arrangements

2:00 pm

Photo of Helen CoonanHelen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I wish to inform the Senate that the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Minchin, will be absent from question time today, Monday, 9 October, 2006. Senator Minchin, in his capacity as Minister for Finance and Administration, is involved with the T3 share offer launch in Sydney. During Senator Minchin’s absence I will take questions on behalf of the Prime Minister, the Treasurer, and the portfolios of Finance and Administration and Industry, Tourism and Resources.

Further, I also wish to inform honourable senators that on 24 and 27 September the Prime Minister announced a number of changes to the ministry. The swearing-in took place on 29 September, 2006. I table for the information of senators a revised ministry list reflecting these changes. I seek leave to have this document incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The document read as follows—

FOURTH HOWARD MINISTRY

Title

Minister

Other Chamber

Prime Minister

The Hon John Howard MP

Senator the Hon 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 Transport and Regional Services

(Deputy Prime Minister)

The Hon Mark Vaile MP

Senator the Hon Ian Campbell

Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads

The Hon Jim Lloyd MP

Senator the Hon Ian Campbell

Parliamentary Secretary

The Hon De-Anne Kelly 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 Foreign Affairs

The Hon Alexander Downer MP

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan

Parliamentary Secretary (Foreign Affairs)

The Hon Teresa Gambaro MP

Minister for Trade

The Hon Warren Truss MP

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan

Minister for Finance and Administration

(Vice President of the Executive Council)

(Leader of the Government in the Senate)

Senator the Hon Nick Minchin

The Hon Peter Costello MP

Minister for Human Services

Minister Assisting the Minister for Workplace Relations

The Hon Joe Hockey MP

Senator the Hon Rod Kemp

Special Minister of State

The Hon Gary Nairn MP

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz

Parliamentary Secretary

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck

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.

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