Senate debates

Tuesday, 12 February 2008

Ministerial Arrangements

5:02 pm

Photo of Chris EvansChris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I have the honour to inform the Senate that, following the election held on 24 November 2007 in which the Australian Labor Party was elected to government, the Governor-General commissioned the Prime Minister to form a government. Ministers and parliamentary secretaries were appointed on 3 December 2007. For the information of honourable senators, I have 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 seek leave to have the document incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The document read as follows—

FIRST RUDD MINISTRY

Cabinet

Prime Minister

The Honourable Kevin Michael Rudd, MP

Minister for Education

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Minister for Social Inclusion

Deputy Prime Minister

The Honourable Julia Eileen Gillard, MP

Treasurer

The Honourable Wayne Maxwell Swan, MP

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

Leader of the Government in the Senate

Senator the Honourable Christopher Vaughan Evans

Special Minister of State

Cabinet Secretary

Vice-President of the Executive Council

Senator the Honourable John Philip Faulkner

Minister for Trade

The Honourable Simon Findlay Crean, MP

Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Honourable Stephen Francis Smith, MP

Minister for Defence

The Honourable Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon, MP

Minister for Health and Ageing

The Honourable Nicola Louise Roxon, MP

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

The Honourable Jennifer Louise Macklin, MP

Minister for Finance and Deregulation

The Honourable Lindsay James Tanner, MP

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

Leader of the House

The Honourable Anthony Norman Albanese, MP

Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate

Senator the Honourable Stephen Michael Conroy

Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Senator the Honourable Kim John Carr

Minister for Climate Change and Water

Senator the Honourable Penelope Ying Yen Wong

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts

The Honourable Peter Robert Garrett, AM, MP

Attorney-General

The Honourable Robert Bruce McClelland, MP

Minister for Human Services

Manager of Government Business in the Senate

Senator the Honourable Joseph William Ludwig

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

The Honourable Anthony Stephen Burke, MP

Minister for Resources and Energy

Minister for Tourism

The Honourable Martin John Ferguson, AM, MP

Outer Ministry

Minister for Home Affairs

The Honourable Robert John Debus, MP

Assistant Treasurer

Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs

The Honourable Christopher Eyles Bowen, MP

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

The Honourable Alan Peter Griffin, MP

Minister for Housing

Minister for the Status of Women

The Honourable Tanya Joan Plibersek, MP

Minister for Employment Participation

The Honourable Brendan Patrick John O’Connor, MP

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel

The Honourable Warren Edward Snowdon, MP

Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy

Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation

The Honourable Dr Craig Anthony Emerson, MP

Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law

Senator the Honourable Nicholas John Sherry

Minister for Ageing

The Honourable Maria Justine Elliot, MP

Minister for Youth

Minister for Sport

The Honourable Katherine Margaret Ellis, MP

Parliamentary Secretaries

Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Childcare

The Honourable Maxine Margaret McKew, MP

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement

The Honourable Gregory Ivan Combet, AM, MP

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support

The Honourable Dr Michael Joseph Kelly, AM, MP

Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Northern Australia

The Honourable Gary Gray, AO, MP

Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services

The Honourable William Richard Shorten, MP

Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance

The Honourable Robert Francis McMullan, MP

Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs

The Honourable Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr, SC, MP

Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister

The Honourable Anthony Michael Byrne, MP

Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector

Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Prime Minister for Social Inclusion

Senator the Honourable Ursula Mary Stephens

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade

The Honourable John Paul Murphy, MP

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing

Senator the Honourable Jan Elizabeth McLucas

Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services

The Honourable Laurie Donald Thomas Ferguson, MP

MINISTERIAL REPRESENTATION

Minister

Representing

Senator the Honourable Chris Evans

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

Leader of the Government in the Senate

Prime Minister

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Minister for Housing

Minister for Sport

Senator the Honourable John Faulkner

Special Minister of State

Cabinet Secretary

Vice-President of the Executive Council

Minister for Trade

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Minister for Defence

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel

Senator the Honourable Stephen Conroy

Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate

Treasurer

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

Assistant Treasurer

Senator the Honourable Kim Carr

Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Minister for Education

Minister for Resources and Energy

Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy

Senator the Honourable Penny Wong

Minister for Climate Change and Water

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Minister for Social Inclusion

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts

Minister for the Status of Women

Minister for Employment Participation

Minister for Youth

Senator the Honourable Joe Ludwig

Minister for Human Services

Manager of Government Business in the Senate

Minister for Health and Ageing

Attorney-General

Minister for Home Affairs

Minister for Ageing

Senator the Honourable Nick Sherry

Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law

Minister for Finance and Deregulation

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Minister for Tourism

Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs

I would also like to inform the House that Senator Kerry O’Brien has been appointed Government Whip in the Senate and that Senator Dana Wortley and Senator Ruth Webber have been appointed Deputy Government Whips in the Senate.

I would like to congratulate all our frontbenchers on their election to the roles of ministers and parliamentary secretaries and place on record my thanks to other members of the government team who served on the front bench—some of them over a long period of time—over the years we were in opposition for the contribution they made to the election of the Rudd Labor government. I would also like to congratulate the Northern Territory and ACT senators on their re-election to the parliament, and I would like to acknowledge the election of Senator Minchin as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate—a job which I hope he holds for many years—and Senator Abetz likewise as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.

Mr President, I thank you for the manner in which you conducted the welcome to country ceremony today and I thank the officers of the parliament for their cooperation in facilitating it. I think it brought great credit to the parliament and its officers. I also acknowledge the role that Senator George Campbell played as a whip and thank him for his services.

There is one final thankyou: I understand that one of our favourite attendants, Lorna Lane, is giving it away at the end of the week. On behalf of the government, I would like to acknowledge her contribution to the parliament and wish her all the best.

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