Senate debates

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Ministerial Arrangements

2:00 pm

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by leave—I table for the information of the Senate a revised ministry list reflecting changes to the ministry made on 25 February 2009, all of which relate to parliamentary secretary appointments, following the resignation of the Hon. John Murphy MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade. The Prime Minister has acknowledged the significant and strong contribution that Mr Murphy has made to the government and has thanked him for his service.

I have great pleasure in advising that Senator the Hon. Mark Arbib has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery and has been given particular responsibility for implementing the government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan; and that Senator the Hon. Ursula Stephens will be sworn in tomorrow to administer FaHCSIA, in addition to DEEWR, to better reflect her responsibilities as Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and Parliamentary Secretary for the Voluntary Sector. I seek leave to have the document incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The document read as follows—

RUDD MINISTRY 25 February 2009

TITLE

MINISTER

OTHER CHAMBER

Prime Minister

The Hon Kevin Rudd MP

Senator the Hon Chris Evans

Cabinet Secretary

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP

Minister for Climate Change and Water

Senator the Hon Penny Wong

The Hon Wayne Swan MP

The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP (Water)

Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Childcare

The Hon Maxine McKew MP

Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change

The Hon Greg Combet AM MP

Parliamentary Secretary

The Hon Anthony Byrne MP

Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery

Senator the Hon Mark Arbib

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 Joe Ludwig

Minister for Social Inclusion

The Hon Julia Gillard MP

Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig

(Deputy Prime Minister)

Minister for Youth

The Hon Kate Ellis MP

Senator the Hon Chris Evans

Minister for Employment Participation

The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP

Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig

Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and Parliamentary Secretary for the Voluntary Sector

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens

Treasurer

The Hon Wayne Swan MP

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy

Assistant Treasurer

The Hon Chris Bowen MP

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy

Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs

The Hon Chris Bowen MP

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry

Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry

The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

Senator the Hon Chris Evans

The Hon Robert McClelland MP

(Leader of the Government in the Senate)

Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services

The Hon Laurie Ferguson MP

Special Minister of State

(Vice President of the Executive Council)

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP

Minister for Finance and Deregulation

The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry

Minister for Trade

The Hon Simon Crean MP

Senator the Hon Kim Carr

Parliamentary Secretary for Trade

The Hon Anthony Byrne MP

Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Hon Stephen Smith MP

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs

The Hon Duncan Kerr SC MP

Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance

The Hon Bob McMullan

Minister for Defence

The Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

The Hon Alan Griffin MP

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel

The Hon Warren Snowdon MP

Senator the Hon John Faulkner

Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support

The Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM MP

Minister for Health and Ageing

The Hon Nicola Roxon 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 Chris Evans

Parliamentary Secretary

Senator the Hon Jan McLucas

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 Service

The Hon Bill Shorten MP

Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction

The Hon Bill Shorten MP

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

The Hon Anthony Albanese MP

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy

(Leader of the House)

Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Northern Australia

The Hon Gary Gray AO MP

Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy

The Hon Anthony Albanese MP

(Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate)

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

Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation

Minister for the Environment, 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 Bob Debus MP

Senator the Hon Penny Wong

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

The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP

Senator the Hon Kim Carr

Minister for Tourism

The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry