Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I advise the Senate that, following the election held on 3 May 20 2025, in which the Australian Labor Party was re-elected, having won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, the Governor-General commissioned the Prime Minister to form a government. Ministers and assistant ministers were appointed on 13 May 2025. For the information of senators, I table a list of the full ministry, which includes representation arrangements.

I also wish to inform the Senate that I have been elected as Leader of the Government in the Senate and that Senator Farrell has been elected as Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate. Senator Gallagher has been appointed as Manager of Government Business in the Senate, and Senator Chisholm has been appointed as Deputy Manager of Government Business in the Senate. I can also advise that Senator Sheldon has been elected as the Chief Government Whip—I do not think that will change his necktie position, regrettably; there are some things a leader can change and others they can't—and that Senators Grogan and Darmanin have both been elected as deputy government whips in the Senate. I congratulate all office holders and ministers, and, as I said, I table the ministry list and seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.

Leave granted.

The document read as follows—

Each box represents a portfolio. As a general rule, there is one department in each portfolio. However, there can be two departments in one portfolio.

Cabinet Ministers are shown in bold type. Assistant Ministers in italics are designated as Parliamentary Secretaries under the Ministers of State Act 1952.