The First Rudd Ministry (Australian Labor Party) of the Rudd Government is the 65th Australian ministry. The ministry was sworn in on 3 December 2007 by the Governor-General Major-General Michael Jeffery.[1] A reshuffle occurred in June 2009.
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Cabinet
- Kevin Rudd MP: Prime Minister
- Julia Gillard MP: Deputy Prime Minister; Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations; Minister for Social Inclusion
- Wayne Swan MP: Treasurer
- Senator Chris Evans: Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
- Senator John Faulkner: Cabinet Secretary (until 9 June 2009); Special Minister of State (until 9 June 2009); Minister for Defence (from 9 June 2009); Vice-President of the Executive Council
- Lindsay Tanner MP: Minister for Finance and Deregulation
- Simon Crean MP: Minister for Trade
- Stephen Smith, MP: Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Joel Fitzgibbon MP: Minister for Defence (until 4 June 2009)
- Nicola Roxon MP: Minister for Health and Ageing
- Jenny Macklin MP: Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Anthony Albanese MP: Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
- Senator Stephen Conroy: Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
- Senator Kim Carr: Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
- Peter Garrett MP: Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
- Senator Penny Wong: Minister for Climate Change and Water
- Robert McClelland MP: Attorney-General
- Senator Joe Ludwig: Minister for Human Services (until 9 June 2009); Cabinet Secretary (from 9 June 2009); Special Minister of State (from 9 June 2009)
- Tony Burke MP: Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Martin Ferguson MP: Minister for Resources and Energy; Minister for Tourism
- Chris Bowen MP: Minister for Human Services (from 9 June 2009); Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law (from 9 June 2009)
Outer ministry
- Kate Ellis MP: Minister for Youth; Minister for Sport (until 9 June 2009). Minister for Early Childhood Education and Youth; Minister for Sport (from 9 June 2009)
- Brendan O'Connor MP: Minister for Employment Participation (until 9 June 2009). Minister for Home Affairs (from 9 June 2009)
- Chris Bowen MP: Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs (until 9 June 2009, see Cabinet)
- Senator Nick Sherry: Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law (until 9 June 2009). Assistant Treasurer (from 9 June 2009)
- Greg Combet MP: Minister for Defence Personnel, Material and Science; Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change (from 9 June 2009)
- Senator Mark Arbib: Minister for Employment Participation; Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Government Service Delivery (from 9 June 2009)
- Alan Griffin MP: Minister for Veterans' Affairs
- Warren Snowdon MP: Minister for Defence Science and Personnel (until 9 June 2009). Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery (from 9 June 2009)
- Justine Elliot MP: Minister for Ageing
- Tanya Plibersek MP: Minister for Housing; Minister for the Status of Women
- Craig Emerson MP: Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy; Minister assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation. Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs (from 9 June 2009)
- Bob Debus MP: Minister for Home Affairs (until 9 June 2009)
Parliamentary Secretaries
- Maxine McKew MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Child Care [2] (Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio)(until 9 June 2009). Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (from 9 June 2009)
- Greg Combet AM MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement (to 25 February 2009); Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change (from 25 February 2009 to 9 June 2009)(see Outer Ministry)
- Mike Kelly AM MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support; Parliamentary Secretary for Water (from 25 February 2009)
- Gary Gray AO MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Northern Australia (Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government portfolio)(until 9 June 2009). Parliamentary Secretary for Western and Northern Australia (from 9 June 2009)
- Bill Shorten MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services (Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio); Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction (from 25 February 2009)
- Bob McMullan MP: Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance
- Duncan Kerr MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs
- Anthony Byrne MP: Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Parliamentary Secretary for Trade (from 25 February 2009)
- Senator Ursula Stephens: Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector; Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Prime Minister for Social Inclusion
- Senator Mark Arbib: Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery (Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio) (from 25 February 2009 to 9 June 2009)(see Outer Ministry)
- Senator Jan McLucas: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing (to 9 June 2009)
- Laurie Ferguson MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services
- Jason Clare MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Employment (from 9 June 2009)
- Mark Butler MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Health (from 9 June 2009)
- Richard Marles MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation (from 9 June 2009)
- John Murphy: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade (to 25 February 2009)
Changes from Shadow Ministry
Peter Garrett retained his Environment portfolio but lost his climate change and water responsibilities, which instead went to Senator Penny Wong.
Three previous shadow ministers - Arch Bevis, Kate Lundy and Kerry O'Brien - were relegated to the back bench, while Jan McLucas, Laurie Ferguson and Bob McMullan were demoted from ministerial roles to parliamentary secretary positions.[3]
Stephen Smith moved from Education to Foreign Affairs, replacing Robert McClelland who became Attorney-General.[4]
Senator Joe Ludwig moved from Shadow Attorney-General to Minister for Human Services, while Tanya Plibersek went from Shadow Minister for Human Services, Housing, Youth and Women to Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women.
While the former Shadow Minister for Finance Lindsay Tanner retained his portfolio, the ministry and department underwent a name change to Finance and Deregulation.
Parliamentary Secretary Reshuffle (February, 2009)
On 25th February, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced a reshuffle of his Parliamentary Secretaries (the lowest ministerial rank), which was attributed to the resignation of John Murphy, who had been the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade.
Greg Combet's responsibilities for Defence Procurement were taken over by Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, and he moved to the Climate Change Department as Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change (with a focus on emissions trading).
Mike Kelly retained his portfolio of Defence Support and became Parliamentary Secretary for Water, while Anthony Byrne, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, became Parliamentary Secretary for Trade.
The reshuffle also saw the elevation of Senator Mark Arbib, to the ministry as Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery. Bill Shorten added Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction to his responsibilities of Disabilities and Children's Services.
Reshuffle in June 2009
On 4 June 2009, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon resigned from Cabinet, following revelations that his brother, the Chief Executive Officer of health insurer NIB, had business meetings with Defence officials in Mr Fitzgibbon's office, breaching the Federal Government's ministerial code of conduct[5]. This resulted in a limited reshuffle, with PM Kevin Rudd announcing Labor veteran Senator John Faulkner's appointment as Minister for Defence, the first person from the Left faction of the ALP to hold the position since World War II[6].
As a result of Faulkner's appointment, Human Services Minister Senator Joe Ludwig moved into the position of Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister of State. Chris Bowen, who was the Assistant Treasurer, was promoted to the Cabinet as Minister for Human Services and Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law. Bowen's former portfolio of Assistant Treasurer went to Senator Nick Sherry, while Small Business Minister Craig Emerson also became Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs.
Parliamentary Secretaries Greg Combet and Senator Mark Arbib were elevated to the Outer Ministry, with Combet as the big winner becoming Minister for Defence Personnel, Material and Science and Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change[7]. Senator Arbib, the former NSW Secretary of the ALP, became Minister for Employment Participation and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Government Service Delivery. Kate Ellis's portfolio of Youth and Sport was altered, and she became Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth and Minister for Sport, while former ABC presenter Maxine McKew became Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. Warren Snowdon was promoted from Defence Personnel to Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery.
At this time Bob Debus, the Minister for Home Affairs who had just been elected at the 2007 Federal Election, announced his retirement from the ministry (having previously served as a senior minister in the NSW Parliament for many years). Brendan O'Connor was promoted to take his place.
Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing Jan McLucas, also chose to resign from her role. Three new MPs were appointed as Parliamentary Secretaries: Jason Clare (Employment), Mark Butler (Health) and Richard Marles (Industry and Innovation).
The new ministers were all sworn in on 9 June.[8]
See also
External links
References
- ^ "Rudd Ministry" (PDF). Government of Australia. http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/minlist.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ The 42nd Parliament Ministry Listing
- ^ Gillard wins plum roles - Federal Election 2007 News - FederalElection2007
- ^ Rudd's first ministry mixes old and new
- ^ ABC: 'More dirt to come' on Fitzgibbon. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/05/2590804.htm
- ^ Faulkner takes aim at Defence. http://www.smh.com.au/national/faulkner-takes-aim-at-defence-20090605-byi8.html
- ^ Rudd shuffles frontbench. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25596611-661,00.html
- ^ ABC News: Rudd’s new look team sworn in
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