First Rudd Ministry
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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]
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[edit] 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; Special Minister of State; 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
- 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
- Tony Burke MP: Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Martin Ferguson MP: Minister for Resources and Energy; Minister for Tourism
[edit] Outer ministry
- Kate Ellis MP: Minister for Youth (Education and Employment portfolio); Minister for Sport (Health and Ageing portfolio)
- Brendan O'Connor MP: Minister for Employment Participation
- Chris Bowen MP: Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs
- Senator Nick Sherry: Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law
- Alan Griffin MP: Minister for Veterans' Affairs
- Warren Snowdon MP: Minister for Defence Science and Personnel
- 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
- Bob Debus MP: Minister for Home Affairs
[edit] Parliamentary Secretaries
- Maxine McKew MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Child Care [2] (Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio)
- Greg Combet AM MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement (to 25 February 2009); Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change (from 25 February 2009)
- 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)
- 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)
- Senator Jan McLucas: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing
- Laurie Ferguson MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services
- John Murphy: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade (to 25 February 2009)
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 attritbuted 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.
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