First Rudd Ministry
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The First Rudd Ministry (Australian Labor Party) 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 Business 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)
- Anthony Byrne, MP: Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
- Senator Ursula Stephens: Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector; Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Prime Minister for Social Inclusion
- Laurie Ferguson, MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services
- John Murphy, MP: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade
- Duncan Kerr, MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs
- Bob McMullan, MP: Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance
- Greg Combet, MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement
- Mike Kelly, MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Defence
- Senator Jan McLucas: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing
- Bill Shorten, MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services (Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio)
- Gary Gray, MP: Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Northern Australia (Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government portfolio)
[edit] Changes from Shadow Ministry
Peter Garrett retained his Environment portfolio but was stripped of 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 was shifted from Education to Foreign Affairs, replacing Robert McClelland who became Attorney-General.[4]
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