Current Cabinet
Following the 2010 federal election the Australian Labor Party secured the support of three independents and one Green member of the House of Representatives to enable it to form a government. On 11 September 2010, the Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced her new Cabinet which included the former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Interestingly the Cabinet Secretary is no longer part of Cabinet, being relegated to a Parliamentary Secretary position and the Special Minister of State position has also been taken out of Cabinet and is now in the Outer Ministry. Both positions were previously held by a Senior Minister within Cabinet, consecutively by Senators John Faulkner and Joseph Ludwig in the previous Rudd and Gillard Cabinets.
Portfolio | Minister | Since |
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Julia Gillard | 2010 |
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Wayne Swan | 2010 2007 |
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Bob Carr | 2012 |
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Chris Evans | 2010 |
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Simon Crean | 2010 |
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Stephen Smith | 2010 |
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Tanya Plibersek | 2011 |
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Jenny Macklin | 2007 |
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Anthony Albanese | 2007 |
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Stephen Conroy | 2007 |
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Kim Carr | 2007 |
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Penny Wong | 2010 |
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Peter Garrett | 2010 |
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Nicola Roxon | 2011 |
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Joe Ludwig | 2010 |
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Tony Burke | 2010 |
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Martin Ferguson | 2007 |
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Chris Bowen | 2010 |
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Craig Emerson | 2010 |
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Mark Butler | 2011 |
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Greg Combet | 2010 |
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