Cabinet of Australia - Current Cabinet

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
  • Prime Minister
 Julia Gillard 2010
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Treasurer
 Wayne Swan 2010
2007
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs
 Bob Carr 2012
  • Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations
 Chris Evans 2010
  • Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
  • Minister for the Arts
 Simon Crean 2010
  • Minister for Defence
 Stephen Smith 2010
  • Minister for Health and Ageing
 Tanya Plibersek 2011
  • Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
 Jenny Macklin 2007
  • Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
 Anthony Albanese 2007
  • Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
 Stephen Conroy 2007
  • Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science
 Kim Carr 2007
  • Minister for Finance and Deregulation
 Penny Wong 2010
  • Minister for Schools, Early Childhood and Youth
 Peter Garrett 2010
  • Attorney-General
 Nicola Roxon 2011
  • Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
 Joe Ludwig 2010
  • Minister for Sustainable Population, Communities, Environment and Water
 Tony Burke 2010
  • Minister for Resources and Energy
  • Minister for Tourism
 Martin Ferguson 2007
  • Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
 Chris Bowen 2010
  • Minister for Trade
 Craig Emerson 2010
  • Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
 Mark Butler 2011
  • Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
 Greg Combet 2010

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