Federal Politics
On 30 March 2007 Debus confirmed longstanding rumours that he would seek preselection for the Federal seat of Macquarie. The seat's boundaries are largely the same as those of his former State seat and, after a redistribution, the seat's then sitting member, Kerry Bartlett of Liberal, would have required a pro-Liberal swing of 0.5% to retain the seat. On 24 November 2007 Debus won the election for Macquarie with a strong swing to Labor. On 29 November Kevin Rudd announced he would be part of his new ministry. He was appointed Minister for Home Affairs in Kevin Rudd's First Rudd Ministry on 3 December 2007. This was a new ministry, and he was responsible for domestic law enforcement, including the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
On 6 June 2009, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced a cabinet reshuffle without Mr Debus, who, after 28 years in state and federal politics had decided to retire. Debus did not contest the 2010 federal election.
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