[Australia]: 1999 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)

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7 August 1999​

All 148 seats in the House of Representatives 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate 75 House of Representatives seats needed for a majority​

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Leader:	Kim Beazley (WON)	John Howard
Party:	Australian Labor Party	Coalition: Liberal Party of Australia National Party of Australia
Policies:	Social Democracy Democratic Socialism Social Liberalism	Liberal Party of Australia: Conservatism Liberalism Liberal Conservatism National Party of Australia: Conservatism Agrarianism
Leader since:	1 August 1999	30 January 1995
Leader's seat:	Swan (contesting Brand)	Bennelong
Last election (seats):	78 seats	70 seats
Last election (two-party preferred percentage):	50.9%	49.1%
Seats won:	84 seats	59 seats
Seat change:	+6	-11
TPP Popular vote:	5,843,367	5,265,696
TPP Percentage:	52.6%	47.4%
TPP Swing:	+1.7%	-1.7%

Pre-Election Pendulum (Labor)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Page (notionally)	Ian Causley	National Party of Australia	0.1%
Cowan (notionally)	Richard Evans	Liberal Party of Australia	0.1%
Dickson	Michael Lavarch	Australian Labor Party	0.5%
Parramatta	Paul Elliott	Australian Labor Party	0.6%
Ballarat (notionally)	Michael Ronaldson	Liberal Party of Australia	0.8%
Swan	Kim Beazley	Australian Labor Party	0.8%
Robertson	Frank Walker	Australian Labor Party	0.9%
Adelaide	Gail Gago	Australian Labor Party	0.9%
Capricornia	Marjorie Henzell	Australian Labor Party	1.0%
Dunkley	Bob Chynoweth	Australian Labor Party	1.1%
Stirling (notionally)	Eoin Cameron	Liberal Party of Australia	1.4%
Chisholm (notionally)	Michael Wooldridge	Liberal Party of Australia	1.9%
Deakin (notionally)	Phil Barresi	Liberal Party of Australia	2.0%
Lowe	Mary Easson	Australian Labor Party	2.0%
McEwen (notionally)	Fran Bailey	Liberal Party of Australia	2.3%
McMillan (notionally)	Russell Broadbent	Liberal Party of Australia	2.4%
Kingston	Gordon Bilney	Australian Labor Party	2.4%
Lindsay	Ross Free	Australian Labor Party	2.9%
Griffith	Ben Humphreys	Australian Labor Party	3.0%
La Trobe (notionally)	Bob Charles	Liberal Party of Australia	3.1%
Canning	George Gear	Australian Labor Party	3.1%
Makin	Peter Duncan	Australian Labor Party	3.4%
Bowman	Con Sciacca	Australian Labor Party	3.6%
Bendigo (notionally)	Bruce Reid	Liberal Party of Australia	3.6%
Paterson	Bob Horne	Australian Labor Party	4.0%
Lilley	Wayne Swan	Australian Labor Party	4.1%
Rankin	David Beddall	Australian Labor Party	4.1%
Northern Territory	Warren Snowdon	Australian Labor Party	4.1%
Dobell	Michael Lee	Australian Labor Party	4.6%
Oxley	Les Scott	Australian Labor Party	4.9%
Brisbane	Arch Bevis	Australian Labor Party	5.2%
Kalgoorlie	Ian Taylor	Australian Labor Party	5.3%
Bruce	Alan Griffin	Australian Labor Party	5.3%
Brand	Wendy Fatin	Australian Labor Party	5.7%
Lyons	Dick Adams	Australian Labor Party	5.9%
Banks	Daryl Melham	Australian Labor Party	6.0%
Isaacs	Greg Wilton	Australian Labor Party	6.1%
Canberra	Ros Kelly	Australian Labor Party	6.9%
Jagajaga	Jenny Macklin	Australian Labor Party	7.3%
Greenway	Frank Mossfield	Australian Labor Party	7.9%
Fremantle	Carmen Lawrence	Australian Labor Party	8.8%
Barton	Gary Punch	Australian Labor Party	8.9%
Franklin	Harry Quick	Australian Labor Party	9.2%
Melbourne Ports	Clyde Holding	Australian Labor Party	10.6%
Werriwa	Mark Latham	Australian Labor Party	10.8%
Perth	Stephen Smith	Australian Labor Party	11.2%
Corio	Gavan O'Connor	Australian Labor Party	11.4%
Hunter	Joel Fitzgibbon	Australian Labor Party	11.5%
Burke	Neil O'Keefe	Australian Labor Party	11.6%
Port Adelaide	Rod Sawford	Australian Labor Party	11.6%
Shortland	Peter Morris	Australian Labor Party	12.7%
Fraser	John Langmore	Australian Labor Party	13.4%
Charlton	Bob Brown	Australian Labor Party	13.9%
Bonython	Martyn Evans	Australian Labor Party	14.0%
Kingsford-Smith	Laurie Brereton	Australian Labor Party	14.7%
Hotham	Simon Crean	Australian Labor Party	15.1%
Newcastle	Allan Morris	Australian Labor Party	15.7%
Reid	Laurie Ferguson	Australian Labor Party	15.9%
Watson	Leo McLeay	Australian Labor Party	16.2%
Denison	Duncan Kerr	Australian Labor Party	16.3%
Holt	Michael Duffy	Australian Labor Party	17.4%
Cunningham	Stephen Martin	Australian Labor Party	17.5%
Blaxland	Paul Keating	Australian Labor Party	17.5%
Calare	David Simmons	Australian Labor Party	17.9%
Sydney	Peter Baldwin	Australian Labor Party	18.4%
Prospect	Janice Crosio	Australian Labor Party	18.5%
Chifley	Roger Price	Australian Labor Party	19.0%
Grayndler	Jeannette McHugh	Australian Labor Party	20.9%
Calwell	Andrew Theophanous	Australian Labor Party	21.7%
Fowler	Ted Grace	Australian Labor Party	22.8%
Lalor	Barry Jones	Australian Labor Party	23.1%
Maribyrnong	Alan Griffiths	Australian Labor Party	23.4%
Throsby	Colin Hollis	Australian Labor Party	24.2%
Melbourne	Lindsay Tanner	Australian Labor Party	24.8%
Scullin	Harry Jenkins	Australian Labor Party	25.3%
Gellibrand	Ralph Willis	Australian Labor Party	25.8%
Batman	Brian Howe	Australian Labor Party	25.9%
Wills	Kelvin Thomson	Australian Labor Party	26.8%

Pre-Election Pendulum (Coalition)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Leichhardt (notionally)	Peter Dodd	Australian Labor Party	0.1%
Bass (notionally)	Silvia Smith	Australian Labor Party	0.1%
Eden-Monaro (notionally)	Jim Snow	Australian Labor Party	0.3%
Hughes	Danna Vale	Liberal Party of Australia	0.4%
Aston	Peter Nugent	Liberal Party of Australia	1.1%
Braddon	Chris Miles	Liberal Party of Australia	1.3%
Moreton (notionally)	Garrie Gibson	Australian Labor Party	1.5%
Gilmore	Joanna Gash	Liberal Party of Australia	1.8%
Macquarie	Kerry Bartlett	Liberal Party of Australia	1.9%
Parkes	Michael Cobb	National Party of Australia	2.1%
Herbert (notionally)	Ted Lindsay	Australian Labor Party	2.2%
Casey	Bob Halverson	Liberal Party of Australia	2.2%
Richmond	Larry Anthony	Liberal Party of Australia	2.3%
Corangamite	Stewart McArthur	Liberal Party of Australia	3.2%
Wentworth	Andrew Thomson	Liberal Party of Australia	3.4%
Hinkler	Paul Neville	National Party of Australia	3.5%
Hindmarsh (notionally)	Steve Georganas	Australian Labor Party	3.6%
Petrie (notionally)	Gary Johns	Australian Labor Party	3.8%
Moore	Paul Filing	Liberal Party of Australia	4.1%
Grey (notionally)	Geoff Buckland	Australian Labor Party	4.1%
Longman	Mal Brough	Liberal Party of Australia	5.5%
Sturt	Christopher Pyne	Liberal Party of Australia	5.5%
Flinders	Peter Reith	Liberal Party of Australia	5.6%
Bennelong	John Howard	Liberal Party of Australia	5.7%
Macarthur	John Fahey	Liberal Party of Australia	6.2%
Higgins	Peter Costello	Liberal Party of Australia	6.3%
Dawson	De-Anne Kelly	National Party of Australia	6.4%
Goldstein	David Kemp	Liberal Party of Australia	6.5%
Menzies	Kevin Andrews	Liberal Party of Australia	6.5%
Cowper	Garry Nehl	National Party of Australia	7.1%
Boothby	Andrew Southcott	Liberal Party of Australia	7.2%
Hume	John Sharp	National Party of Australia	7.3%
Tangney	Daryl Williams	Liberal Party of Australia	7.5%
Forde (notionally)	Mary Crawford	Australian Labor Party	7.6%
Cook	Stephen Mutch	Liberal Party of Australia	7.8%
Wannon	David Hawker	Liberal Party of Australia	7.9%
Curtin	Allan Rocher	Liberal Party of Australia	8.8%
Kooyong	Petro Georgiou	Liberal Party of Australia	9.4%
Pearce	Judi Moylan	Liberal Party of Australia	9.4%
Forrest	Geoff Prosser	Liberal Party of Australia	9.6%
Kennedy	Bob Katter	National Party of Australia	9.7%
Mayo	Alexander Downer	Liberal Party of Australia	10.7%
Warringah	Tony Abbott	Liberal Party of Australia	10.9%
Lyne	Mark Vaile	National Party of Australia	11.0%
North Sydney	Joe Hockey	Liberal Party of Australia	11.1%
Mackellar	Bronwyn Bishop	Liberal Party of Australia	12.1%
Ryan	John Moore	Liberal Party of Australia	12.5%
McPherson	John Bradford	Liberal Party of Australia	12.6%
Fadden	David Jull	Liberal Party of Australia	13.1%
Fairfax	Alex Somlyay	Liberal Party of Australia	13.2%
Indi	Lou Lieberman	Liberal Party of Australia	13.3%
Wide Bay	Warren Truss	National Party of Australia	13.7%
Berowra	Philip Ruddock	Liberal Party of Australia	14.0%
Gwydir	John Anderson	National Party of Australia	14.1%
Blair (notionally)	New Electorate	Liberal Party of Australia	14.2%
Gippsland	Peter McGauran	National Party of Australia	14.2%
New England	Ian Sinclair	National Party of Australia	14.7%
Wakefield	Neil Andrew	Liberal Party of Australia	15.5%
Moncrieff	Kathy Sullivan	Liberal Party of Australia	16.0%
Fisher	Peter Slipper	Liberal Party of Australia	16.2%
Barker	Ian McLachlan	Liberal Party of Australia	16.4%
Riverina	Noel Hicks	National Party of Australia	16.6%
O'Connor	Wilson Tuckey	Liberal Party of Australia	16.7%
Farrer	Tim Fischer	National Party of Australia	16.8%
Groom	Bill Taylor	Liberal Party of Australia	16.8%
Maranoa	Bruce Scott	National Party of Australia	17.0%
Mallee	John Forrest	National Party of Australia	19.1%
Murray	Bruce Lloyd	National Party of Australia	19.8%
Mitchell	Alan Cadman	Liberal Party of Australia	19.9%
Bradfield	David Connolly	Liberal Party of Australia	21.3%

 

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National Primary Vote​

Party:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:	Seats Won:
Australian Labor Party	4,465,843	40.2%	84
Liberal Party of Australia	3,310,501	29.8%	47
National Party of Australia	522,126	4.7%	12
Country Liberal Party	33,327	0.3%	0
Coalition Total:	3,865,954	34.8%	59
One Nation Party	1,866,323	16.8%	4
Australian Greens	633,217	5.7%	0
Australian Democrats	211,072	1.9%	0
Others and Independents	66,654	0.6%	1
TOTAL:	11,109,063	100%	148

State by State Primary Vote Percentages​

Party:	New South Wales:	Victoria:	Queensland:	Western Australia:	South Australia:	Tasmania:	Australian Capital Territory:	Northern Territory:
Australian Labor Party	41.1%	44.0%	35.3%	36.7%	36.4%	43.4%	48.8%	43.0%
Coalition: Liberal Party of Australia National Party of Australia Country Liberal Party	33.7%	35.0%	35.1%	36.6%	38.1%	30.9%	28.3%	35.9%
One Nation Party	17.4%	11.9%	22.7%	18.2%	15.5%	11.5%	9.1%	16.5%
Australian Greens	5.7%	6.0%	5.2%	7.6%	5.5%	9.3%	6.7%	4.5%
Australian Democrats	1.3%	2.7%	1.5%	0.7%	4.2%	0%	7%	0%
Others and Independents	0.8%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	4.9%	0.1%	0.1%

State by State Two-Party Preferred Percentages​

Party:	New South Wales:	Victoria:	Queensland:	Western Australia:	South Australia:	Tasmania:	Australian Capital Territory:	Northern Territory:
Australian Labor Party	52.5%	55.7%	47.7%	49.5%	49.9%	55.6%	64.8%	51.6%
Coalition: Liberal Party of Australia National Party of Australia Country Liberal Party	47.5%	44.3%	52.3%	50.5%	50.1%	44.4%	35.2%	48.4%

Post-Election Pendulum (Labor)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Moreton	Kathleen Brookes	Australian Labor Party	0.2%
Braddon	Sid Sidebottom	Australian Labor Party	0.4%
Aston	Peter Lockwood	Australian Labor Party	0.6%
Hughes	David Hill	Australian Labor Party	1.3%
Eden-Monaro	Mike Kelly	Australian Labor Party	1.4%
Bass	Michelle O'Byrne	Australian Labor Party	1.6%
Leichhardt	Jim Turnour	Australian Labor Party	1.6%
Page	Janelle Saffin	Australian Labor Party	1.8%
Cowan	Graham Edwards	Australian Labor Party	1.8%
Dickson	Michael Lavarch	Australian Labor Party	2.2%
Parramatta	Julie Owens	Australian Labor Party	2.3%
Ballarat	Catherine King	Australian Labor Party	2.5%
Swan	Kim Wilkie	Australian Labor Party	2.5%
Robertson	Deborah O'Neill	Australian Labor Party	2.6%
Adelaide	Kate Ellis	Australian Labor Party	2.6%
Capricornia	Kirsten Livermore	Australian Labor Party	2.7%
Dunkley	Helen Constas	Australian Labor Party	2.8%
Stirling	Jann McFarlane	Australian Labor Party	3.1%
Chisholm	Anna Burke	Australian Labor Party	3.6%
Deakin	Helen Buckingham	Australian Labor Party	3.7%
Lowe	Robert McClelland	Australian Labor Party	3.7%
McEwen	Rob Mitchell	Australian Labor Party	4.0%
McMillan	Christian Zahra	Australian Labor Party	4.1%
Kingston	Amanda Rishworth	Australian Labor Party	4.1%
Lindsay	Cathy O'Toole	Australian Labor Party	4.6%
Griffith	Kevin Rudd	Australian Labor Party	4.7%
La Trobe	Carolyn Hirsh	Australian Labor Party	4.8%
Canning	Jane Gerick	Australian Labor Party	4.8%
Makin	Gail Gago	Australian Labor Party	5.1%
Bowman	Con Sciacca	Australian Labor Party	5.3%
Bendigo	Steve Gibbons	Australian Labor Party	5.3%
Paterson	Meryl Swanson	Australian Labor Party	5.7%
Lilley	Wayne Swan	Australian Labor Party	5.8%
Rankin	Craig Emerson	Australian Labor Party	5.8%
Northern Territory	Warren Snowdon	Australian Labor Party	5.8%
Dobell	Michael Lee	Australian Labor Party	6.3%
Oxley	Bernie Ripoll	Australian Labor Party	6.6%
Brisbane	Arch Bevis	Australian Labor Party	6.9%
Kalgoorlie	Tom Stephens	Australian Labor Party	7.0%
Bruce	Alan Griffin	Australian Labor Party	7.0%
Brand	Kim Beazley	Australian Labor Party	7.4%
Lyons	Dick Adams	Australian Labor Party	7.6%
Banks	Daryl Melham	Australian Labor Party	7.7%
Isaacs	Ann Corcoran	Australian Labor Party	7.8%
Canberra	Ros Kelly	Australian Labor Party	8.6%
Jagajaga	Jenny Macklin	Australian Labor Party	9.0%
Greenway	Michelle Rowland	Australian Labor Party	9.6%
Fremantle	Carmen Lawrence	Australian Labor Party	10.5%
Barton	Linda Burney	Australian Labor Party	10.6%
Franklin	Julie Collins	Australian Labor Party	10.9%
Melbourne Ports	Michael Danby	Australian Labor Party	12.3%
Werriwa	Chris Hayes	Australian Labor Party	12.5%
Perth	Stephen Smith	Australian Labor Party	12.9%
Corio	Gavan O'Connor	Australian Labor Party	13.1%
Hunter	Joel Fitzgibbon	Australian Labor Party	13.2%
Burke	Brendan O'Connor	Australian Labor Party	13.3%
Port Adelaide	Rod Sawford	Australian Labor Party	13.3%
Shortland	Jill Hall	Australian Labor Party	14.4%
Fraser	Annette Ellis	Australian Labor Party	15.1%
Charlton	Greg Combet	Australian Labor Party	15.6%
Bonython	Tony Zappia	Australian Labor Party	15.7%
Kingsford Smith	Peter Garrett	Australian Labor Party	16.4%
Hotham	Simon Crean	Australian Labor Party	16.8%
Newcastle	Sharon Grierson	Australian Labor Party	17.4%
Reid	Laurie Ferguson	Australian Labor Party	17.6%
Watson	Tony Burke	Australian Labor Party	17.9%
Denison	Duncan Kerr	Australian Labor Party	18.0%
Holt	Anthony Byrne	Australian Labor Party	19.1%
Cunningham	Sharon Bird	Australian Labor Party	19.2%
Blaxland	Jason Clare	Australian Labor Party	19.2%
Sydney	Tanya Plibersek	Australian Labor Party	20.1%
Prospect	Janice Crosio	Australian Labor Party	20.2%
Chifley	Ed Husic	Australian Labor Party	20.7%
Grayndler	Anthony Albanese	Australian Labor Party	22.6%
Calwell	Maria Vamvakinou	Australian Labor Party	23.4%
Fowler	Julia Irwin	Australian Labor Party	24.5%
Lalor	Julia Gillard	Australian Labor Party	24.8%
Maribyrnong	Bill Shorten	Australian Labor Party	25.1%
Throsby	Jennie George	Australian Labor Party	25.9%
Melbourne	Lindsay Tanner	Australian Labor Party	26.5%
Scullin	Harry Jenkins	Australian Labor Party	27.0%
Gellibrand	Nicola Roxon	Australian Labor Party	27.5%
Batman	Martin Ferguson	Australian Labor Party	27.6%
Wills	Kelvin Thomson	Australian Labor Party	28.5%

Post-Election Pendulum (Coalition)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Gilmore	Joanna Gash	Liberal Party of Australia	0.1%
Macquarie	Kerry Bartlett	Liberal Party of Australia	0.2%
Parkes	John Cobb	National Party of Australia	0.4%
Herbert	Peter Lindsay	Liberal Party of Australia	0.5%
Casey	Tony Smith	Liberal Party of Australia	0.5%
Richmond	Larry Anthony	National Party of Australia	0.6%
Corangamite	Stewart McArthur	Liberal Party of Australia	1.5%
Wentworth	Malcolm Turnbull	Liberal Party of Australia	1.7%
Hinkler	Paul Neville	National Party of Australia	1.8%
Hindmarsh	Trish Worth	Liberal Party of Australia	1.9%
Petrie	Teresa Gambaro	Liberal Party of Australia	2.1%
Moore	Mal Washer	Liberal Party of Australia	2.4%
Grey	Rowan Ramsey	Liberal Party of Australia	2.4%
Longman	Mal Brough	Liberal Party of Australia	3.8%
Sturt	Christopher Pyne	Liberal Party of Australia	3.8%
Flinders	Peter Reith	Liberal Party of Australia	3.9%
Bennelong	John Howard	Liberal Party of Australia	4.0%
Macarthur	Pat Farmer	Liberal Party of Australia	4.5%
Higgins	Peter Costello	Liberal Party of Australia	4.6%
Dawson	De-Anne Kelly	National Party of Australia	4.7%
Goldstein	Andrew Robb	Liberal Party of Australia	4.8%
Menzies	Kevin Andrews	Liberal Party of Australia	4.8%
Cowper	Luke Hartsuyker	National Party of Australia	5.4%
Boothby	Andrew Southcott	Liberal Party of Australia	5.5%
Hume	Alby Schultz	Liberal Party of Australia	5.6%
Tangney	Daryl Williams	Liberal Party of Australia	5.8%
Forde	Kay Elson	Liberal Party of Australia	5.9%
Cook	Bruce Baird	Liberal Party of Australia	6.1%
Wannon	David Hawker	Liberal Party of Australia	6.2%
Curtin	Julie Bishop	Liberal Party of Australia	7.1%
Kooyong	Petro Georgiou	Liberal Party of Australia	7.7%
Pearce	Judi Moylan	Liberal Party of Australia	7.7%
Forrest	Nola Marino	Liberal Party of Australia	7.9%
Kennedy	Bob Katter	National Party of Australia	8.0%
Mayo	Alexander Downer	Liberal Party of Australia	9.0%
Warringah	Tony Abbott	Liberal Party of Australia	9.2%
Lyne	Mark Vaile	National Party of Australia	9.3%
North Sydney	Joe Hockey	Liberal Party of Australia	9.4%
Mackellar	Bronwyn Bishop	Liberal Party of Australia	10.4%
Ryan	Michael Johnson	Liberal Party of Australia	10.8%
McPherson	Margaret May	Liberal Party of Australia	10.9%
Fadden	David Jull	Liberal Party of Australia	11.4%
Fairfax	Alex Somlyay	Liberal Party of Australia	11.5%
Indi	Sophie Mirabella	Liberal Party of Australia	11.6%
Berowra	Philip Ruddock	Liberal Party of Australia	12.3%
Gippsland	Peter McGauran	National Party of Australia	12.5%
New England	Stuart St. Clair	National Party of Australia	13.0%
Wakefield	David Fawcett	Liberal Party of Australia	13.8%
Moncrieff	Steven Ciobo	Liberal Party of Australia	14.3%
Fisher	Peter Slipper	Liberal Party of Australia	14.5%
Barker	Patrick Secker	Liberal Party of Australia	14.7%
Riverina	Kay Hull	National Party of Australia	14.9%
O'Connor	Wilson Tuckey	Liberal Party of Australia	15.0%
Farrer	Tim Fischer	National Party of Australia	15.1%
Groom	Ian Macfarlane	Liberal Party of Australia	15.1%
Mallee	John Forrest	National Party of Australia	17.4%
Murray	Sharman Stone	Liberal Party of Australia	18.1%
Mitchell	Alan Cadman	Liberal Party of Australia	18.2%
Bradfield	Brendan Nelson	Liberal Party of Australia	19.6%

Post-Election Pendulum (Crossbench)​

Seat:	Member:	Party:	Percentage:
Gwydir	Bob Johns	One Nation Party	5.3% vs. National
Maranoa	Robyn Cadzow	One Nation Party	5.4% vs. National
Wide Bay	Graeme Wicks	One Nation Party	12.6% vs. National
Blair	Pauline Hanson	One Nation Party	19.2% vs. Liberal
Calare	Peter Andren	Independent	22.2% vs. Labor

Map of Jurisdictions Won on Two-Party Preferred​

 

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The new-look Cabinet would be announced.

Cabinet of Australia (Beazley Ministry)​

Office(s):	Officeholder:	Department:
Prime Minister	Kim Beazley, MP	Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for the Status of Women	Jenny Macklin, MP	Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Treasurer	Wayne Swan, MP	Department of the Treasury
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Kevin Rudd, MP	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Minister for Defence Leader of the Government in the Senate	Senator John Faulkner	Department of Defence
Attorney-General	Nicola Roxon, MP	Attorney-General's Department
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport	Anthony Albanese, MP	Department of Infrastructure and Transport
Minister for Home Affairs	Ros Kelly, MP	Department of Home Affairs
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship	Senator Penny Wong	Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Minister for Education	Julia Gillard, MP	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations	Bill Shorten, MP	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	Senator Kim Carr	Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities	Peter Garrett, MP	Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Minister for Communications and the Arts	Senator Stephen Conroy	Department of Communications and the Arts
Minister for Health and Ageing	Tanya Plibersek, MP	Department of Health and Ageing
Minister for Social Security Manager of Government Business in the Senate	Senator Joe Ludwig	Department of Social Security
Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs	Linda Burney, MP	Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	Tony Burke, MP	Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government	Warren Snowdon, MP	Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
Minister for Resources and Energy	Craig Emerson, MP	Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Minister for Trade Leader of the House	Simon Crean, MP	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Minister for Finance and Deregulation	Catherine King, MP	Department of Finance and Deregulation
Minister for Tourism	Martin Ferguson, MP	Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Cabinet Secretary Special Minister of State Vice-President of the Executive Council	Robert McClelland, MP	Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Attorney-General's Department

Outer Ministry​

Office(s):	Officeholder:	Department:
Minister for Housing	Julie Collins, MP	Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Minister for Employment Participation	Brendan O'Connor, MP	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Minister for Defence Materiel and Science	Alan Griffin, MP	Department of Defence
Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Service Delivery	Janelle Saffin, MP	Department of Health and Ageing
Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law Minister assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation	Senator Nick Sherry	Department of Finance and Deregulation
Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs	Senator Helen Polley	Department of Finance and Deregulation
Assistant Treasurer Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy	Senator Belinda Neal	Department of the Treasury
Minister for Ageing	Gail Gago, MP	Department of Health and Ageing
Minister for Justice and Customs	Jason Clare, MP	Attorney-General's Department
Minister for Shipping and Aviation	Dick Adams, MP	Department of Infrastructure and Transport
Minister for Pacific Island Affairs and Overseas Aid	Carmen Lawrence, MP	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Minister for Sport Minister for Youth	Kate Ellis, MP	Department of Health and Ageing
Minister for Veterans' Affairs Minister for Defence Personnel	Mike Kelly, MP	Department of Veterans' Affairs Department of Defence
Minister for Northern Australia	Senator Jan McLucas	Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government

Parliamentary Secretaries​

Office(s):	Officeholder:	Department:
Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Child Care	Annette Ellis, MP	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Parliamentary Secretary for Western Australia	Tom Stephens, MP	Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services	Maria Vamvakinou, MP	Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister	Anthony Byrne, MP	Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion	Senator Ursula Stephens	Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Parliamentary Secretary for the Voluntary Sector	Janice Crosio, MP	Department of the Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services	Laurie Ferguson, MP	Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Parliamentary Secretary for Water	Meryl Swanson, MP	Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence	Sid Sidebottom, MP	Department of Defence