The Prime Minister-elect has appointed his first Ministry:
Cabinet – 19 Members
Tony Abbott (NSW) – Prime Minister
Warren Truss (Qld) – Deputy Prime Minister; Infrastructure and Regional Development, Leader of the Nationals
Julie Bishop (WA) – Foreign Affairs; Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
Eric Abetz (Tas) – Employment; assisting the Prime Minister on the Public Service; Leader of the Government in the Senate
George Brandis (Qld)- Attorney-General; Arts; Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
Joe Hockey (NSW) – Treasurer
Barnaby Joyce (NSW) – Agriculture
Christopher Pyne (SA) – Education; Leader of the House
Nigel Scullion (NT) – Indigenous Affairs
Ian Macfarlane (Qld) – Industry
Kevin Andrews (Vic) – Social Services
Malcolm Turnbull (NSW) – Communications
Peter Dutton (Qld) – Health; Sport’
Bruce Billson (Vic) – Small Business
Andrew Robb (Vic) – Trade and Investment
David Johnston (WA) – Defence
Greg Hunt (Vic) – Environment
Scott Morrison (NSW) – Immigration and Border Protection
Mathias Cormann (WA) – Finance
Outer ministry – 11 members
Mitch Fifield – Assistant Minister for Social Services; Manager of Government Business in the Senate
Luke Hartsuyker – Assistant Minister for Employment; Deputy Leader of the House
Fiona Nash – Assistant Minister for Health; Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate
Michael Ronaldson – Veterans’ Affairs; Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC; Special Minister of State
Sussan Ley – Assistant Minister for Education
Marise Payne – Human Services
Michael Keenan – Justice
Stuart Robert – Assistant Minister for Defence
Michaelia Cash – Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection; Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women
Jamie Briggs – Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development
Arthur Sinodinos – Assistant Treasurer
Parliamentary secretaries – 12 members
Richard Colbeck – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture
Bob Baldwin – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry
Brett Mason – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs
Steven Ciobo – Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services
Simon Birmingham – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment
Scott Ryan – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education
Darren Chester – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence
Paul Fletcher – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications
Josh Frydenberg – Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Alan Tudge – Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minster
Michael McCormack – Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance
Total ministry: 30 members (excluding parliamentary secretaries)
(List taken from The Age, 16 September 2013) AAP
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