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New Australian Ministry

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

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbotts-cabinet-and-outer-ministry-20130916-2tuma.html#ixzz2f2CZ1t2A