Rudd Government Cabinet and Ministry
The Prime Minister has confirmed the new roles among the Parliamentary Secretaries, following the announcement on 18 February that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade, Mr John Murphy advised he would be standing down from his position and that Senator Mark Arbib would be appointed as Parliamentary Secretary.
- Greg Combet has been appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change. His previous responsibility for defence procurement will be assumed by the Minister for Defence.
- Mike Kelly has been appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Water, in addition to his duties as Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support
- Bill Shorten has been appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and will help with the rebuilding of the lives, homes and communities which have been devastated by the fires.
- Anthony Byrne has been appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Trade in addition to his duties as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; and
- Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens will soon be sworn in to administer the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to better reflect her duties as Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector.
| Cabinet and Ministry | |
| Name | Ministry |
| Kevin Rudd | Prime Minister |
| Julia Gillard | Deputy Prime Minister Education Employment and Workplace Relations Social Inclusion |
| Wayne Swan | Treasurer |
| Chris Evans | Immigration and Citizenship Leader of the Government in the Senate |
| John Faulkner | Cabinet Secretary Special Minister of State Vice President of the Executive Council |
| Simon Crean | Trade |
| Stephen Smith | Foreign Affairs |
| Joel Fitzgibbon | Defence (now including Defence Procurement) |
| Nicola Roxon | Health and Ageing |
| Jenny Macklin | Families, Housing, Community Affairs and Indigenous Affairs |
| Lindsay Tanner | Finance and Deregulation |
| Anthony Albanese | Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Leader of the House |
| Stephen Conroy | Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate |
| Kim Carr | Innovation, Industry, Science and Research |
| Penny Wong | Climate Change and Water |
| Peter Garrett | Environment, Heritage and the Arts |
| Robert McClelland | Attorney General |
| Joe Ludwig | Human Services Manager of Government Business in the Senate |
| Tony Burke | Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
| Martin Ferguson | Resources and Energy Tourism |
| Outer Ministry | |
| Bob Debus | Home Affairs and Territories |
| Chris Bowen | Assistant Treasurer Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs |
| Alan Griffin | Veterans Affairs |
| Tanya Plibersek | Housing Status of Women |
| Brendan O’Connor | Employment Participation |
| Warren Snowdon | Defence Science and Personnel |
| Craig Emerson | Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation |
| Nick Sherry | Superannuation and Corporate Law |
| Justine Elliot | Ageing |
| Kate Ellis | Youth Sport |
| Parliamentary Secretaries | |
| Maxine McKew | Parliamentary Secretary for Early Childhood Education and Child Care |
| Greg Combet | Climate Change |
| Mike Kelly | Defence Support Water |
| Gary Gray | Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development and Northern Australia |
| Bill Shorten | Disabilities and Children’s Services Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction |
| Bob McMullan | Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance |
| Duncan Kerr | Pacific Island Affairs |
| Anthony Byrne | Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Trade |
| Ursula Stephens | Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Prime Minister for Social Inclusion (Administers the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs) |
| Mark Arbib | Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| Jan McLucas | Health and Ageing |
| Laurie Ferguson | Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services |