Government House
Canberra ACT 2600
1 July 2013
Her Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified, for general information, that:
a) she has revoked the appointments of:
- Senator the Honourable Stephen Michael Conroy as Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy;
- The Honourable Anthony Norman Albanese MP as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Minister for Regional Australia and Local Government;
- The Honourable Anthony Stephen Burke MP as Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities and Minister for the Arts;
- The Honourable Peter Robert Garrett AM MP as Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth;
- Senator the Honourable Joseph William Ludwig as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry;
- The Honourable Dr Craig Anthony Emerson MP as Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research and Minister for Trade and Competitiveness;
- The Honourable Greg Ivan Combet AM MP as Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation;
- The Honourable Tanya Joan Plibersek MP as Minister for Health;
- The Honourable William Richard Shorten MP as Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation;
- The Honourable Mark Christopher Butler MP as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Minister for Social Inclusion and Minister for Housing and Homelessness;
- The Honourable Brendan Patrick John O’Connor MP as Minister for Immigration and Citizenship;
- The Honourable Jason Dean Clare MP as Cabinet Secretary, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice;
- The Honourable Katherine Margaret Ellis MP as Minister for Employment Participation and Minister for Early Childhood and Childcare;
- The Honourable Julie Maree Collins MP as Minister for Community Services, Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development and Minister for the Status of Women;
- The Honourable David John Bradbury MP as Assistant Treasurer;
- Senator the Honourable Kate Alexandra Lundy as Minister for Sport and Minister for Multicultural Affairs;
- Senator the Honourable Donald Edward Farrell as Minister for Science and Research;
- The Honourable Catherine Fiona King MP as Minister for Regional Services, Local Communities and Territories and Minister for Road Safety;
- The Honourable Sharon Leah Bird MP as Minister for Higher Education and Skills;
- Senator the Honourable Jacinta Mary Ann Collins as Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations;
- The Honourable Yvette Maree D’Ath MP as Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation;
- The Honourable Melissa Parke MP as Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Parliamentary Secretary for Homelessness and Social Housing;
- The Honourable Kelvin John Thomson MP as Parliamentary Secretary for Trade;
- The Honourable Dr Andrew Keith Leigh MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; and
- Senator the Honourable Matthew James Thistlethwaite as Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs.
b) she has sworn in as Executive Councillors:
Mr Edham Nurredin Husic MP and;
Senator Douglas Niven Cameron.
c) she has made the following appointments:
- The Honourable Anthony Norman Albanese MP as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy;
- Senator the Honourable Jacinta Mary Ann Collins as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing;
- The Honourable Anthony Stephen Burke MP as Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship and Minister for the Arts;
- The Honourable William Richard Shorten MP as Minister for Education and Minister for Workplace Relations;
- The Honourable Tanya Joan Plibersek MP as Minister for Health and Medical Research;
- The Honourable Mark Christopher Butler MP as Minister for Climate Change and Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water;
- The Honourable Brendan Patrick John O'Connor MP as Minister for Employment and Minister for Skills and Training;
- Senator the Honourable Kim John Carr as Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and Minister for Higher Education;
- The Honourable Julie Maree Collins MP as Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Minister for Community Services, Minister for the Status of Women and Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development;
- The Honourable Catherine Fiona King MP as Minister for Regional Australia, Local Government and Territories;
- The Honourable Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon MP as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry;
- The Honourable Richard Donald Marles MP as Minister for Trade;
- The Honourable Jason Dean Clare MP as Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice;
- The Honourable Katherine Margaret Ellis MP as Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth and Minister for Employment Participation;
- The Honourable David John Bradbury MP to be Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs;
- Senator the Honourable Kate Alexandra Lundy as Minister for Multicultural Affairs;
- Senator the Honourable Donald Edward Farrell as Minister for Sport;
- The Honourable Sharon Leah Bird MP as Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Regional Communications and Minister for Road Safety;
- The Honourable Melissa Parke MP as Minister for International Development;
- The Honourable Yvette Maree D’Ath MP to be Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, Innovation and Industry;
- The Honourable Kelvin John Thomson MP to be Parliamentary Secretary for Schools;
- The Honourable Alan Peter Griffin MP to be Cabinet Secretary and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister;
- The Honourable Edham Nurredin Husic MP to be Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary for Broadband;
- Senator the Honourable Matthew James Thistlethwaite to be Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport; and
- Senator the Honourable Douglas Niven Cameron to be Parliamentary Secretary for Housing and Homelessness.
By Her Excellency’s Command
Stephen Brady
Official Secretary to the Governor-General