Government House
Canberra ACT 2600
18 September 2013
Her Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified, for general information, that:
a) she has sworn in as Executive Councillors:
- Mr Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce;
- Mr Scott John Morrison MP;
- Senator Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann;
- Senator Mitchell Peter Fifield;
- Mr Luke Hartsuyker MP;
- Senator Fiona Joy Nash;
- Senator Marise Ann Payne;
- Mr Michael Fayat Keenan MP;
- Mr Stuart Rowland Robert MP;
- Senator Michaelia Clare Cash;
- Mr Jamie Edward Briggs MP;
- Senator Arthur Sinodinos AO.
- Mr Steven Michele Ciobo MP;
- Senator Concetta Anna Fierravanti‑Wells;
- Senator Simon John Birmingham;
- Senator Scott Michael Ryan;
- Mr Darren Jeffrey Chester MP;
- Mr Paul William Fletcher MP;
- Mr Joshua Anthony Frydenberg MP;
- Mr Alan Edward Tudge MP; and
- Mr Michael Francis McCormack MP
b) she has made the following appointments:
- The Honourable Anthony John Abbott MP
Prime Minister
- The Honourable Warren Errol Truss MP
Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development
- The Honourable Julie Isabel Bishop MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Senator the Honourable Eric Abetz
Minister for Employment
- Senator the Honourable George Henry Brandis QC
Attorney‑General
Minister for the Arts
- The Honourable Joseph Benedict Hockey MP
Treasurer
- The Honourable Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce
Minister for Agriculture
- The Honourable Christopher Maurice Pyne MP
Minister for Education
- Senator the Honourable Nigel Gregory Scullion
Minister for Indigenous Affairs
- The Honourable Ian Elgin Macfarlane MP
Minister for Industry
- The Honourable Kevin James Andrews MP
Minister for Social Services
- The Honourable Malcolm Bligh Turnbull MP
Minister for Communications
- The Honourable Peter Craig Dutton MP
Minister for Health
Minister for Sport
- The Honourable Bruce Frederick Billson MP
Minister for Small Business
- The Honourable Andrew John Robb AO MP
Minister for Trade and Investment
- Senator the Honourable David Albert Lloyd Johnston
Minister for Defence
- The Honourable Gregory Andrew Hunt MP
Minister for the Environment
- The Honourable Scott John Morrison MP
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
- Senator the Honourable Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann
Minister for Finance
- Senator the Honourable Mitchell Peter Fifield
Assistant Minister for Social Services
- The Honourable Luke Hartsuyker MP
Assistant Minister for Employment
- Senator the Honourable Fiona Joy Nash
Assistant Minister for Health
- Senator the Honourable Michael John Clyde Ronaldson
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs
Special Minister of State
- The Honourable Sussan Penelope Ley MP
Assistant Minister for Education
- Senator the Honourable Marise Ann Payne
Minister for Human Services
- The Honourable Michael Fayat Keenan MP
Minister for Justice
- The Honourable Stuart Rowland Robert MP
Assistant Minister for Defence
- Senator the Honourable Michaelia Clare Cash
Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
- The Honourable Jamie Edward Briggs MP
Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development
- Senator the Honourable Arthur Sinodinos AO
Assistant Treasurer
- Senator the Honourable Richard Mansell Colbeck
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture
- The Honourable Robert Charles Baldwin MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry
- Senator the Honourable Brett John Mason
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs
- The Honourable Steven Michele Ciobo MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
- Senator the Honourable Concetta Anna Fierravanti‑Wells
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services
- Senator the Honourable Simon John Birmingham
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment
- Senator the Honourable Scott Michael Ryan
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education
- The Honourable Darren Jeffrey Chester MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence
- The Honourable Paul William Fletcher MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications
- The Honourable Joshua Anthony Frydenberg MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
- The Honourable Alan Edward Tudge MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
- The Honourable Michael Francis McCormack MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance
c) She has also been pleased to appoint Senator the Honourable George Brandis QC to be Vice President of the Executive Council.
By Her Excellency’s Command
Stephen Brady
Official Secretary to the Governor-General