Government House
Canberra ACT 2600
20 December 2017
His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified, for general information, that:
a) he has revoked the appointments of:
- The Honourable Barnaby Joyce MP as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
- Senator the Honourable George Brandis QC as Attorney-General and Vice-President of the Executive Council
- Senator the Honourable Mathias Cormann as Minister for Finance
- The Honourable Peter Dutton MP as Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
- The Honourable Greg Hunt MP as Minister for Health and Minister for Sport
- Senator the Honourable Michaelia Cash as Minister for Employment and Minister for Women
- Senator the Honourable Arthur Sinodinos AO as Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science
- The Honourable Christian Porter MP as Minister for Social Services
- The Honourable Kelly O’Dwyer MP as Minister for Revenue and Financial Services
- The Honourable Darren Chester MP as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
- The Honourable Michael Keenan MP as Minister for Justice
- The Honourable Paul Fletcher MP as Minister for Urban Infrastructure
- The Honourable Alan Tudge MP as Minister for Human Services
- The Honourable Dan Tehan MP as Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel
- The Honourable Michael McCormack MP as Minister for Small Business
- The Honourable Alex Hawke MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
- The Honourable Angus Taylor MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
- The Honourable Keith Pitt MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
- The Honourable Craig Laundy MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science
- The Honourable Luke Hartsuyker MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
- Senator the Honourable Zed Seselja as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services
- The Honourable Dr David Gillespie MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health
b) he has sworn in as an Executive Councillor:
- Senator Bridget McKenzie
- Dr John McVeigh MP
- Mr David Littleproud MP
- Mr David Coleman MP
- Ms Melissa Price MP
- The Honourable Damian Drum MP
c) he has made the following appointments:
- The Honourable Barnaby Joyce MP as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
- Senator the Honourable Mathias Cormann as Minister for Finance and Special Minister of State
- Senator the Honourable Bridget McKenzie as Minister for Rural Health, Minister for Sport and Minister for Regional Communications
- The Honourable Peter Dutton MP as Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
- The Honourable Greg Hunt MP as Minister for Health
- Senator the Honourable Michaelia Cash as Minister for Jobs and Innovation
- The Honourable Christian Porter MP as Attorney-General
- The Honourable Kelly O’Dwyer MP as Minister for Revenue and Financial Services and Minister for Women
- The Honourable Michael Keenan MP as Minister for Human Services
- The Honourable Dan Tehan MP as Minister for Social Services
- The Honourable John McVeigh MP as Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government
- The Honourable David Littleproud MP as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
- The Honourable Paul Fletcher MP as Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities
- The Honourable Alan Tudge MP as Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
- The Honourable Angus Taylor MP as Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity
- The Honourable Michael McCormack MP as Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel
- The Honourable Craig Laundy MP as Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation
- The Honourable Alex Hawke MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Home Affairs
- The Honourable Luke Hartsuyker MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
- The Honourable Dr David Gillespie MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services
- Senator the Honourable Zed Seselja as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Jobs and Innovation
- The Honourable Melissa Price MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Energy
- The Honourable David Coleman MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance
- The Honourable Damian Drum MP as Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
d) he has also been pleased to appoint Senator the Honourable Mathias Cormann to be Vice President of the Executive Council.
By His Excellency’s Command
Mark Fraser LVO OAM
Official Secretary to the Governor-General