Shadow Cabinet (Australia) December 2007 to September 2008
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Following the Labor Party's
win, in the Australian 2007 federal election, the Liberal-National Coalition
became the official Opposition. Brendan Nelson
was elected Leader of the Liberal Party
on 29 November 2007, and announced that his deputy Julie Bishop would be Shadow Minister for Workplace Relations and that his unsuccessful rival for the Liberal leadership, Malcolm Turnbull
, would be offered the position of Shadow Treasurer. Warren Truss
was elected leader of the National Party. The composition of the remainder of the shadow cabinet was announced on 6 December 2007. Nelson's Cabinet lasted until 16th September, 2008, following a leadership spill
, which saw Turnbull emerge as the new leader.
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
win, in the Australian 2007 federal election, the Liberal-National Coalition
Coalition (Australia)
The Coalition in Australian politics refers to a group of centre-right parties that has existed in the form of a coalition agreement since 1922...
became the official Opposition. Brendan Nelson
Brendan Nelson
Dr Brendan John Nelson is a former Australian politician and former federal Opposition leader. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1996 federal election until 19 October 2009 as the Liberal member for Bradfield, a northern Sydney seat...
was elected Leader of the Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
on 29 November 2007, and announced that his deputy Julie Bishop would be Shadow Minister for Workplace Relations and that his unsuccessful rival for the Liberal leadership, Malcolm Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004, and was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party from 16 September 2008 to 1 December 2009.Turnbull has represented the Division...
, would be offered the position of Shadow Treasurer. Warren Truss
Warren Truss
Warren Errol Truss , Australian politician, is the current leader of the National Party of Australia in the Parliament of Australia. He has held the House of Representatives seat of Wide Bay since the 1990 election...
was elected leader of the National Party. The composition of the remainder of the shadow cabinet was announced on 6 December 2007. Nelson's Cabinet lasted until 16th September, 2008, following a leadership spill
Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 2008
An election for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 16 September 2008. The successful candidate was Malcolm Turnbull who defeated former leader Brendan Nelson...
, which saw Turnbull emerge as the new leader.
Shadow Cabinet between December 2007 and September 2008
- Leader of the Opposition: Brendan NelsonBrendan NelsonDr Brendan John Nelson is a former Australian politician and former federal Opposition leader. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1996 federal election until 19 October 2009 as the Liberal member for Bradfield, a northern Sydney seat...
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Minister for Employment, Business and Workplace Relations: Julie BishopJulie BishopJulie Isabel Bishop is an Australian politician and the current Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia. She holds this title as the deputy leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. She is the party's first female Deputy Leader and the third woman in Australian history to...
- Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Local Government: Warren TrussWarren TrussWarren Errol Truss , Australian politician, is the current leader of the National Party of Australia in the Parliament of Australia. He has held the House of Representatives seat of Wide Bay since the 1990 election...
- Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Defence: Nick MinchinNick MinchinNicholas Hugh "Nick" Minchin is a former Australian politician, serving as a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing South Australia from July 1993 to June 2011, and a former cabinet minister in the Howard Government....
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research: Eric AbetzEric AbetzEric Abetz , has been a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since February 1994, representing the state of Tasmania. He is currently Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. He was educated at the University of Tasmania and was a barrister and solicitor before entering politics...
- Manager of Opposition Business and Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing: Joe HockeyJoe HockeyJoseph Benedict "Joe" Hockey , is an Australian politician and member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of North Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia since 1996....
- Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship: Chris EllisonChris EllisonChristopher Martin Ellison , is a former Liberal member of the Australian Senate. He represented Western Australia in the Senate from July 1993 to January 2009.-Background:...
- Shadow Treasurer: Malcolm TurnbullMalcolm TurnbullMalcolm Bligh Turnbull is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004, and was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party from 16 September 2008 to 1 December 2009.Turnbull has represented the Division...
- Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: Nigel ScullionNigel ScullionNigel Gregory Scullion , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the Northern Territory since November 2001, representing the Country Liberal Party...
- Shadow Minister for Regional Development and Water Security: John Cobb
- Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs: Andrew RobbAndrew RobbAndrew John Robb AO , Australian politician and former federal Director of the Liberal Party of Australia, was elected to the House of Representatives as member for the Division of Goldstein, Victoria for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election.Robb, one of nine children, was...
- Shadow Attorney-General: George BrandisGeorge BrandisGeorge Henry Brandis, SC , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing Queensland since May 2000.-Education & Early Career:...
- Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation: Peter DuttonPeter DuttonPeter Craig Dutton MP , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001, representing the Division of Dickson, Queensland...
- Shadow Minister for Trade: Ian MacfarlaneIan Macfarlane (politician)Ian Elgin Macfarlane , is an Australian politician. He was elected as a member of the Australian House of Representatives in October 1998, representing the Division of Groom, Queensland for the Liberal National Party...
- Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training: Tony Smith
- Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and the Voluntary *Sector: Tony AbbottTony AbbottAnthony John "Tony" Abbott is the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives and federal leader of the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott has represented the seat of Warringah since the 1994 by-election...
- Shadow Minister for Human Services: Helen CoonanHelen CoonanHelen Lloyd Coonan is a former Australian politician, who was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing New South Wales from July 1996 to August 2011.-Early life:...
- Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy: Bruce BillsonBruce BillsonBruce Frederick Billson MP is an Australian politician and Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1996. He represents the Division of Dunkley, Victoria....
- Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Urban Water: Greg HuntGreg HuntGregory Andrew Hunt , an Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001, representing the Division of Flinders, Victoria....
- Shadow Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism: David JohnstonDavid Johnston (politician)David Albert Lloyd Johnston , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 2002, representing the state of Western Australia. Johnston was born in Perth and was educated at University of Western Australia, where he graduated in law...
- Shadow Minister for Veteran's Affairs: Bronwyn BishopBronwyn BishopBronwyn Kathleen Bishop , an Australian politician, is a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Liberal Party representing the Division of Mackellar, New South Wales since 1994...
Previous Shadow Cabinets
- December 2006 to November 2007Shadow Cabinet (Australia) December 2006 to November 2007The Shadow Cabinet of Australia between December 2006 and November 2007 was as follows.*Leader of the Opposition: Kevin Rudd*Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Minister for Employment, Industrial Relations and Social Inclusion: Julia Gillard...
- March 2005 to December 2006Shadow Cabinet (Australia) March 2005 to December 2006The Shadow Cabinet of Australia between March 2005 and 10 December 2006 was as follows.*Leader of the Opposition: Kim Beazley*Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Education, Training, Science and Research: Jenny Macklin...
- October 2004 to March 2005Shadow Cabinet (Australia) October 2004 to March 2005The Shadow Cabinet of Australia between October 2004 and March 2005 was as follows.*Leader of the Opposition: Mark Latham*Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Education, Training, Science and Research: Jenny Macklin...
- July 2004 to October 2004Shadow Cabinet (Australia) July 2004 to October 2004The Shadow Cabinet of Australia between July 2004 and October 2004 was as follows.*Leader of the Opposition Mark Latham*Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Employment, Education and Training Jenny Macklin...
See also
- Cabinet of AustraliaCabinet of AustraliaThe Cabinet of Australia is the council of senior ministers of the Crown, responsible to parliament. The Cabinet is appointed by the Governor-General, on the advice of the Prime Minister the Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, and serves at the former's pleasure. The strictly private...
- First Rudd MinistryFirst Rudd MinistryThe Rudd Ministry was the 65th Australian Commonwealth ministry. It was led by Kevin Rudd of the Australian Labor Party.The Ministry was sworn in by the 24th Governor-General of Australia Major-General Michael Jeffery on 3 December 2007, following the 2007 election, and it ended on 24 June 2010...
- Current Australian Commonwealth ministry
- Shadow Cabinet (Australia)Shadow Cabinet (Australia)The Shadow Cabinet of Australia is a group of senior Opposition spokespeople who form an alternative Cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual Minister or portfolio of the Government....
External links
- Parliament of Australia, Official current Shadow Ministry list, retrieved January 2008