Shadow Cabinet (Australia) July 2004 to October 2004
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The Shadow Cabinet of Australia
between July 2004 and October 2004 was as follows.
This opposition made no distinction between the Shadow Cabinet
and the Shadow Ministry
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....
between July 2004 and October 2004 was as follows.
- Leader of the Opposition Mark LathamMark LathamMark William Latham , an author and former Australian politician, was leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005....
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Employment, Education and Training Jenny MacklinJenny MacklinJennifer Louise Macklin , is an Australian politician. She is Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in the Gillard Ministry...
- Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Shadow Special Minister of State and Shadow Minister for Public Administration and Accountability Senator John FaulknerJohn FaulknerJohn Philip Faulkner is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since 1989, representing the state of New South Wales. Following a period serving on various Senate Committees and as Deputy Whip, he was a Minister in the Keating Labor government 1993-96...
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Trade, Corporate Governance and Financial Services Senator Stephen ConroyStephen ConroyStephen Michael Conroy is an Australian politician and the current Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in the Gillard Ministry...
- Shadow Treasurer Simon CreanSimon CreanSimon Findlay Crean is an Australian politician, and the current Minister for the Arts and Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government in the Australian Federal Government. He was leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition at the Federal level,...
- Shadow Minister for Finance and Small Business Bob McMullanBob McMullanRobert Francis McMullan is an Australian former politician who represented the Australian Labor Party in both the Senate and the House of Representatives....
- Shadow Minister for Workplace Relations and the Public Service Craig EmersonCraig EmersonCraig Anthony Emerson , Australian politician, has represented the House of Representatives seat of Rankin in Queensland for the Australian Labor Party since the 1998 federal election...
- Shadow Minister for Defence Kim BeazleyKim BeazleyIn the October 1998 election, Labor polled a majority of the two-party vote and received the largest swing to a first-term opposition since 1934. However, due to the uneven nature of the swing, Labor came up eight seats short of making Beazley Prime Minister....
- Shadow Minister for Defence Procurement, Science and Personnel Chris EvansChris Evans (Australian politician)Christopher Vaughan Evans is an Australian politician and a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Western Australia, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Early life:...
- Shadow Minister for Urban and Regional Development and Shadow Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Martin FergusonMartin FergusonMartin John Ferguson AM , Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Batman, Victoria. He was born in Sydney, the son of Jack Ferguson, who was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 1976...
- Shadow Minister for Health and Manager of Opposition Business in the House Julia GillardJulia GillardJulia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved...
- Shadow Treasurer and Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House Simon CreanSimon CreanSimon Findlay Crean is an Australian politician, and the current Minister for the Arts and Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government in the Australian Federal Government. He was leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition at the Federal level,...
- Shadow Minister for Homeland Security Robert McClelland
- Shadow Minister for Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs and Shadow Minister for Tourism, Regional Services and Territories Senator Kerry O'BrienKerry O'Brien (politician)Kerry Williams Kelso O'Brien , is an Australian politician. O'Brien has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania since September 1996, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Background:O'Brien was born in Sydney...
- Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Security Kevin RuddKevin RuddKevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
- Shadow Minister for Immigration Stephen SmithStephen Smith (Australian politician)Stephen Francis Smith , is the Australian Minister for Defence. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Perth, Western Australia....
- Shadow Minister for Family and Community Services Wayne SwanWayne SwanWayne Maxwell Swan is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996, and then re elected in 1998 till today , representing the Division of Lilley, QLD...
- Shadow Minister for Communications Lindsay TannerLindsay TannerLindsay James Tanner is a former Australian member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Melbourne, Victoria, for the Australian Labor Party, having first won the seat at the 1993 federal election. He was a member of the Australian Government from 3 December 2007, serving as...
- Shadow Minister for Sustainability, the Environment and Heritage Kelvin ThomsonKelvin ThomsonKelvin John Thomson is an Australian politician. Since March 1996 Thomson has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Wills in Victoria.-Early life:...
- Shadow Minister for Science and Research, Shadow Minister for Industry and Innovation Senator Kim CarrKim CarrKim John Carr is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since April 1993, representing the state of Victoria. He was elected to the Senate at the March 1993 election, and was due to take his seat on 1 July...
- Shadow Minister for Employment Services and Training Anthony AlbaneseAnthony AlbaneseAnthony Norman Albanese , Australian politician, who serves as Leader of the House of Representatives and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in the Gillard Ministry...
- Shadow Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Local Government Daryl MelhamDaryl MelhamDaryl Melham , Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Banks, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, to a family of Lebanese descent and studied Law and Economics at...
- Assistant Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Revenue David CoxDavid Cox (Australian politician)David Alexander Cox , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives October 1998 to October 2004, representing the Division of Kingston, South Australia...
- Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Senator Nick SherryNick SherryNicholas John Sherry , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania since July 1990, representing the Australian Labor Party. Sherry was sworn in as the Assistant Treasurer on 9 June 2009, after serving as the first Australian Minister for...
- Shadow Minister for Information Technology, Shadow Minister for Sport and Recreation and Shadow Minister for the Arts Senator Kate LundyKate LundyKate Alexandra Lundy is a member of the Australian Senate, representing the Australian Capital Territory.Born in Sydney, Lundy dropped out of Year 11 without telling her parents and went to work on a construction site...
- Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Shadow Minister for Customs Senator Mark BishopMark BishopThomas Mark Bishop , has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Western Australia since July 1996. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia and was educated at the University of Adelaide and Harvard University...
- Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries Gavan O'ConnorGavan O'ConnorGavan Michael O'Connor , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to November 2007, representing the Division of Corio, Victoria.-Education:...
- Shadow Minister for Population, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Laurie FergusonLaurie FergusonLaurie Donald Thomas Ferguson , Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing Reid until 2010 and Werriwa thereafter, both in New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and grew up in the...
- Shadow Minister for Mining, Energy and Forestry Joel FitzgibbonJoel FitzgibbonJoel Andrew Fitzgibbon is an Australian politician and Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Hunter in New South Wales. From December 2007 to June 2009 he was the Minister for Defence in the Rudd Ministry...
- Shadow Minister for Ageing and Seniors
- Shadow Minister Assisting the Minister for Family and Community Services on Disabilities Annette EllisAnnette EllisAnnette Louise Ellis , Australian politician, was a Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to August 2010, representing the Division of Namadgi 1996–98 and the Division of Canberra from 1998 to 2010.In the 1996 federal election she contested Namadgi against...
- Shadow Attorney-General, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition on the Status of Women Nicola RoxonNicola RoxonNicola Louise Roxon is an Australian politician, and is the Minister for Health and Ageing. She has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998, representing the Division of Gellibrand, in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.-Early and personal life:She...
- Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and Shadow Minister Assisting the Shadow Minister for Health Alan GriffinAlan GriffinAlan Peter Griffin , an Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Corinella, Victoria 1993–96 and the Division of Bruce, Victoria, since March 1996. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria,...
- Shadow Minister for Children and Youth Senator Jacinta CollinsJacinta CollinsJacinta Mary Ann Collins , is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate. She served from May 1995 to 2005, and again from May 2008, representing the state of Victoria....
This opposition made no distinction between the Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Cabinet
The Shadow Cabinet is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition form an alternative cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual member of the government...
and the Shadow Ministry