Albanese ministry

Not to be confused with Albanese government.

The Albanese ministry is the 73rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It is led by the country's 31st Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. The Albanese ministry succeeded the second Morrison ministry, which resigned on 23 May 2022 following the federal election that took place on 21 May which saw Labor defeat Scott Morrison's Liberal–National Coalition.^[1]

Albanese ministry
73rd ministry of Australia
Anthony Albanese
Date formed	23 May 2022
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II (2022) Charles III (2022–present)
Governor-General	David Hurley
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Deputy Prime Minister	Richard Marles
No. of ministers	30 (plus 12 Assistant Ministers and 4 Special Envoys)
Member party	Labor
Status in legislature	Majority government 78 / 151
Opposition cabinet	Dutton Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Liberal–National coalition^[a]
Opposition leader	Peter Dutton
History
Election(s)	21 May 2022
Legislature term(s)	47th
Predecessor	Second Morrison ministry

Although counting was still underway on election night, most media outlets projected that due to severe losses by Morrison's Liberal/National Coalition, Labor was the only party that could realistically form even a minority government. Accordingly, Morrison conceded defeat to Albanese late on election night. Soon afterward, in accordance with longstanding Australian constitutional practice, he advised the Governor-General, David Hurley, that he was no longer in a position to govern. Normally, Morrison would have stayed on as caretaker Prime Minister until the final results were known. However, with the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue due to be held on 24 May 2022, Albanese advised Hurley that he could form a government. Hurley then swore in Albanese and four senior Labor frontbenchers as an interim five-person ministry on 23 May, two days after the election. According to ABC News, Hurley would not have invited Albanese to form a government without assurances that Labor could provide stable government, as well as legal advice that this was the proper course of action.^[2][3] According to the Australian Financial Review, Albanese had secured enough support from crossbenchers to be able to govern in the event Labor fell short of a majority.^[4] On 30 May 2022, Australian media outlets projected that Labor had won enough seats in the House of Representatives to become a majority government.^[5]

After the swearing-in of the interim arrangement, during his first press conference as prime minister, Albanese announced that his full ministry would be sworn in on 1 June 2022.^[6] The members of the ministry were announced on 31 May and sworn in the following day. As Labor frontbenchers Kristina Keneally and Terri Butler lost their seats in the election, Clare O'Neil and Murray Watt were chosen by the caucus as replacements to the cabinet.^[7]

Current arrangement

Albanese announced the composition of the full ministry on 31 May 2022.^[8][9][10] The ministry was sworn in on 1 June 2022.^[11]

Cabinet

Party		Faction^[12]^[13]	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Labor	Left	Hon Anthony Albanese (born 1963) MP for Grayndler (1996–)		Prime Minister Leader of the Labor Party
		Right	Hon Richard Marles (born 1967) MP for Corio (2007–)		Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Minister for Defence
		Left	Hon Penny Wong (born 1968) Senator for South Australia (2002–)		Minister for Foreign Affairs Leader of the Government in the Senate
		Right	Hon Dr Jim Chalmers (born 1978) MP for Rankin (2013–)		Treasurer
		Left	Hon Katy Gallagher (born 1970) Senator for Australian Capital Territory (2019–)		Minister for Finance Minister for the Public Service Minister for Women Vice-President of the Executive Council Manager of Government Business in the Senate
		Right	Hon Don Farrell (born 1954) Senator for South Australia (2016-)		Minister for Trade and Tourism Special Minister of State Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
			Hon Tony Burke (born 1969) MP for Watson (2004–)		Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Minister for the Arts Leader of the House
		Left	Hon Mark Butler (born 1970) MP for Hindmarsh (2019–)		Minister for Health and Aged Care Deputy Leader of the House
		Right	Hon Chris Bowen (born 1973) MP for McMahon (2010–)		Minister for Climate Change and Energy
		Left	Hon Tanya Plibersek (born 1969) MP for Sydney (1998–)		Minister for the Environment and Water
			Hon Catherine King (born 1966) MP for Ballarat (2001–)		Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
		Right	Hon Amanda Rishworth (born 1978) MP for Kingston (2007–)		Minister for Social Services
			Hon Bill Shorten (born 1967) MP for Maribyrnong (2007–)		Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister for Government Services
		Left	Hon Linda Burney (born 1957) MP for Barton (2016–)		Minister for Indigenous Australians
		Right	Hon Mark Dreyfus KC (born 1956) MP for Isaacs (2007–)		Attorney-General Cabinet Secretary
		Left	Hon Brendan O'Connor (born 1962) MP for Gorton (2004–)		Minister for Skills and Training
		Right	Hon Jason Clare (born 1972) MP for Blaxland (2007–)		Minister for Education
		Left	Hon Julie Collins (born 1971) MP for Franklin (2007–)		Minister for Housing Minister for Homelessness Minister for Small Business
		Right	Hon Michelle Rowland (born 1971) MP for Greenway (2010–)		Minister for Communications
			Hon Madeleine King (born 1973) MP for Brand (2016–)		Minister for Resources Minister for Northern Australia
		Left	Hon Murray Watt (born 1973) Senator for Queensland (2016–)		Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister for Emergency Management
		Right	Hon Ed Husic (born 1970) MP for Chifley (2010–)		Minister for Industry and Science
			Hon Clare O'Neil (born 1980) MP for Hotham (2013-)		Minister for Home Affairs Minister for Cyber Security

Outer ministry

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Labor	Hon Matt Keogh (born 1981) MP for Burt (2016–)		Minister for Veterans' Affairs Minister for Defence Personnel
		Hon Pat Conroy (born 1979) MP for Shortland (2016–)		Minister for Defence Industry Minister for International Development and the Pacific
		Hon Stephen Jones (born 1965) MP for Whitlam (2016–)		Assistant Treasurer Minister for Financial Services
		Hon Andrew Giles (born 1973) MP for Scullin (2013–)		Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
		Hon Dr Anne Aly (born 1967) MP for Cowan (2016–)		Minister for Early Childhood Education Minister for Youth
		Hon Anika Wells (born 1985) MP for Lilley (2019–)		Minister for Aged Care Minister for Sport
		Hon Kristy McBain (born 1982) MP for Eden-Monaro (2020–)		Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories

Assistant ministry

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Labor	Patrick Gorman (born 1984) MP for Perth (2018–)		Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Assistant Minister for the Public Service (from 31 May 2023)
		Hon Justine Elliot (born 1967) MP for Richmond (2004–)		Assistant Minister for Social Services Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence
		Hon Matt Thistlethwaite (born 1972) MP for Kingsford Smith (2013–)		Assistant Minister for Defence Assistant Minister for Veterans' Affairs Assistant Minister for the Republic
		Hon Dr Andrew Leigh (born 1972) MP for Fenner (2016–)		Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Assistant Minister for Employment
		Jenny McAllister (born 1973) Senator for New South Wales (2015–)		Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy
		Carol Brown (born 1963) Senator for Tasmania (2005–)		Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
		Ged Kearney (born 1963) MP for Cooper (2019–)		Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
		Emma McBride (born 1975) MP for Dobell (2016–)		Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health
		Malarndirri McCarthy (born 1970) Senator for the Northern Territory (2016–)		Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health
		Tim Ayres (born 1973) Senator for New South Wales (2019–)		Assistant Minister for Trade Assistant Minister for Manufacturing
		Anthony Chisholm (born 1978) Senator for Queensland (2016–)		Assistant Minister for Education Assistant Minister for Regional Development Deputy Manager of Government Business in the Senate
		Tim Watts (born 1982) MP for Gellibrand (2013–)		Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs

Special envoys

Special envoys are additional roles that are not part of the ministry, but have been included here because of their status.^[9]

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Labor	Pat Dodson (born 1948) Senator for Western Australia (2016–2024)		Special Envoy for Reconciliation and Implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart (until 2024)
		Nita Green (born 1983) Senator for Queensland (2019–)		Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef
		Susan Templeman (born 1963) MP for Macquarie (2016–)		Special Envoy for the Arts
		Tony Sheldon (born 1961) Senator for New South Wales (2019–)		Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery (from 24 July 2022)^[14]

Initial arrangement

In the interim five-person ministry sworn in on 23 May 2022, Albanese was sworn in as Prime Minister, Labor deputy leader Richard Marles as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment, Jim Chalmers as Treasurer, Senator Penny Wong as Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Senator Katy Gallagher as Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Attorney-General, and Vice-President of the Executive Council.^[1] Gallagher would only hold the position of attorney-general for the duration of the interim ministry.^[15] The interim ministry would also cover all other portfolios and the sworn-in ministers would be acting ministers for those portfolios. For example, Gallagher and Chalmers were also acting health minister^[16] and interim home affairs minister respectively.^[17]

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Labor	Hon Anthony Albanese (1963–) MP for Grayndler (1996–)		Prime Minister Leader of the Labor Party
		Hon Richard Marles (1967–) MP for Corio (2007–)		Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Minister for Employment
		Hon Penny Wong (1968–) Senator for South Australia (2002–)		Minister for Foreign Affairs
		Hon Dr Jim Chalmers (1978–) MP for Rankin (2013–)		Treasurer
		Hon Katy Gallagher (1970–) Senator for Australian Capital Territory (2019–)		Minister for Finance Minister for Women Attorney-General Vice-President of the Executive Council

Geographical breakdown

Geographic breakdown of the current ministry, per House of Representatives electorate and state/territory represented in the Senate:

State/territory Ministers Assistant ministers Special envoys Total   New South Wales 12 5 2 19   Victoria 6 2 — 8   South Australia 4 — — 4   Queensland 3 1 1 5   Western Australia 3 1 1 5   Tasmania 1 1 — 2   Australian Capital Territory 1 1 — 2   Northern Territory — 1 — 1 Total 30 12 4 46

Concentration of ministers, assistant ministers and special envoys by state.

See also

• 2022 Australian federal election
• Albanese government

Notes

1. The Coalition also includes the LNP and the Country Liberal Party

References

1. "Albanese ministry" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 23 May 2022.
2. "Five Labor MPs to be immediately sworn in first ahead of key Quad trip". Sky News. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
3. "Anthony Albanese and four senior frontbenchers sworn in ahead of Quad trip". ABC News. 23 May 2022.
4. Tillet, Andrew (23 May 2022). "Albanese woos crossbench as insurance as he inches towards majority". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
5. Worthington, Brett (30 May 2022). "Anthony Albanese and Labor to form majority government with projected win in Macnamara". ABC News. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
6. "Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia". Prime Minister of Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
7. "Anthony Albanese's first ministry brings housing and NDIS portfolios into cabinet, but veterans affairs removed". ABC News. 31 May 2022.
8. "Anthony Albanese's full ministry list of cabinet, outer ministry and assistant ministers for 47th Australian parliament". Canberra Times. 31 May 2022.
9. "Press Conference". Prime Minister of Australia. 31 May 2022.
10. "Albanese ministry" (PDF). Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2022.
11. Shiloh Payne (1 June 2022). "Federal election live: New Labor ministry sworn in as vote counting winds down". ABC News.
12. James Massola (14 February 2021). "What are Labor's factions and who's who in the Left and Right?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
13. Katharine Murphy (31 May 2022). "Anthony Albanese's ministry contains more surprises than expected following a factional kerfuffle". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
14. Albanese, Anthony. "Statement on new Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery". Prime Minister of Australia. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
15. "Who are the other four Labor ministers sworn in on Monday?". ABC News. 23 May 2022.
16. "ATAGI expands COVID-19 booster access to allow more people to get a fourth dose". ABC News. 25 May 2022.
17. "Jim Chalmers indicates 'substantial progress' on returning Murugappan family to Biloela". The Guardian. 25 May 2022.