Image
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Minister
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Position
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Time Period
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Party
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Enid Lyons[1]
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Vice-President of the Executive Council
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1949–1951
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Liberal
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Margaret Guilfoyle[2]
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Minister for Education
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1975
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Liberal
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Minister for Social Security
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1976–1980
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Minister for Finance
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1980–1983
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Susan Ryan[3]
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Minister for Education and Youth Affairs
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1983–1984
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Labor
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
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1983–1988
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Minister for Education
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1984–1987
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Special Minister of State
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1987–1988
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Bicentennial
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1987–1988
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Minister Assisting the Minister for Community Services and Health
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Ros Kelly[4]
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Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
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1990–1991
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Labor
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Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories
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1991–1993
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Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories
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1993–1994
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
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1993–1994
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Carmen Lawrence[5]
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Minister for Human Services and Health
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1994–1996
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Labor
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
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Jocelyn Newman[6]
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Minister for Social Security
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1996–1998
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Liberal
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
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1996–1997
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Minister for Family and Community Services
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1998–2001
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
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Amanda Vanstone[7]
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Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
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1996–1997
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Liberal
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Minister for Family and Community Services
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2001–2003
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
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Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
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2003–2006
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Reconciliation
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2003–2004
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs
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2004–2006
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Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
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2006–2007
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Kay Patterson[8]
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Minister for Health and Ageing
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2001–2003
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Liberal
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Minister for Family and Community Services
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2003–2006
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
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2003–2004
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues
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2004–2006
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Helen Coonan[9]
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Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
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2004–2007
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Liberal
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Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
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2006–2007
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Julie Bishop[10]
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Minister for Education, Science and Training
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2006–2007
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Liberal
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues
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Minister for Foreign Affairs
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2013–2018
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Julia Gillard[11]
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Deputy Prime Minister
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2007–2010
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Labor
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Minister for Education
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Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
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Minister for Social Inclusion
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Prime Minister
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2010–2013
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Nicola Roxon[12]
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Minister for Health and Ageing
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2007–2011
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Labor
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Attorney-General
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2011–2013
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Minister for Emergency Management
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2012–2013
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Jenny Macklin[13]
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Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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2007–2011
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Labor
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Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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2011–2013
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Minister for Disability Reform
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Penny Wong[14]
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Minister for Climate Change and Water
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2007–2010
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Labor
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Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water
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2010
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Minister for Finance and Deregulation
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2010–2013
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Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
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2013
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Leader of the Government in the Senate
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2013
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Minister for Foreign Affairs
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2022–present
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Leader of the Government in the Senate
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Tanya Plibersek[15]
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Minister for Health
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2011–2013
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Labor
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Minister for Health and Medical Research
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2013
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Minister for the Environment and Water
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2022–present
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Jacinta Collins[16]
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Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
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2013
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Labor
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Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
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Manager of Government Business in the Senate
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Julie Collins[17]
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Minister for Housing and Homelessness
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2013
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Labor
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Minister for Community Services
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Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development
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Minister for the Status of Women
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Minister for Housing
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2022–2024
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Minister for Homelessness
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Minister for Small Business
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2022–present
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Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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2024–present
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Catherine King[18]
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Minister for Regional Australia, Local Government and Territories
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2013
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Labor
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Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
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2022–present
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Sussan Ley[19]
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Minister for Health
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2014–2016
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Liberal
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Minister for Sport
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2014–2017
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Minister for Aged Care
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2015–2016
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Minister for Health and Aged Care
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2016–2017
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Minister for the Environment
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2019–2022
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Marise Payne[20]
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Minister for Defence
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2015–2018
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Liberal
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Minister for Foreign Affairs
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2018–2022
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Minister for Women
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2019–2022
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Michaelia Cash[21]
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Minister for Employment
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2015–2017
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Liberal
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Minister for Women
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service
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Minister for Jobs and Innovation
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2017–2018
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Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education
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2018–2019
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Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
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2019–2021
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Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
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2020–2022
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Attorney-General
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2021–2022
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Minister for Industrial Relations
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Kelly O'Dwyer[22]
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Assistant Treasurer
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2015–2016
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Liberal
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Minister for Small Business
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Minister for Revenue and Financial Services
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2016–2018
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Minister for Women
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2017–2019
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service
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2017–2018
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Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations
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2018–2019
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Fiona Nash[23]
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Minister for Rural Health
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2016
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National
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Minister for Regional Communications
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2016–2017
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Minister for Regional Development
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Minister for Local Government and Territories
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2016–2017
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Bridget McKenzie[24]
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Minister for Rural Health
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2017–2018
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National
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Minister for Regional Communications
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Minister for Sport
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2017–2019
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Minister for Regional Services, Local Government and Decentralisation
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2018–2019
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Minister for Agriculture
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2019–2020
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Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience
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2021–2022
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Minister for Regionalisation, Regional Communications and Regional Education
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Karen Andrews[25]
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Minister for Industry, Science and Technology
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2018–2021
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Liberal
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Minister for Home Affairs
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2021–2022
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Melissa Price[26]
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Minister for the Environment
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2018–2019
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Liberal
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Minister for Defence Industry
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2021–2022
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Minister for Science and Technology
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2021–2022
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Linda Reynolds[27]
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Minister for Defence Industry
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2019
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Liberal
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Minister for Emergency Management and North Queensland Recovery
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Minister for Defence
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2019–2021
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Minister for Government Services
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2021–2022
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Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
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Anne Ruston[28]
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Minister for Families and Social Services
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2019–2022
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Liberal
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Manager of Government Business in the Senate
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Minister for Women's Safety
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2021–2022
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Katy Gallagher[29]
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Attorney-General
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2022
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Labor
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Minister for Finance
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2022–present
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Minister for the Public Service
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Minister for Women
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Vice-President of the Executive Council
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Manager of Government Business in the Senate
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Amanda Rishworth[30]
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Minister for Social Services
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2022–present
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Labor
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Linda Burney[31]
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Minister for Indigenous Australians
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2022–2024
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Labor
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Michelle Rowland[32]
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Minister for Communications
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2022–present
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Labor
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Madeleine King[33]
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Minister for Resources
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2022–present
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Labor
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Minister for Northern Australia
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Clare O'Neil[34]
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Minister for Home Affairs
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2022–2024
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Labor
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Minister for Cyber Security
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Minister for Housing
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2024–present
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Minister for Homelessness
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Malarndirri McCarthy
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Minister for Indigenous Australians
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2024–present
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Labor
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