Claim: Mal Brough lost his seat as the Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to Jon Sullivan, a member of the Australian Labor Party.
Evidence: Brough was promoted to cabinet in 2006 as Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and subsequently oversaw the controversial Northern Territory Emergency Response. He lost his seat at the 2007 election, at which the government was defeated. Mal Brough Labor Jon Sullivan