# Shadow Ministry of Malcolm Fraser

The Shadow Ministry of Malcolm Fraser was the opposition Coalition shadow ministry of Australia from 26 March to 11 November 1975, opposing Gough Whitlam's Labor Whitlam ministry.
The shadow ministry is a group of senior opposition spokespeople who form an alternative ministry to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual Minister or portfolio of the Government.
Malcolm Fraser became Leader of the Opposition upon his election as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia on 21 March 1975 and appointed a new Shadow Ministry.

## Shadow Ministry

The following were members of the Shadow Ministry:

### Shadow Cabinet

| Shadow Minister | Portfolio |
| Malcolm Fraser MP | Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Liberal Party |
| Phillip Lynch MP | Deputy Leader of the Opposition Shadow Treasurer Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party |
| Doug Anthony MP | Shadow Minister for Trade, Resources and Decentralised Development Leader of the National Country Party |
| Ian Sinclair MP | Shadow Minister for Primary Industry Deputy Leader of the National Country Party |
| Senator Reg Withers | Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Services and Property |
| Senator Ivor Greenwood QC | Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Attorney-General |
| Senator John Carrick | Shadow Minister for Federalism and Inter-Government Relations |
| Don Chipp MP | Shadow Minister for Social Security and Welfare |
| Senator Bob Cotton | Shadow Minister for Manufacturing Industry and Industrial Development |
| Senator Tom Drake-Brockman | Shadow Minister for Repatriation and Compensation |
| James Killen MP | Shadow Minister for Defence |
| Peter Nixon MP | Shadow Minister for Transport |
| Andrew Peacock MP | Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Territories |

### Outer shadow ministry

| Shadow Minister | Portfolio |
| Evan Adermann MP | Shadow Minister for Customs and Excise |
| Senator Peter Durack | Shadow Postmaster-General |
| Dr Harry Edwards MP | Shadow Minister for Tariff and Industry Assistance Commission |
| Victor Garland MP | Shadow Minister for Public Service and Australian Capital Territory |
| Senator Margaret Guilfoyle | Shadow Minister for Education |
| John Howard MP | Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and Commerce |
| Ralph Hunt MP | Shadow Minister for Environment and Conservation |
| Bob Katter MP | Shadow Minister for Northern Development and Northern Territory |
| Bruce Lloyd MP | Shadow Minister for Health |
| Michael MacKellar MP | Shadow Minister for Immigration |
| John McLeay MP | Shadow Minister for Housing and Construction |
| Senator Peter Rae | Shadow Minister for Community Development, Tourism and Tasmania |
| Eric Robinson MP | Shadow Minister for Science and Technology |
| Eric Robinson MP | Shadow Minister for Decentralised Development |
| Tony Street MP | Shadow Minister for Labour |
| Ian Wilson MP | Shadow Minister for Urban Affairs |
| John Spender MP | Shadow Minister for Aviation and Defence Support |
| Senator Harold Young | Shadow Minister for Media |
| Bob Ellicott QC MP | Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Tasmania (from 8 April 1975) |