# Albanese ministry

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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.
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. 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. On 30 May 2022, Australian media outlets projected that Labor had won enough seats in the House of Representatives to become a majority government.
After the swearing-in of the interim arrangement, during his first press conference as prime minister, Albanese announced that his first full ministry would be sworn in on 1 June 2022. The members of the ministry were announced on 31 May and sworn in the following day.

## Current arrangement (2024–present)

Albanese announced on 25 July 2024 that he would refresh his ministry after two cabinet ministers, indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney and skills minister Brendan O'Connor announced that they would retire at the 2025 Australian federal election, and also immediately step down from the ministry. On 27 July 2024, Carol Brown also announced she would step down from the assistant ministry due to health reasons.
Albanese announced the new ministry on 28 July 2024. Malarndirri McCarthy and Jenny McAllister were selected unopposed by their Labor Left faction to replace Burney and O'Connor as ministers. McCarthy and Pat Conroy were elevated to cabinet. McCarthy, who was previously the assistant indigenous affairs minister, was appointed as the new indigenous affairs minister, while there were no changes to Conroy's portfolios (defence industry and international development). Tony Burke gained the home affairs, cyber security and immigration portfolios from Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles, while retaining his arts minister portfolio and his position as Leader of the House. Burke's previous employment portfolio was gained by Murray Watt. Watt's agriculture portfolio was given to Julie Collins, which Collins previously held while in opposition. Collins retained her small businesses portfolio while losing the housing and homelessness portfolios to O'Neil.
Giles succeeded O'Connor as skills minister and remained in the outer ministry. Jenny McAllister was promoted to the outer ministry and was appointed as cities minister and emergency services minister, taking over the latter portfolio from Watt.
Kate Thwaites, Josh Wilson and Julian Hill were new additions to the assistant ministry, with Thwaites and Hill having new portfolios, while Wilson succeeded McAllister as assistant climate change minister. McCarthy's previous role as assistant indigenous affairs minister and Brown's previous role as assistant infrastructure and transport minister were not replaced, while McCarthy's role as assistant indigenous health minister was gained by assistant health minister Ged Kearney. Three other assistant ministers also gained new portfolios in addition to their existing ones: Patrick Gorman as Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General, Tim Ayres as Assistant Minister for a Future Made In Australia, and Anthony Chisholm as Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Matt Thistlethwaite was appointed as Assistant Minister for Immigration, with his previous portfolios removed without replacement.
The new ministry was sworn in the following day on 29 July 2024.
In a reshuffle announced on the 16 January 2025 prompted by the retirement of cabinet minister Bill Shorten, Anika Wells was elevated to cabinet while Shorten's portfolios were given to cabinet ministers Amanda Rishworth (NDIS) and Katy Gallagher (Government Services). Outer minister Anne Aly was also given the role of minister assisting the NDIS minister. The reshuffle took effect on 20 January 2025.

### Cabinet

| Party | Party | Faction | Minister | Offices |
| | Labor | Left | Hon Anthony Albanese (born 1963) MP for Grayndler (1996–) | Prime Minister Leader of the Labor Party |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Richard Marles (born 1967) MP for Corio (2007–) | Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Minister for Defence |
| | Labor | Left | Hon Penny Wong (born 1968) Senator for South Australia (2002–) | Minister for Foreign Affairs Leader of the Government in the Senate |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Dr Jim Chalmers (born 1978) MP for Rankin (2013–) | Treasurer |
| | Labor | Left | Hon Katy Gallagher (born 1970) Senator for Australian Capital Territory (2019–) | Minister for Finance Minister for the Public Service Minister for Women Minister for Government Services (since 20 January 2025) Vice-President of the Executive Council Manager of Government Business in the Senate |
| | Labor | 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 |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Tony Burke (born 1969) MP for Watson (2004–) | Minister for Home Affairs Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Minister for Cyber Security Minister for the Arts Leader of the House |
| | Labor | Left | Hon Mark Butler (born 1970) MP for Hindmarsh (2019–) | Minister for Health and Aged Care Deputy Leader of the House |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Chris Bowen (born 1973) MP for McMahon (2010–) | Minister for Climate Change and Energy |
| | Labor | Left | Hon Tanya Plibersek (born 1969) MP for Sydney (1998–) | Minister for the Environment and Water |
| | Labor | Left | Hon Catherine King (born 1966) MP for Ballarat (2001–) | Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Amanda Rishworth (born 1978) MP for Kingston (2007–) | Minister for Social Services Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (until 20 January 2025) |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Mark Dreyfus KC (born 1956) MP for Isaacs (2007–) | Attorney-General Cabinet Secretary |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Jason Clare (born 1972) MP for Blaxland (2007–) | Minister for Education |
| | Labor | Left | Hon Julie Collins (born 1971) MP for Franklin (2007–) | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister for Small Business |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Michelle Rowland (born 1971) MP for Greenway (2010–) | Minister for Communications |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Madeleine King (born 1973) MP for Brand (2016–) | Minister for Resources Minister for Northern Australia |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Ed Husic (born 1970) MP for Chifley (2010–) | Minister for Industry and Science |
| | Labor | Left | Hon Murray Watt (born 1973) Senator for Queensland (2016–) | Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Clare O'Neil (born 1980) MP for Hotham (2013–) | Minister for Housing Minister for Homelessness |
| | Labor | Left | Hon Malarndirri McCarthy (born 1970) Senator for Northern Territory (2016–) | Minister for Indigenous Australians |
| | Labor | Left | Hon Pat Conroy (born 1979) MP for Shortland (2016–) | Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery Minister for International Development and the Pacific |
| | Labor | Right | Hon Anika Wells (born 1985) MP for Lilley (2019–) | Elevated to cabinet on 20 January 2025 Minister for Aged Care Minister for Sport |
| Former Cabinet Ministers ||||||
| | Labor | Right | Hon Bill Shorten (born 1967) MP for Maribyrnong (2007–2025) | Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (until 20 January 2025) Minister for Government Services (until 20 January 2025) |

### Outer ministry

| Party | Party | Minister | Offices |
| | Labor | Hon Matt Keogh (born 1981) MP for Burt (2016–) | Minister for Veterans' Affairs Minister for Defence Personnel |
| | Labor | Hon Stephen Jones (born 1965) MP for Whitlam (2016–) | Assistant Treasurer Minister for Financial Services |
| | Labor | Hon Andrew Giles (born 1973) MP for Scullin (2013–) | Minister for Skills and Training |
| | Labor | Hon Dr Anne Aly (born 1967) MP for Cowan (2016–) | Minister for Early Childhood Education Minister for Youth Minister Assisting the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (since 20 January 2025) |
| | Labor | Hon Kristy McBain (born 1982) MP for Eden-Monaro (2020–) | Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories |
| | Labor | Hon Jenny McAllister (born 1973) Senator for New South Wales (2015–) | Minister for Cities Minister for Emergency Management |
| Former Outer Minister |||||
| | Labor | Hon Anika Wells (born 1985) MP for Lilley (2019–) | Elevated to cabinet on 20 January 2025 Minister for Aged Care Minister for Sport |

### Assistant ministry

| Party | Minister | Offices |
| Labor | Hon Justine Elliot (born 1967) MP for Richmond (2004–) | Assistant Minister for Social Services Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence |
| Labor | Hon Matt Thistlethwaite (born 1972) MP for Kingsford Smith (2013–) | Assistant Minister for Immigration |
| Labor | Hon Dr Andrew Leigh (born 1972) MP for Fenner (2016–) | Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Assistant Minister for Employment |
| Labor | Patrick Gorman (born 1984) MP for Perth (2018–) | Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Assistant Minister for the Public Service Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General |
| Labor | Ged Kearney (born 1963) MP for Cooper (2019–) | Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health |
| Labor | Emma McBride (born 1975) MP for Dobell (2016–) | Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health |
| Labor | Tim Ayres (born 1973) Senator for New South Wales (2019–) | Assistant Minister for a Future Made In Australia Assistant Minister for Trade |
| Labor | Anthony Chisholm (born 1978) Senator for Queensland (2016–) | Assistant Minister for Education Assistant Minister for Regional Development Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Deputy Manager of Government Business in the Senate |
| Labor | Tim Watts (born 1982) MP for Gellibrand (2013–) | Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Labor | Kate Thwaites (born 1980) MP for Jagajaga (2019–) | Assistant Minister for Social Security Assistant Minister for Ageing Assistant Minister for Women |
| Labor | Josh Wilson (born 1972) MP for Fremantle (2016–) | Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy |
| Labor | Julian Hill MP for Bruce (2016–) | Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs |

### Special envoys

Special envoys are additional roles that are not part of the ministry, but have been included here because of their status.
| Party | Minister | Position title |
| Labor | Nita Green (born 1983) Senator for Queensland (2019–) | Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef |
| Labor | Susan Templeman (born 1963) MP for Macquarie (2016–) | Special Envoy for the Arts |
| Labor | Tony Sheldon (born 1961) Senator for New South Wales (2019–) | Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery |
| Labor | Peter Khalil (born 1973) MP for Wills (2016–) | Special Envoy for Social Cohesion |
| Labor | Luke Gosling (born 1971) MP for Solomon (2016–) | Special Envoy for Defence, Veterans’ Affairs and Northern Australia |
| Labor | Andrew Charlton (born 1978) MP for Parramatta (2022–) | Special Envoy for Cyber Security and Digital Resilience |

## First arrangement (2022–2024)

Albanese announced the composition of the full ministry on 31 May 2022. As Labor frontbenchers Kristina Keneally and Terri Butler lost their seats in the election, Clare O'Neil and Murray Watt were chosen by Albanese as replacements in cabinet while the caucus chose Anne Aly, Anika Wells and Kristy McBain to replace them as ministers. The ministry was sworn in on 1 June 2022.
Tony Sheldon was later appointed on the 24 July 2022 as the Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery while Pat Dodson left his role as Special Envoy for Reconciliation and Implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart when he retired on 26 January 2024. On 31 May 2023, assistant ministers Patrick Gorman and Andrew Leigh were additionally appointed Assistant Minister for the Public Service and Assistant Minister for Employment respectively.

### Cabinet

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

### Outer ministry

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

### Assistant ministry

| Party | Minister | Offices |
| Labor | Hon Justine Elliot (born 1967) MP for Richmond (2004–) | Assistant Minister for Social Services Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence |
| Labor | Hon Matt Thistlethwaite (born 1972) MP for Kingsford Smith (2013–) | Assistant Minister for Defence Assistant Minister for Veterans' Affairs Assistant Minister for the Republic |
| Labor | Hon Dr Andrew Leigh (born 1972) MP for Fenner (2016–) | Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Assistant Minister for Employment (from 31 May 2023) |
| 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) |
| Labor | Jenny McAllister (born 1973) Senator for New South Wales (2015–) | Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy |
| Labor | Carol Brown (born 1963) Senator for Tasmania (2005–) | Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport |
| Labor | Ged Kearney (born 1963) MP for Cooper (2019–) | Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care |
| Labor | Emma McBride (born 1975) MP for Dobell (2016–) | Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health |
| Labor | Malarndirri McCarthy (born 1970) Senator for the Northern Territory (2016–) | Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health |
| Labor | Tim Ayres (born 1973) Senator for New South Wales (2019–) | Assistant Minister for Trade Assistant Minister for Manufacturing |
| Labor | 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 |
| Labor | 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.
| Party | Minister | Position title |
| 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) |
| Labor | Nita Green (born 1983) Senator for Queensland (2019–) | Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef |
| Labor | Susan Templeman (born 1963) MP for Macquarie (2016–) | Special Envoy for the Arts |
| Labor | Tony Sheldon (born 1961) Senator for New South Wales (2019–) | Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery (from 24 July 2022) |

## 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. Gallagher would only hold the position of attorney-general for the duration of the interim ministry. 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 and interim home affairs minister respectively.
| Party | Minister | Offices |
| Labor | Hon Anthony Albanese (1963–) MP for Grayndler (1996–) | Prime Minister Leader of the Labor Party |
| Labor | Hon Richard Marles (1967–) MP for Corio (2007–) | Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Minister for Employment |
| Labor | Hon Penny Wong (1968–) Senator for South Australia (2002–) | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Labor | Hon Dr Jim Chalmers (1978–) MP for Rankin (2013–) | Treasurer |
| Labor | 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 (as of 29 July 2024), per House of Representatives electorate and state/territory represented in the Senate: