Shadow Cabinet (Australia) October 2004 to March 2005
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The Shadow Cabinet of Australia
between October 2004 and March 2005 was as follows.
This opposition made no distinction between the Shadow Cabinet
and the Shadow Ministry.
Shadow Cabinet (Australia)
The Shadow Cabinet of Australia is a group of senior Opposition spokespeople who form an alternative Cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual Minister or portfolio of the Government....
between October 2004 and March 2005 was as follows.
- Leader of the Opposition: Mark LathamMark LathamMark William Latham , an author and former Australian politician, was leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from December 2003 to January 2005....
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Education, Training, Science and Research: Jenny MacklinJenny MacklinJennifer Louise Macklin , is an Australian politician. She is Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in the Gillard Ministry...
- Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Social Security: Senator Chris EvansChris Evans (Australian politician)Christopher Vaughan Evans is an Australian politician and a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Western Australia, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Early life:...
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Communications and Information Technology: Senator Stephen ConroyStephen ConroyStephen Michael Conroy is an Australian politician and the current Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in the Gillard Ministry...
- Shadow Treasurer: Wayne SwanWayne SwanWayne Maxwell Swan is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996, and then re elected in 1998 till today , representing the Division of Lilley, QLD...
- Shadow Minister for Finance and Superannuation: Senator Nick SherryNick SherryNicholas John Sherry , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania since July 1990, representing the Australian Labor Party. Sherry was sworn in as the Assistant Treasurer on 9 June 2009, after serving as the first Australian Minister for...
- Shadow Minister for Trade: Simon CreanSimon CreanSimon Findlay Crean is an Australian politician, and the current Minister for the Arts and Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government in the Australian Federal Government. He was leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition at the Federal level,...
- Shadow Minister for Health and Manager of Opposition Business in the House: Julia GillardJulia GillardJulia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved...
- Shadow Minister for Industry, Infrastructure and Industrial Relations: Stephen SmithStephen Smith (Australian politician)Stephen Francis Smith , is the Australian Minister for Defence. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Perth, Western Australia....
- Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Security: Kevin RuddKevin RuddKevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
- Shadow Minister for Defence and Homeland Security: Robert McClellandRobert McClelland (Australian politician)Robert Bruce McClelland is the Attorney-General of Australia. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of theAustralian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Barton, New South Wales...
- Shadow Minister for Defence Planning and Personnel: Arch BevisArch BevisArchibald Ronald "Arch" Bevis is an Australian politician who was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2010, representing the Division of Brisbane, Queensland. He was born in Brisbane, and educated at Ithaca Creek State Primary School and The Gap State High School...
- Shadow Minister for Immigration: Laurie FergusonLaurie FergusonLaurie Donald Thomas Ferguson , Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing Reid until 2010 and Werriwa thereafter, both in New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and grew up in the...
- Shadow Minister for Public Administration and Open Government, Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation, The Arts: Senator Kim CarrKim CarrKim John Carr is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since April 1993, representing the state of Victoria. He was elected to the Senate at the March 1993 election, and was due to take his seat on 1 July...
- Shadow Minister for Regional Development and Roads, Housing and Urban Development: Kelvin Thompson
- Shadow Minister for Work, Family and Community, Youth and Early Childhood Education: Tanya PlibersekTanya PlibersekTanya Joan Plibersek, MP , is an Australian politician with the Australian Labor Party, and Federal Minister for Social Inclusion and Minister for Human Services. She has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the seat of Sydney, New South Wales...
- Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House: Anthony AlbaneseAnthony AlbaneseAnthony Norman Albanese , Australian politician, who serves as Leader of the House of Representatives and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in the Gillard Ministry...
- Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Participation, Corporate Governance and Responsibility: Senator Penny WongPenny WongPenelope "Penny" Ying-yen Wong , is an Australian Labor Party senator for South Australia and the Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation. Wong was the first Australian Minister for Climate Change and Water. Her appointment was amended on 26 February 2010, by the Prime Minister, to the...
- Shadow Minister for Regional Services, Local Government and Territories: Senator Kerry O'BrienKerry O'Brien (politician)Kerry Williams Kelso O'Brien , is an Australian politician. O'Brien has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania since September 1996, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Background:O'Brien was born in Sydney...
- Assistant Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Banking and Financial Services: Joel FitzgibbonJoel FitzgibbonJoel Andrew Fitzgibbon is an Australian politician and Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Hunter in New South Wales. From December 2007 to June 2009 he was the Minister for Defence in the Rudd Ministry...
- Shadow Attorney-General: Nicola RoxonNicola RoxonNicola Louise Roxon is an Australian politician, and is the Minister for Health and Ageing. She has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998, representing the Division of Gellibrand, in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.-Early and personal life:She...
- Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries: Gavan O'ConnorGavan O'ConnorGavan Michael O'Connor , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to November 2007, representing the Division of Corio, Victoria.-Education:...
- Shadow Minister for Manufacturing, Consumer Affairs: Senator Kate LundyKate LundyKate Alexandra Lundy is a member of the Australian Senate, representing the Australian Capital Territory.Born in Sydney, Lundy dropped out of Year 11 without telling her parents and went to work on a construction site...
- Shadow Minister for Sport and Recreation: Alan GriffinAlan GriffinAlan Peter Griffin , an Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Corinella, Victoria 1993–96 and the Division of Bruce, Victoria, since March 1996. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria,...
- Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs: Senator Mark BishopMark BishopThomas Mark Bishop , has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Western Australia since July 1996. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia and was educated at the University of Adelaide and Harvard University...
- Shadow Minister for Small Business: Tony BurkeTony BurkeAnthony Stephen 'Tony' Burke is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party, and the current Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities . He first entered public office in 2003 as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council...
- Shadow Minister for Ageing and Disabilities: Senator Jan McLucasJan McLucasJan Elizabeth McLucas is an Australian politician, representing Queensland and the Australian Labor Party in the Australian Senate.-Biography:McLucas's parents are Ronald and Audrey McLucas...
- Shadow Minister for Justice and Customs, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate: Joseph Ludwig
- Shadow Minister for the Pacific Islands: Bob Sercombe
This opposition made no distinction between the Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Cabinet
The Shadow Cabinet is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition form an alternative cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual member of the government...
and the Shadow Ministry.