First Gillard Ministry


The First Gillard Ministry was the 66th ministry of the Australian government and was led by the prime minister, Julia Gillard. It succeeded the first Rudd Ministry upon its swearing in by the Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, on 24 June 2010. It was replaced by the second Gillard Ministry on 14 September 2010 after the 2010 election.
The change in ministry followed a series of events on 23–24 June that led to the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, first calling a leadership ballot within the governing Labor Party after being challenged by his deputy, Julia Gillard, and then declining to contest it, allowing Gillard to win the leadership unopposed. The initial form of the First Gillard Ministry was identical to the final form of the first Rudd Ministry, apart from Gillard's appointment as prime minister and Wayne Swan as deputy prime minister, and the departure of Rudd as a minister. A minor reshuffle was announced on 28 June, with Simon Crean to assume responsibility for Gillard's former portfolios of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and Social Inclusion. Stephen Smith was assigned the Trade portfolio in addition to his Foreign Affairs portfolio.

Cabinet

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Julia Gillard MP
Wayne Swan MP
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Treasurer
  • Minister for Finance and Deregulation
    • Senator Chris Evans
  • Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
    • Senator John Faulkner
  • Minister for Defence
  • Vice-President of the Executive Council
    • Simon Crean MP
  • Minister for Trade
  • Minister for Education
  • Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
  • Minister for Social Inclusion
    • Stephen Smith MP
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs
  • Minister for Trade
    • Nicola Roxon MP
  • Minister for Health and Ageing
    • Jenny Macklin MP
  • Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
    • Lindsay Tanner MP
  • Minister for Finance and Deregulation
    • Anthony Albanese MP
  • Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
    • Senator Stephen Conroy
  • Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
    • Senator Kim Carr
  • Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
    • Senator Penny Wong
  • Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water
    • Peter Garrett MP
  • Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts
    • Robert McClelland MP
  • Attorney-General
    • Senator Joe Ludwig
  • Cabinet Secretary
  • Special Minister of State
    • Tony Burke MP
  • Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
  • Minister for Sustainable Population
    • Martin Ferguson MP
  • Minister for Resources and Energy
  • Minister for Tourism
    • Chris Bowen MP
  • Minister for Human Services
  • Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law

    • Outer ministry

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    Alan Griffin MP
    Tanya Plibersek MP
  • Minister for Housing
  • Minister for the Status of Women
    • Brendan O'Connor MP
  • Minister for Home Affairs
    • Warren Snowdon MP
  • Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery
    • Craig Emerson MP
  • Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy
  • Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs
  • Minister assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation.
    • Senator Nick Sherry
  • Assistant Treasurer
    • Justine Elliot MP
  • Minister for Ageing
    • Kate Ellis MP
  • Minister for Early Childhood Education, Child Care and Youth
  • Minister for Sport
    • Greg Combet MP
  • Minister for Defence Material and Science
  • Minister assisting the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
    • Senator Mark Arbib
  • Minister for Employment Participation
  • Minister assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery

    • Parliamentary secretaries