Cabinet of Australia
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The Cabinet of Australia (whose members also serve in the Executive Council of Australia) is the council of senior ministers, responsible to parliament. The Cabinet is appointed by the Prime Minister and serve at his pleasure, although officially the Governor General controls their appointments. The Cabinet meets once a week to discuss vital issues. Outside of the cabinet there are a number of junior ministers, responsible for a specific policy area and reporting directly to a senior minister.
Significant ministers include:
- the Prime Minister
- the Deputy Prime Minister
- the Treasurer
- the Minister for Defence
- the Minister for Foreign Affairs
- the Attorney-General
[edit] Current Cabinet
The Australian Cabinet, following a reshuffle on 9 March 2007, is as follows:
| Minister | Current Minister |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services | Mark Vaile |
| Treasurer | Peter Costello |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Alexander Downer |
| Minister for Defence | Brendan Nelson |
| Minister for Finance and Administration | Nick Minchin |
| Minister for Health and Ageing | Tony Abbott |
| Attorney-General | Philip Ruddock |
| Minister for the Environment and Water Resources | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts | Helen Coonan |
| Minister for Trade | Warren Truss |
| Minister for Immigration and Citizenship | Kevin Andrews |
| Minister for Education, Science and Training | Julie Bishop |
| Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | Mal Brough |
| Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources | Ian Macfarlane |
| Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations | Joe Hockey |
| Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | Peter McGauran |
| Minister for Human Services | Chris Ellison |
[edit] See also
| Current Cabinet of Australia |  |
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| Abbott | Andrews | Bishop | Brough | Coonan | Costello | Downer | Ellison | Hockey | Howard | Macfarlane | McGauran | Minchin | Nelson | Ruddock | Truss | Turnbull | Vaile | |
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