First Albanese ministry | |
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 73rdMinistry of Australia | |
.jpg) Anthony Albanese | |
| Date formed | 23 May 2022 |
| Date dissolved | 13 May 2025 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | |
| Governor-General | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Richard Marles |
| No. of ministers |
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| Member party | Labor |
| Status in legislature | Majority government |
| Opposition cabinet | Dutton shadow ministry |
| Opposition party | Liberal–Nationalcoalition |
| Opposition leader | Peter Dutton |
| History | |
| Election | 21 May 2022 |
| Legislature term | 47th |
| Predecessor | Second Morrison ministry |
| Successor | Second Albanese ministry |
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Thefirst Albanese ministry was the 73rd ministry of theGovernment of Australia. It was led by the country's 31stPrime Minister,Anthony Albanese. The Albanese ministry succeeded thesecond Morrison ministry, which resigned on 23 May 2022 following thefederal election that took place on 21 May which saw Labor defeatScott Morrison'sLiberal–NationalCoalition.[1]
Although counting was still underway on election night, most media outlets projected that due to severe losses by Morrison'sLiberal/NationalCoalition, 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 theGovernor-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. As theQuadrilateral Security Dialogue was due to be held on 24 May 2022, Albanese advised Hurley that he could form a government. Hurley thenswore in Albanese and four senior Labor frontbenchers as an interim five-person ministry on 23 May, two days after the election. According toABC 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.[2][3] According to theAustralian Financial Review, Albanese had secured enough support from crossbenchers to be able to govern in the event Labor fell short of a majority.[4] On 30 May 2022, Australian media outlets projected that Labor had won enough seats in the House of Representatives to become amajority government.[5]
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.[6] The members of the ministry were announced on 31 May and sworn in the following day.
Following Labor's re-election at the2025 federal election, the ministry was succeeded by thesecond Albanese ministry on 13 May 2025.
Albanese announced on 25 July 2024 that he would refresh his ministry after two cabinet ministers, indigenous affairs ministerLinda Burney and skills ministerBrendan O'Connor announced that they would retire at the2025 Australian federal election, and also immediately step down from the ministry.[7] On 27 July 2024,Carol Brown also announced she would step down from the assistant ministry for health reasons.[8]
Albanese announced the new ministry on 28 July 2024.Malarndirri McCarthy andJenny McAllister were selected unopposed by their Labor Left faction to replace Burney and O'Connor as ministers.[9] McCarthy andPat 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 fromClare O'Neil andAndrew Giles, while retaining his arts minister portfolio and his position as Leader of the House. Burke's previous employment portfolio was gained byMurray Watt. Watt's agriculture portfolio was given toJulie Collins, which Collins previously held whilein opposition. Collins retained her small businesses portfolio while losing the housing and homelessness portfolios to O'Neil.[8]
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.[8]
Kate Thwaites,Josh Wilson andJulian 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 ministerGed 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, andAnthony 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.[8]
The new ministry was sworn in the following day on 29 July 2024.[8]
In a reshuffle announced on the 16 January 2025 prompted by the retirement of cabinet ministerBill Shorten,Anika Wells was elevated to cabinet while Shorten's portfolios were given to cabinet ministersAmanda Rishworth (NDIS) andKaty Gallagher (Government Services). Outer ministerAnne Aly was also given the role of minister assisting the NDIS minister.[10] The reshuffle took effect on 20 January 2025.
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Offices | |
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| Labor | Matt Keogh (born 1981) |  | ||
| Stephen Jones (born 1965) |  | |||
| Andrew Giles (born 1973) | .jpg) | |||
| Anne Aly (born 1967) |  |
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| Kristy McBain (born 1982) MP forEden-Monaro |  | |||
| Jenny McAllister (born 1973) Senator forNew South Wales |  | |||
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| Labor | Anika Wells (born 1985) |  | Elevated to cabinet on 20 January 2025 | |
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Offices | |
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| Labor | Justine Elliot (born 1967) |  |
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| Matt Thistlethwaite (born 1972) MP forKingsford Smith |  |
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| Andrew Leigh (born 1972) |  |
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| Patrick Gorman (born 1984) |  |
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| Ged Kearney (born 1963) |  |
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| Emma McBride (born 1975) | .jpg) |
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| Tim Ayres (born 1973) Senator forNew South Wales | .jpg) |
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| Anthony Chisholm (born 1978) Senator forQueensland |  |
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| Tim Watts (born 1982) MP forGellibrand |  |
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| Kate Thwaites (born 1980) |
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| Josh Wilson (born 1972) |
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| Julian Hill |
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Special envoys are additional roles that are not part of the ministry, but have been included here because of their status.[13]
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Position title | |
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| Labor | Nita Green (born 1983) Senator forQueensland |  |
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| Susan Templeman (born 1963) |  |
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| Tony Sheldon (born 1961) Senator forNew South Wales | .png) |
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| Peter Khalil (born 1973) |  |
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| Luke Gosling (born 1971) | .jpg) |
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| Andrew Charlton (born 1978) MP forParramatta | .jpg) |
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Albanese announced the composition of the full ministry on 31 May 2022.[15][13][16] As Labor frontbenchersKristina Keneally andTerri Butler lost their seats in the election,Clare O'Neil andMurray Watt were chosen by Albanese as replacements in cabinet while the caucus choseAnne Aly,Anika Wells andKristy McBain to replace them as ministers.[17] The ministry was sworn in on 1 June 2022.[18]
Tony Sheldon was later appointed on the 24 July 2022 as the Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery whilePat 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.[14][19] On 31 May 2023, assistant ministersPatrick Gorman andAndrew Leigh were additionally appointed Assistant Minister for the Public Service and Assistant Minister for Employment respectively.[20]
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Offices | |
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| Labor | Matt Keogh (born 1981) | | ||
| Pat Conroy (born 1979) |  | |||
| Stephen Jones (born 1965) | | |||
| Andrew Giles (born 1973) | | |||
| Anne Aly (born 1967) | | |||
| Anika Wells (born 1985) | | |||
| Kristy McBain (born 1982) MP forEden-Monaro | | |||
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Offices | |
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| Labor | Justine Elliot (born 1967) | |
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| Matt Thistlethwaite (born 1972) MP forKingsford Smith | |
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| Andrew Leigh (born 1972) | |
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| Patrick Gorman (born 1984) | |
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| Jenny McAllister (born 1973) Senator forNew South Wales | |
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| Carol Brown (born 1963) |  |
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| Ged Kearney (born 1963) | |
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| Emma McBride (born 1975) | |
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| Malarndirri McCarthy (born 1970) Senator for theNorthern Territory |  |
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| Tim Ayres (born 1973) Senator forNew South Wales | |
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| Anthony Chisholm (born 1978) Senator forQueensland | |
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| Tim Watts (born 1982) MP forGellibrand | |
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Special envoys are additional roles that are not part of the ministry, but have been included here because of their status.[13]
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Position title | |
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| Labor | Pat Dodson (born 1948) Senator forWestern Australia |  |
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| Nita Green (born 1983) Senator forQueensland | |
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| Susan Templeman (born 1963) | |
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| Tony Sheldon (born 1961) Senator forNew South Wales | |
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In the interim five-person ministry sworn in on 23 May 2022, Albanese was sworn in as Prime Minister, Labor deputy leaderRichard Marles as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment,Jim Chalmers as Treasurer, SenatorPenny Wong as Minister for Foreign Affairs, and SenatorKaty Gallagher as Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Attorney-General, and Vice-President of the Executive Council.[1] Gallagher would only hold the position of attorney-general for the duration of the interim ministry.[23] 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[24] and interim home affairs minister respectively.[25]
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Offices | |
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| Labor | Anthony Albanese (1963–) | | ||
| Richard Marles (1967–) |  | |||
| Penny Wong (1968–) Senator forSouth Australia | .jpg) | |||
| Jim Chalmers (1978–) |  | |||
| Katy Gallagher (1970–) Senator forAustralian Capital Territory |  | |||
Geographic breakdown of the current ministry (as of 29 July 2024[update]), perHouse of Representatives electorate and state/territory represented in theSenate:
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