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The Barton ministry; the 1st Australian federal ministry, 1901. The Second Fisher ministry; the 8th Australian federal ministry, 1910. The First Bruce ministry; the 16th Australian federal ministry, 1923. The First Curtin ministry; the 29th Australian federal ministry, 1941. The Fifth Menzies ministry; the 35th Australian federal ministry, 1951.
The Cabinet of Australia, [a] also known as the Federal Cabinet, is the chief decision-making body of the Australian government.The Cabinet is selected by the prime minister and is composed of senior government ministers who administer the executive departments and ministries of the federal government.
Each portfolio is led by one or more government ministers who are members of the federal parliament, appointed by the governor-general on the advice of the prime minister. [ 1 ] As of December 2023, there are 1,334 government entities reportable to the Australian Government Organisations Register.
National Cabinet is composed of the main forum (prime minister, premiers, and chief ministers), and specialised committees focusing on: rural and regional Australia, skills, infrastructure, health, transport, population and migration, and energy. [2]
The current Foreign Minister is Senator Penny Wong, who was appointed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in May 2022 following the 2022 federal election. Wong is the first female Foreign Minister from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the third female foreign minister in a row, following Julie Bishop and Marise Payne.
Members of the Federal Executive Council under summons (in practice, this is all current Ministers and Assistant Ministers of the Commonwealth of Australia): Ministry List; The Administrator of the Northern Territory: Hugh Heggie; The Leader of the Opposition: Peter Dutton; Former holders of high offices:
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.
In the Government of Australia, the minister for infrastructure has overall responsibility for all of the matters falling within the Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications portfolio, including regulation, safety and funding in relation to aviation, shipping, roads and railways and policy on regional development and local government.