Kevin Rudd’s Cabinet line-up

Jul 01, 2013, updated May 09, 2025

Kevin Rudd – Prime Minister

Anthony Albanese – Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Leader of the House

Senator Penny Wong – Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Leader of the Government in the Senate

Senator Jacinta Collins – Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Manager of Government Business in the Senate

Chris Bowen – Treasurer

Stephen Smith – Minister for Defence

Jenny Macklin – Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Minister for Disability Reform

Senator Bob Carr – Minister for Foreign Affairs

Tony Burke – Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship, Minister for the Arts, Vice-President of the Executive Council

Bill Shorten – Minister for Education, Minister for Workplace Relations

Tanya Plibersek – Minister for Health and Medical Research

Mark Butler – Minister for Climate Change, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water

Brendan O’Connor – Minister for Employment, Minister for Skills and Training

Mark Dreyfus – Attorney-General, Special Minister of State, Minister for Emergency Management, Minister for the Public Service and Integrity

Gary Gray – Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Tourism, Minister for Small Business

Senator Kim Carr – Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Minister for Higher Education

Julie Collins – Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Minister for Community Services, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development

Catherine King – Minister for Regional Australia, Local Government and Territories

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Joel Fitzgibbon – Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Richard Marles – Minister for Trade

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Jason Clare – Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Justice

Kate Ellis – Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth, Minister for Employment Participation

Warren Snowdon – Minister for Indigenous Health, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Minister for Veterans Affairs, Minister assisting the Prime Minister on the Centenary of ANZAC

David Bradbury – Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, Minister Assisting for Deregulation, Minister Assisting for Financial Services and Superannuation

Senator Kate Lundy – Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister Assisting for Innovation and Industry, Minister Assisting for the Digital Economy

Mike Kelly – Minister for Defence Materiel

Senator Jan McLucas – Minister for Human Services

Senator Don Farrell – Minister for Sport, Minister Assisting on Tourism

Sharon Bird – Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Regional Communications, Minister for Road Safety

Melissa Parke – Minister for International Development

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