Fed: Who's who in Liberals' new-look frontbench

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2009
Fed: Who's who in Liberals' new-look frontbench
(Reissuing, moving Luke Hartsuyker to outer ministry)

Leader of the Opposition: Tony Abbott

Shadow cabinet
Julie Bishop (Deputy leader; Foreign Affairs);
Warren Truss (Nationals leader; Trade, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government);
Nick Minchin (Senate leader; Resources and Energy);
Eric Abetz (Deputy Senate leader; Employment and Workplace Relations);
Joe Hockey (Treasury);
Christopher Pyne (Education, Apprenticeships and Training; manager of opposition business
in the house);
Ian Macfarlane (Infrastructure and Water);
George Brandis (Attorney-General spokesman);
David Johnston (Defence);
Peter Dutton (Health and Ageing);
Kevin Andrews (Families, Housing and Human Services);
Greg Hunt (Climate Action, Environment and Heritage);
Nigel Scullion (Indigenous Affairs);
Barnaby Joyce (Nationals Senate leader; Finance and Debt Reduction);
John Cobb (Agriculture, Food Security, Fisheries and Forestry);
Bruce Billson (Small Business, Deregulation, Competition Policy and Sustainable Cities);
Tony Smith (Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy);
Scott Morrison (Immigration and Citizenship);
Sophie Mirabella (Innovation, Industry, Science and Research);
Andrew Robb (Chairman of the Coalition Policy Development Committee)


Outer shadow ministry:
Steve Ciobo (Tourism and Arts; Youth and Sport);
Mathias Cormann (Employment Participation, Apprenticeships and Training);
Luke Hartsuyker (Consumer Affairs, Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law;
deputy manager of opposition business in the house);
Sussan Ley (Assistant Treasury);
Marise Payne (COAG and Modernising the Federation);
Sharman Stone (Early Childhood Education and Childcare; Status of Women);
Michael Keenan (Justice and Customs);
Bob Baldwin (Defence Science and Personnel and assisting defence spokesman);
Louise Markus (Veterans' Affairs);
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Ageing);
Bronwyn Bishop (Seniors);
Shadow parliamentary secretaries:
Cory Bernardi (assisting the leader of the opposition, Infrastructure and Population Policy);
Ian Macdonald (Northern and Remote Australia);
Don Randall (Roads and Transport);
Mark Coulton (Regional Development and Emerging Trade Markets);
Jo Gash (Tourism);
Brett Mason (Education and School Curriculum Standards; Innovation, Industry, Science and Research);
Simon Birmingham (Murray Darling Basin; Climate Action);
Jason Wood (Public Security and Policing);
Stuart Robert (Defence);
Andrew Southcott (Regional Health Services, Health and Wellbeing);
Mitch Fifield (Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector);
Gary Humphries (Families, Housing and Human Services; Citizenship).

Richard Colbeck (Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry).


Other positions:
Philip Ruddock (shadow cabinet secretary);
Guy Barnett (chairman scrutiny of government waste committee).

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KEYWORD: LIBERALS FRONTBENCH (FACTBOX) (REISSUING)

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