Changing the guard

Bryan · Sunday 3 July 2005 · 4:48 pm

Ministerial changes just announced following the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister, John Anderson.

  • Mark Vaile - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade
  • Warren Truss - Minister for Transport and Regional Services - was Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
  • Peter McGauran - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - was Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
  • John Cobb - Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs - was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services.
  • Sandy Macdonald - Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade - promoted from the backbench
  • Bruce Billson - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs as well as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs - was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Trade

With effect from 6 July.

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