Acting minister arrangements: 1 January to 31 March 2024

Instruments of Authorisation that enable a Minister from another portfolio to act for a Minister who is unavailable for a period of two weeks or more are published on the Federal Register of Legislation

 

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  1. Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
  2. Attorney-General’s
  3. Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
  4. Defence
  5. Education
  6. Employment and Workplace Relations
  7. Finance
  8. Foreign Affairs and Trade
  9. Health and Aged Care
  10. Home Affairs
  11. Industry, Science and Resources
  12. Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
  13. Prime Minister and Cabinet
  14. Social Services
  15. Treasury
  16. Veterans’ Affairs (Defence portfolio)
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Watt29 March12 AprilC King
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Attorney-General’s

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Dreyfus29 January3 FebruaryGallagher
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Plibersek25 December21 JanuaryWatt (25 December to 9 January)
Bowen (10 to 21 January)
Bowen28 December9 JanuaryWatt
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Defence

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Conroy25 December14 JanuaryGiles
O’Neil25 December22 JanuaryGiles
Marles2 January22 JanuaryKeogh (2 to 7 January)
Thistlethwaite (8 to 9 January)
Bowen (10 to 14 January)
Conroy (15 to 22 January)
Keogh8 January14 JanuaryThistlethwaite
Conroy29 January31 JanuaryKeogh
Keogh20 February24 FebruaryThistlethwaite
Marles22 February24 FebruaryConroy
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Education

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Clare25 December12 JanuaryRowland
Aly26 December8 JanuaryRowland
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Employment and Workplace Relations

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
O’Connor23 December21 JanuaryBurke (23 to 31 December)
Watt (1 to 12 January)
Clare (13 to 21 January)
Burke7 January14 JanuaryButler
O’Connor19 February24 FebruaryBurke
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Finance

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Gallagher8 January15 JanuaryChalmers (Acting Minister for Finance and Acting Minister for the Public Service)
C King (Acting Minister for Women)
Gallagher19 February24 FebruaryChalmers (Acting Minister for Finance and Acting Minister for the Public Service)
C King (Acting Minister for Women)
Farrell24 February1 MarchRishworth
Gallagher8 March15 MarchChalmers (Acting Minister for Finance and Acting Minister for the Public Service)
C King (Acting Minister for Women)
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Foreign Affairs and Trade

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Wong17 December7 JanuaryDreyfus
Conroy25 December14 JanuaryGiles
Wong15 January20 JanuaryChalmers
Conroy29 January31 JanuaryKeogh
Farrell24 February1 MarchRishworth
Wong26 February1 MarchMarles
Wong16 March18 MarchDreyfus
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Health and Aged Care

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Butler1 January4 JanuaryWells
Wells7 January14 JanuaryButler
Butler15 January21 JanuaryWells
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Home Affairs

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
O’Neil25 December22 JanuaryGiles
Watt29 March12 AprilC King
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Industry, Science and Resources

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Husic25 December9 JanuaryBurke (25 December to 5 January)
Gallagher (6 to 7 January)
Farrell (8 to 9 January)
M King28 January3 FebruaryRishworth
M King2 March10 MarchRishworth
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
McBain15 December21 JanuaryM King (15 December to 7 January)
C King (8 to 21 January)
C King27 December7 JanuaryGallagher
Burke7 January14 JanuaryButler
M King28 January3 FebruaryRishworth
Rowland19 February29 FebruaryDreyfus
M King2 March10 MarchRishworth (2 to 8 March)
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Prime Minister and Cabinet

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Burney5 December7 JanuaryClare (5 to 24 December)
Dreyfus (25 December to 7 January)
Gallagher8 January15 JanuaryChalmers (Acting Minister for Finance and Acting Minister for the Public Service)
C King (Acting Minister for Women)
Burney14 January19 JanuaryDreyfus
Dreyfus29 January3 FebruaryGallagher
Gallagher19 February24 FebruaryChalmers (Acting Minister for Finance and Acting Minister for the Public Service)
C King (Acting Minister for Women)
Gallagher8 March15 MarchChalmers (Acting Minister for Finance and Acting Minister for the Public Service)
C King (Acting Minister for Women)
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Social Services

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Rishworth18 December14 JanuaryCollins (18 to 24 December)
M King (25 December to 7 January)
Collins (8 to 14 January)
Shorten8 January14 JanuaryCollins
Shorten28 January4 FebruaryRishworth
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Treasury

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Chalmers16 December7 JanuaryGallagher
Jones25 December12 JanuaryCollins
Chalmers27 February2 MarchGallagher
Jones9 March13 MarchChalmers
Jones22 March2 AprilChalmers
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Veterans’ Affairs (Defence portfolio)

MinisterStart dateEnd dateActing Minister
Keogh8 January14 JanuaryThistlethwaite
Keogh20 February24 FebruaryThistlethwaite

Note: In practice, acting arrangements begin from a specific time on a day. This may result in more than one minister being listed as acting on a particular day.

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