Abbott Ministry

Abbott Ministry
69th Ministry of Australia
Governor-General Quentin Bryce with the Abbott Ministry
Date formed	18 September 2013
Date dissolved	15 September 2015
People and organisations
Head of state	Queen Elizabeth II (represented by Dame Quentin Bryce, later Sir Peter Cosgrove)
Head of government	Tony Abbott
Deputy head of government	Warren Truss
No. of ministers	30
Member party	Liberal–National coalition
Status in legislature	Coalition majority government
Opposition cabinet	2013–present
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Bill Shorten
History
Election(s)	Australian federal election, 2013
Legislature term(s)	44th
Predecessor	Second Rudd Ministry
Successor	First Turnbull Ministry

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The Abbott Ministry (Liberal–National Coalition) was the 69th ministry of the Government of Australia. It succeeded the Second Rudd Ministry after a federal election that took place on 7 September 2013. It was led by the then Prime Minister, Tony Abbott.

Abbott announced his first ministry on 16 September 2013,^[1] and the ministry was sworn in by the Governor-General on 18 September.^[2] Abbott expressed regret at the low number of women in cabinet, but still received strong criticism on the lack of female representation in the ministry, including from members of his own party.^[3] Abbott added a second woman to his cabinet in Sussan Ley following a reshuffle announced on 21 December 2014, and sworn in on 23 December.^[4][5][6][7]

Following the defeat of Abbott by Malcolm Turnbull in the Liberal leadership spill of 14 September 2015,^[8] the ministry was replaced by the First Turnbull Ministry.

First Arrangement

The initial arrangement of the Abbott Ministry remained virtually^a unchanged from the initial swearing-in of the Cabinet on 18 September 2013 until the reshuffle that was announced on 23 December 2014.

Cabinet

Outer Ministry

Parliamentary Secretaries

Second Arrangement

The second arrangement of the Abbott Ministry was sworn in on 23 December 2014 following a reshuffle announced on 21 December.

Cabinet

Outer Ministry

Parliamentary Secretaries

Whips

House of Representatives

First Arrangement

Second Arrangement

The whips of the House of Representatives were rearranged following Tony Abbott's sacking of Phillip Ruddock on 13 February 2015.

Senate

See also

• Abbott Government

Notes

a ^ Senator Arthur Sinodinos stepped down from his position as Assistant Treasurer on 19 March 2014 while his possible involvement in alleged corruption in New South Wales were being investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. During this period, Sinodinos' duties were partially fulfilled by Minister for Finance, Mathias Cormann. Sinodinos officially resigned as Assistant Treasurer on 19 December 2014.

b ^ Malcolm Turnbull resigned as Minister for Communications on 14 September 2015 with the intent of challenging Tony Abbott for the leadership of the Liberal Party. In the ballot held later that evening, Turnbull was elected to the leadership.

References

(Rudd ←)   Abbott Ministry (2013–2015)   (→ Turnbull)
Prime Minister: Tony Abbott
Cabinet	Eric Abetz Kevin Andrews Bruce Billson Julie Bishop George Brandis Mathias Cormann Peter Dutton Joe Hockey Greg Hunt Barnaby Joyce Sussan Ley Ian Macfarlane Scott Morrison Christopher Pyne Andrew Robb Nigel Scullion Warren Truss Malcolm Turnbull
Outer Ministry	Simon Birmingham Jamie Briggs Michaelia Cash Mitch Fifield Josh Frydenberg Luke Hartsuyker Michael Keenan Fiona Nash Marise Payne Stuart Robert Michael Ronaldson
Parliamentary Secretaries	Karen Andrews Bob Baldwin Darren Chester Steven Ciobo Richard Colbeck Concetta Fierravanti-Wells Paul Fletcher Michael McCormack Kelly O'Dwyer Christian Porter Scott Ryan Alan Tudge
Dismissed/resigned	David Johnston Arthur Sinodinos Brett Mason

Ministries of the Commonwealth of Australia
20th century	Barton Deakin 1 Watson Reid Deakin 2 3 Fisher 1 Deakin 4 Fisher 2 Cook Fisher 3 Hughes 1 2 3 4 5 Bruce 1 2 3 Scullin Lyons 1 2 3 4 Page Menzies 1 2 3 Fadden Curtin 1 2 Forde Chifley 1 2 Menzies 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Holt 1 2 McEwen Gorton 1 2 McMahon Whitlam 1 2 3 Fraser 1 2 3 4 5 Hawke 1 2 3 4 Keating 1 2 Howard 1 2
21st century	Howard 3 4 Rudd 1 Gillard 1 2 Rudd 2 Abbott Turnbull 1 2
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