Commonwealth Government TURNBULL MINISTRY 18 February 2016 TITLE MINISTER OTHER CHAMBER Prime Minister The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Senator the Hon George Brandis QC Minister for Indigenous Affairs Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Minister for Women Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Cabinet Secretary Senator the Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Counter-Terrorism The Hon Michael Keenan MP Senator the Hon George Brandis QC Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Senator the Hon James McGrath Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation The Hon Angus Taylor MP Assistant Cabinet Secretary The Hon Dr Peter Hendy MP Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and The Hon Barnaby Joyce MP Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck Water Resources Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Senator the Hon Anne Ruston Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister The Hon Keith Pitt MP Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon Julie Bishop MP Senator the Hon George Brandis QC Minister for Trade and Investment The Hon Steven Ciobo MP Senator the Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO Minister for International Development and the Pacific Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells The Hon Julie Bishop MP Minister for Tourism and International Education Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck The Hon Steven Ciobo MP Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck Attorney-General Senator the Hon George Brandis QC The Hon Michael Keenan MP (Vice-President of the Executive Council) (Leader of the Government in the Senate) Minister for Justice The Hon Michael Keenan MP Senator the Hon George Brandis QC Treasurer The Hon Scott Morrison MP Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann Minister for Small Business The Hon Kelly O’Dwyer MP Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann Assistant Treasurer The Hon Kelly O’Dwyer MP Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann Assistant Minister to the Treasurer The Hon Alex Hawke MP Minister for Finance Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann The Hon Scott Morrison MP (Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Special Minister of State Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann The Hon Scott Morrison MP Assistant Minister for Finance The Hon Dr Peter Hendy MP Minister for Regional Development Senator the Hon Fiona Nash The Hon Darren Chester MP Minister for Infrastructure and Transport The Hon Darren Chester MP Senator the Hon Fiona Nash (Deputy Leader of the House) Minister for Major Projects, Territories and Local Government The Hon Paul Fletcher MP Senator the Hon Fiona Nash Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science The Hon Christopher Pyne MP Senator the Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO (Leader of the House) Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP Senator the Hon Matt Canavan Minister for Northern Australia Senator the Hon Matt Canavan The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP Assistant Minister for Science The Hon Karen Andrews MP Assistant Minister for Innovation The Hon Wyatt Roy MP Minister for Immigration and Border Protection The Hon Peter Dutton MP Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash Assistant Minister for Immigration Senator the Hon James McGrath Minister for the Environment The Hon Greg Hunt MP Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham Minister for Health The Hon Sussan Ley MP Senator the Hon Fiona Nash Minister for Aged Care The Hon Sussan Ley MP Senator the Hon Fiona Nash Minister for Sport The Hon Sussan Ley MP Senator the Hon Fiona Nash Minister for Rural Health Senator the Hon Fiona Nash The Hon Sussan Ley MP Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care The Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP Minister for Defence Senator the Hon Marise Payne The Hon Julie Bishop MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs The Hon Dan Tehan MP Senator the Hon Marise Payne Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of The Hon Dan Tehan MP Senator the Hon Marise Payne ANZAC Minister for Defence Materiel The Hon Dan Tehan MP Senator the Hon Marise Payne Assistant Minister for Defence The Hon Michael McCormack MP Minister for Communications Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield The Hon Paul Fletcher MP Minister for the Arts Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield The Hon Paul Fletcher MP (Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Minister for Regional Communications Senator the Hon Fiona Nash The Hon Paul Fletcher MP Minister for Employment Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash The Hon Christopher Pyne MP Minister for Social Services The Hon Christian Porter MP Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield Minister for Human Services The Hon Alan Tudge MP Senator the Hon Marise Payne Assistant Minister for Disability Services The Hon Jane Prentice MP Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs The Hon Craig Laundy MP Minister for Education and Training Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Vocational Education and Skills Senator the Hon Scott Ryan The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Tourism and International Education Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck The Hon Steven Ciobo MP Each box represents a portfolio. Cabinet Ministers are shown in bold type. As a general rule, there is one department in each portfolio. However, there is a Department of Human Services in the Social Services portfolio and a Department of Veterans’ Affairs in the Defence portfolio. The title of a department does not necessarily reflect the title of a minister in all cases. Assistant Ministers in italics are designated as Parliamentary Secretaries under the Ministers of State Act 1952.