Abbott Government

Governor General Quentin Bryce and the newly sworn in Abbott government

The Abbott government ruled Australia from September 18, 2013 to September 15, 2015. It was a coalition government of the Liberal Party (LIB) and the National Party .

The parliamentary elections on September 7, 2013 clearly lost the Labor Party under Kevin Rudd . She received only 55 of the 150 seats in parliament, the Liberal Party had 74 members, the National Party 15. The following government was formed by a coalition of Liberals and National Party with the leader of the Liberals, Tony Abbott , as Prime Minister. On September 15, 2015 Abbott was defeated in a vote on the party chairmanship of his party rival Malcolm Turnbull , who also replaced him as Prime Minister.

List of ministers

cabinet
Office	minister	Political party	Term of office	image
prime minister	Tony Abbott	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister for Aborigines	Nigel Scullion	CLP	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
deputy prime minister	Warren Truss	NPA	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport			September 18, 2013 - March 19, 2014
Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development			March 19, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Foreign Minister	Julie Bishop	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister for Trade and Investment	Andrew Robb	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister of Labor	Eric Abetz	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Attorney General	George Brandis	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister of Culture
Vice President of the Executive Council
Treasury minister	Joe Hockey	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister for Small Enterprises	Bruce Billson	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister of Agriculture	Barnaby Joyce	NPA	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister of Education	Christopher Pyne	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
Minister for Education and Training			December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Industry Minister	Ian Macfarlane	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
Minister for Industry and Science			December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Minister of Social Affairs	Kevin Andrews	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
	Scott Morrison	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Minister of Communication	Malcolm Turnbull	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister of Health	Peter Dutton	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
	Sussan Ley	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Minister of Sport	Peter Dutton	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
	Sussan Ley	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Defense Minister	David Johnston	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
	Kevin Andrews	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Environment Minister	Greg Hunt	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection	Scott Morrison	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
	Peter Dutton	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Finance minister	Mathias Cormann	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Junior minister
Minister of Justice	Michael Keenan	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister for Human Services	Marise Payne	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Minister for Veterans	Michael Ronaldson	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Special Minister of State
Assistant Minister and Parliamentary State Secretaries
Assistant Minister for Public Service to the Prime Minister	Eric Abetz	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Minister for Women to the Prime Minister	Michaelia Cash	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Counter Terrorism Minister to the Prime Minister	Michael Keenan	LIB	May 28, 2015 - September 15, 2015
	Christian Porter	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Minister for the ANZAC Centennial to the Prime Minister	Michael Ronaldson	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development	Jamie Briggs	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Minister for Labor	Luke Hartsuyker	NPA	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Minister in the Treasury	Arthur Sinodinos	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 19, 2014
	Josh Frydenberg	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Minister of Education	Sussan Ley	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
Assistant Minister of Education and Training	Simon Birmingham	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Minister for Social Affairs	Mitch Fifield	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Minister of Health	Fiona Nash	NPA	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Minister of Defense	Stuart Robert	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection	Michaelia Cash	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Prime Minister	Alan Tudge	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
	Josh Frydenberg	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry	Brett Mason	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
	Steven Ciobo	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Investment			December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Attorney General	Concetta Fierravanti wells	LIB	May 28, 2015 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of the Treasury	Steven Ciobo	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
	Kelly O'Dwyer	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture	Richard Colbeck	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Education	Scott Ryan	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Training			December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Industry	Bob Baldwin	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Industry and Science	Karen Andrews	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs	Concetta Fierravanti wells	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Communication	Paul Fletcher	LIB	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense	Darren Chester	NPA	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment	Simon Birmingham	LIB	September 18, 2013 - December 23, 2014
	Bob Baldwin	LIB	December 23, 2014 - September 15, 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance	Michael McCormack	NPA	September 18, 2013 - September 15, 2015

Remarks

• CLP: Country Liberal Party

Web links

• Parliamentary Handbook for the 45th Parliament. (PDF; 13.4 MB) Part 6: Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets. Parliament of Australia, p. 597 f. , accessed on June 22, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 13 f., 60, 143 , accessed on June 22, 2019 (English).  
2. ^ Prime Ministers of Australia. Tony Abbott. National Museum of Australia, accessed June 22, 2019 .  
3. ^ Prime Ministers of Australia. Malcolm Turnbull. National Museum of Australia, accessed June 22, 2019 .