Hawke IV Government

The Hawke IV government ruled Australia from April 4, 1990 to December 20, 1991. The government was provided by the Labor Party .

Bob Hawke had been Prime Minister of a Labor Party government since November 3, 1980. The parliamentary elections on March 24, 1990 brought slight losses to the Labor Party, which defended its majority with 78 out of 148 seats in the House of Representatives . In the Senate it remained with 32 of 76 senators. Laboratory rule under Bob Hawke continued. A recession began in Australia in 1990/91. Paul Keating, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Treasury, challenged the Prime Minister on June 3, 1991, but failed to assert himself against Labor Caucus - the MPs and senators of the Lapor Party - and subsequently resigned from his government offices. At the second attempt on December 20, 1991, however, Keating was able to prevail against Hawke, who then resigned. Keating became Prime Minister of the Laboratory Government.

List of ministers

cabinet
Office	minister	Term of office	image
prime minister	Bob Hawke	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
deputy prime minister	Paul Keating	April 4, 1990 - June 3, 1991
	Brian Howe	June 3, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Treasury minister	Paul Keating	April 4, 1990 - June 3, 1991
	Bob Hawke	June 3, 1991 - June 4, 1991
	John Kerin	June 4, 1991 - December 9, 1991
	Ralph Willis	June 4, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce	John Button	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade	Gareth Evans	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Finance minister	Ralph Willis	April 4, 1990 - December 9, 1991
	Kim Beazley	December 9, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Attorney General	Michael Duffy	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Labor, Education and Training	John Dawkins	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Transport and Communication	Kim Beazley	April 4, 1990 - December 9, 1991
	John Kerin	December 9, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Vice President of the Executive Council	Kim Beazley	April 4, 1990 - December 1, 1991
	Graham Richardson	December 1, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Primary Industry and Energy	John Kerin	April 4, 1990 - June 4, 1991
	Simon Crean	June 4, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Community Services and Health	Brian Howe	April 4, 1991 - June 7, 1991
Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services		June 7, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Minister of Social Affairs	Graham Richardson	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Defense Minister	Robert Ray	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs	Gerry Hand	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Culture, Sport, Environment, Tourism and Territories	Ros Kelly	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Industrial Relations	Peter Cook	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Administrative Services	Nick Bolkus	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Trade Contracts	Neal Blewett	April 4, 1990 - February 1, 1991
Minister for Trade and Overseas Development		February 1, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Junior minister
Minister of Science and Technology	Simon Crean	April 4, 1990 - June 4, 1991
	Ross Free	June 4, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Small Enterprises and Customs	David Beddall	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Justice and Consumer Protection	Michael Tate	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Labor and Education	Peter Baldwin	April 4, 1990 - May 7, 1990
Minister for Universities and Labor		May 7, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Aborigines	Robert Tickner	April 4, 1990 - December 19, 1991
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands		December 19, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Shipping	Bob Collins	April 4, 1990 - May 7, 1990
Minister for Shipping and Aviation		May 7, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Land Transport	Bob Brown	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Raw Materials	Alan Griffiths	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Housing and Elderly Welfare	Peter Staples	April 4, 1990 - May 7, 1990
Minister for Seniors, Families and Health Services		May 7, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Veterans	Ben Humphreys	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister of Defense Research and Personnel	Gordon Bilney	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister for Local Government	Wendy Fatin	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Territories	David Simmons	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Assistant Minister and Parliamentary State Secretaries
Assistant Minister for Commonwealth and State Relations to the Prime Minister	Paul Keating	April 4, 1990 - June 3, 1991
	Brian Howe	June 4, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs to the Prime Minister	Gerry Hand	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Assistant Minister for Science to the Prime Minister	Simon Crean	April 4, 1990 - June 4, 1991
	Ross Free	June 4, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Assistant Minister for Social Justice to the Prime Minister	Brian Howe	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Assistant Minister for the Status of Women to the Prime Minister	Wendy Fatin	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Assistant Minister for Public Service to the Prime Minister	Peter Cook	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Assistant Minister for Reconciliation with the Aborigines to the Prime Minister	Robert Tickner	February 20, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Assistant Minister for Northern Australia with the Aborigines to the Prime Minister	Bob Collins	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Assistant Minister in the Treasury	Simon Crean	April 4, 1990 - June 4, 1991
	Ross Free	June 4, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Technology and Commerce	Neal Blewett	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Prime Minister	Ross Free	April 4, 1990 - June 4, 1991
	Roger Price	June 4, 1991 - December 20, 1991
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of the Treasury	Bob McMullan	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications	Warren Snowdon	April 4, 1990 - December 20, 1991
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs	Con Sciacca	April 4, 1990 - February 1, 1991

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, pp. 568-570 , accessed June 1, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Prime Ministers of Australia. Bob Hawke. National Museum of Australia, accessed June 1, 2019 .  
2. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 278-285
3. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 11 f., 52, 141 , accessed on June 1, 2019 (English).  
4. ^ Prime Ministers of Australia. Paul Keating. National Museum of Australia, accessed June 1, 2019 .