Keating II government

Keating II government

The Keating II government ruled Australia from March 24, 1993 to March 11, 1996. The government was provided by the Labor Party .

Paul Keating had been Prime Minister of a Laboratory Government since December 20, 1991. The general election of March 13, 1993 brought slight gains for the Labor Party, which won two seats and received 80 seats out of 148 in the House of Representatives . In the Senate Labor lost two seats and put 30 of 76 senators. Laboratory rule under Keating continued. in the following parliamentary election on March 2, 1996 , the Labor Party suffered a significant defeat, it received only 49 of 148 seats in the House of Representatives, the Liberal Party won 75 seats, the National Party 18 seats. Labor lost a seat in the Senate and the Liberal Party won a seat. The next government was a coalition of Liberal Party and National Party under Prime Minister John Howard .

List of ministers

cabinet
Office	minister	Term of office	image
prime minister	Paul Keating	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
deputy prime minister	Brian Howe	March 24, 1993 - June 20, 1995
	Kim Beazley	June 20, 1995 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Community Services	Brian Howe	March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services		December 23, 1993 - March 25, 1994
Minister for Housing and Regional Development		March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Minister of Health	Graham Richardson	March 24, 1993 - March 25, 1994
Minister for Human Services and Health	Carmen Lawrence	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Foreign minister	Gareth Evans	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister of Commerce	Peter Cook	March 24, 1993 - January 30, 1994
	Bob McMullan	January 30, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Defense Minister	Robert Ray	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Treasury minister	John Dawkins	March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
	Ralph Willis	December 23, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Finance minister		March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
	Kim Beazley	December 23, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Labor, Education and Training		March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
	Simon Crean	December 23, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories	Ros Kelly	December 23, 1993 - March 1, 1994
	Graham Richardson	March 1, 1994 - March 25, 1994
	John Faulkner	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs	Nick Bolkus	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Primary Industry and Energy	Simon Crean	March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
	Bob Collins	December 23, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development	Alan Griffiths	March 24, 1993 - January 23, 1994
	Peter Cook	January 30, 1994 - March 25, 1994
Minister for Industry, Science and Technology		March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Transport and Communication	Bob Collins	March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
Minister of transport	Laurie Brereton	December 23, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister of Communication	Michael Lee	December 23, 1993 - January 30, 1994
Minister for Communication and Culture		January 30, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Minister of Social Affairs	Peter Baldwin	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Culture and Administrative Services	Bob McMullan	March 24, 1993 - January 30, 1994
Minister for Administrative Services		January 30, 1994 - March 25, 1994
Minister for Industrial Relations	Laurie Brereton	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Attorney General	Michael Lavarch	April 27, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Tourism Minister	Michael Lee	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Raw Materials		March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
Junior minister
Minister for Administrative Services	Frank Walker	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Attorney General	Duncan Kerr	April 1, 1993 - April 27, 1993
Vice President of the Executive Council	Frank Walker	March 24, 1993 - March 25, 1994
	Gary Johns	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands	Robert Tickner	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Family Minister	Rosemary Crowley	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Veterans	John Faulkner	March 24, 1993 - March 25, 1994
	Con Sciacca	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Development Cooperation and the Pacific Islands	Gordon Bilney	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister of Defense Research and Personnel	John Faulkner	March 24, 1993 - March 25, 1994
	Gary Punch	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training	Ross Free	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Sport and Territories	John Faulkner	March 1, 1994 - March 25, 1994
Minister for Raw Materials	David Beddall	December 23, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister for Science and Small Enterprises	Chris Schacht	March 24, 1993 - March 25, 1994
Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction		March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Minister of Communication	David Beddall	March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
Minister for Consumer Protection	Jeannette McHugh	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Minister of Justice	Duncan Kerr	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Assistant Minister and Parliamentary State Secretaries
Assistant Minister for the Status of Women to the Prime Minister	Rosemary Crowley	March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
	Ros Kelly	December 23, 1993 - March 1, 1994
	Carmen Lawrence	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Assistant Minister for Science to the Prime Minister	Chris Schacht	March 24, 1993 - March 25, 1994
	Peter Cook	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Assistant Minister for Public Service to the Prime Minister	Laurie Brereton	December 23, 1993 - December 23, 1993
	Gary Johns	December 23, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs to the Prime Minister	Nick Bolkus	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Assistant Minister in the Treasury	George Gear	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Prime Minister	Andrew Theophanous	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Housing, Local Government and Community Services		March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Housing, Local Government and Human Services		December 23, 1993 - March 25, 1994
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Health
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Human Services and Health		March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Regional Development	Mary Crawford	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense	Gary Punch	March 24, 1993 - March 25, 1994
	Arch Bevis	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of the Treasury	Gary Johns	March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
	Paul Elliott	December 23, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Labor, Education and Training	Warren Snowdon	March 24, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment, Sports and Territories	Warren Snowdon	April 14, 1993 - December 23, 1993
	Janice Crosio	December 23, 1993 - March 25, 1994
	Warren Snowdon	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Basic Industry and Energy	Nick Sherry	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Technology and Regional Development	Ted Lindsay	March 24, 1993 - March 25, 1994
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology		March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications	Neil O'Keefe	March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport		December 23, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Communication and Culture	Paul Elliott	June 7, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs	Con Sciacca	March 24, 1993 - March 25, 1994
	Janice Crosio	March 25, 1994 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and Administrative Services		March 24, 1993 - December 23, 1993
	Con Sciacca	December 23, 1993 - January 30, 1994
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Administrative Services		January 30, 1994 - March 25, 1994
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Attorney General	John Dawkins	December 23, 1993 - March 11, 1996
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism	Paul Elliott	June 7, 1994 - March 11, 1996

Remarks

The table is based on the Parliamentary Handbook . There the entries are incorrect for the Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories . Here the table follows the Parliamentary Hansard dated May 4, 1993 and the short biography at the Australian Parliament.

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. 573-575 , accessed June 8, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Prime Ministers of Australia. Paul Keating. National Museum of Australia, accessed June 8, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 12, 53, 142 , accessed June 8, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 12, 54, 142 , accessed June 8, 2019 .  
4. ^ Prime Ministers of Australia. John Howard. National Museum of Australia, accessed June 8, 2019 .  
5. ^ House of Representative Official Hansard. No. 188, 1993. (PDF; 1.1 MB) Tuesday, 4 May 1993. Thirty-Seventh Parliament. First Session - First Period. Parliament of Australia, p. 6 , accessed June 8, 2019 .  
6. ↑ Biography for KELLY, the Hon. Roslyn Joan. Parliament of Australia, accessed June 8, 2019 .