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Minister For Emergency Management
The Minister for Emergency Management is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Kristy McBain since May 2025 in the Albanese government. In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Home Affairs. List of ministers Emergency management The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Emergency Management, or any of its precedent titles: Assisting the attorney-general on Queensland floods recovery The following individuals have been appointed as Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery, or any of its precedent titles: List of assistant ministers References External links * {{Australian federal ministerial portfolios Emergency Management Emergency management (also Disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Australia
The coat of arms of Australia, officially the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, is a formal symbol of the Commonwealth of Australia. It depicts a shield, containing symbols of Australia's six states, and is held up by native Australian animals, the kangaroo and the emu. The seven-pointed Commonwealth Star surmounting the crest also represents the states and territories, while golden wattle, the national floral emblem, appears below the shield. The first arms were authorised by Edward VII, King Edward VII on 7 May 1908, and the current version by George V, King George V on 19 September 1912, although the 1908 version continued to be used in some contexts, notably appearing on the obverse and reverse, reverse of the Sixpence (Australian), sixpenny coin. Design Escutcheon The Escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (central shield) is the focal point of the coat of arms, and contains six Quarter (heraldry), quarters, each containing a representation of the badge of an Australian state. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Reynolds
Linda Karen Reynolds (born 16 May 1965) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party and has served as a Senator for Western Australia since 2014. She held senior ministerial office as a cabinet minister in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022. Before entering parliament Reynolds was a member of the Australian Army Reserve for nearly 30 years and was the first woman in the reserve to attain the rank of brigadier. She was initially elected to the Senate at the 2013 federal election, but the result was voided and she was re-elected at a supplementary election in 2014. In the Morrison government she served as Assistant Minister for Home Affairs (2018–2019), Minister for Defence Industry (2019), Minister for Emergency Management and North Queensland Recovery (2019), Minister for Defence (2019–2021), and Minister for Government Services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (2021–2022). Early life and education Reynolds was born in Perth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Wilson (politician)
Joshua Hamilton Wilson (born 5 June 1972) is an Australian politician. He is the Labor member for Fremantle in the House of Representatives, serving from 2 July 2016 until his resignation on 10 May 2018 as a part of the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis and then since the 2018 Fremantle by-election. Early life Wilson was born on 5 June 1972 in Westminster, London. As a child he lived in India and Long Island, New York before moving to Fremantle. Education Wilson has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Western Australia, and a Master of Arts (Honours) from the University of Melbourne. Career Before going into politics, Wilson served as an Associate Lecturer at Curtin University, a paralegal and litigation project manager, a freelance journalist as well as a travel writer. Wilson was a councillor of the City of Fremantle from 2009 to 2016, was Deputy Mayor of Fremantle from 2011 and also worked as a staffer to his predecessor as the memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Ludwig
Joseph William Ludwig (born 21 July 1959) is an Australian barrister and retired politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland from July 1999 to May 2016, representing the Australian Labor Party. Ludwig served in a range of portfolios in the first Rudd and the second Gillard ministries until his resignation from Cabinet as the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery, in 2013. Background and early career Ludwig was born in Longreach and has lived and worked in various locations throughout regional Australia. He is married and lives in Brisbane with his wife and two daughters. His father, Bill Ludwig, was National President of the Australian Workers' Union, one of Australia's largest trade unions, and a powerful figure in the Queensland branch of the Labor Party. Ludwig (junior) was educated at the University of Queensland, where he graduated with a Bachelor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny McAllister
Jennifer Ryll McAllister (born 21 February 1973) is an Australian politician. She has been a Senator for New South Wales since 2015 and previously served as National President of the Australian Labor Party from 2011 to 2015. She is from the Socialist Left faction of the Labor Party. She was appointed as the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in 2025, having previously served as the Minister for Emergency Management and Minister for Cities in the first Albanese ministry from 2024. Early life and education McAllister was born in Murwillumbah, on the north coast of New South Wales. She was a student at Kingscliff High School from which she achieved her HSC in 1991. She attended the University of Queensland from 1992 to 1995, majoring in politics and government, and the University of Sydney, from which she graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts with first-class honours, majoring in political economy, politics and government. Professional career From 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Albanese Ministry
The first Albanese ministry was the 73rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 31st Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. The Albanese ministry succeeded the second Morrison ministry, which resigned on 23 May 2022 following the federal election that took place on 21 May which saw Labor defeat Scott Morrison's Liberal–National Coalition. Although counting was still underway on election night, most media outlets projected that due to severe losses by Morrison's Liberal/National Coalition, Labor was the only party that could realistically form even a minority government. Accordingly, Morrison conceded defeat to Albanese late on election night. Soon afterward, in accordance with longstanding Australian constitutional practice, he advised the Governor-General, David Hurley, that he was no longer in a position to govern. Normally, Morrison would have stayed on as caretaker Prime Minister until the final results were known. As the Quadrilateral Securi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Watt
Murray Patrick Watt (born 20 January 1973) is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for the Environment and Water in the Albanese government since May 2025. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a Senator for Queensland since the 2016 federal election. He previously served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2012. Early life Watt was born in Brisbane on 20 January 1973. His parents were both schoolteachers from working-class backgrounds. He grew up in Brisbane's southern suburbs. Watt was educated at Brisbane State High School where he was school captain in 1989. In 1996 he graduated from the University of Queensland with the degrees of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws. He practised as a solicitor from 1997 to 2002, and was a judge's associate from 1999 to 2000. He was then a public servant in the Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of State Development from 2007 to 2009, and chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget McKenzie
Bridget Grace McKenzie (born 27 December 1969) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the National Party and has been a Senator for Victoria since 2011. She has held ministerial office in the Turnbull and Morrison governments, also serving as the party's Senate leader since 2019. McKenzie grew up in Benalla, Victoria, and worked as a schoolteacher and university lecturer before entering politics. She was elected to the Senate at the 2010 federal election and served as a whip from 2011 to 2013. McKenzie replaced Fiona Nash as deputy leader of the Nationals during the 2017 parliamentary eligibility crisis, and as a result was elevated to cabinet. She served variously as Minister for Rural Health (2017–2018), Sport (2017–2018), Regional Communications (2017–2018), Regional Services, Local Government and Decentralisation (2018–2019), and Agriculture (2019–2020). McKenzie resigned from cabinet and as deputy leader in 2020 as a result of a scandal surrounding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Agriculture (Australia)
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Julie Collins since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry. In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Portfolio responsibilities In addition to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, component bodies responsible to the minister include: * Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics * Biosecurity Australia * Bureau of Rural Sciences Other bodies within the portfolio are: * Australian Egg Corporation * Australian Fisheries Management Authority * Australian Landcare Council * Australian Livestock Export Corporation Limited * Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (formerly National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals) * Australian Pork Limited * Australian Wine and Brandy Corporati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Morrison Ministry
The second Morrison ministry (Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal–National Party of Australia, National Coalition (Australia), Coalition) was the 72nd ministry of the Australian Government. It was led by Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The second Morrison ministry succeeded the first Morrison ministry following the 2019 Australian federal election. The ministry was announced on 26 May 2019 and was sworn in on 29 May. Following the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 Australian federal election, 2022 election, the ministry was succeeded by the First Albanese ministry, Albanese ministry on 23 May 2022. Final arrangement On 19 September 2021, industrial, science and technology minister Christian Porter resigned from the cabinet after he was criticised for accepting an anonymous donation from a blind trust to fund his defamation claim against Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC and reporter Louise Milligan for publishing his rape allegation. Energy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal National Party Of Queensland
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major conservative political party in Queensland, Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. In most other states, the two parties remain separate and distinct. Federal LNP parliamentarians sit in the party room of either the Liberals or the Nationals, depending on which federal party their seat has been allocated to by the LNP. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia and an affiliate of the National Party of Australia. After suffering defeat at its first election in 2009 the LNP won government for the first time at the 2012 election, winning 78 out of 89 seats, a record majority in the unicameral Parliament of Queensland. Campbell Newman became the first LNP Premier of Queensland. The Newman Government was subsequently defeated by the Labor Party at the 2015 election. Since 1989, the LNP and its predecessor parties have been in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Party Of Australia
The National Party of Australia, commonly known as the Nationals or simply the Nats, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Agrarianism, agrarian List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia. Traditionally representing graziers, farmers, and List of regions of Australia, rural voters generally, it began as the Australian Country Party in 1920 at a Government of Australia, federal level. In 1975, it adopted the name National Country Party, before taking its current name in 1982. Ensuring support for farmers, either through government grants and subsidies or through community appeals, is a major focus of National Party policy. The process for obtaining these funds has come into question in recent years, such as during the Sports rorts affair (2020), Sports Rorts Affair. According to Ian McAllister (political scientist), Ian McAllister, the Nationals are the only remaining party from the "wave of agrarian socialist parties set up around the Western w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
