Second Morrison Ministry

A ministerial reshuffle was undertaken on 22 December 2020.[2][3] Health Minister Greg Hunt was given the aged care portfolio in addition his existing health portfolio. The previous aged care minister, Richard Colbeck, remained as Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services. Colbeck also retained the sports portfolio, but lost the youth portfolio to Alan Tudge. Tudge was appointed as Minister for Education and Youth, and his previous urban infrastructure portfolio was given to Communications and Arts Minister Paul Fletcher. The previous Education Minister Dan Tehan was appointed as Trade Minister, taking over from Simon Birmingham who became the Finance Minister two months prior. No additional parliamentarians were appointed to the Cabinet.

Zed Seselja and Jane Hume were promoted to the Outer Ministry, and Amanda Stoker and Andrew Hastie were new additions to the Assistant Ministry. Steve Irons stepped down from the Assistant Ministry to make way for Hastie. Immigration Minister David Coleman, who was on personal leave since December 2019, returned from leave but was demoted to an Assistant Minister.

Cabinet

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Liberal	Scott Morrison MP		Prime Minister Minister for the Public Service Leader of the Liberal Party
	National	Michael McCormack MP		Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Leader of the National Party
	Liberal	Josh Frydenberg MP		Treasurer Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
	National (LNP)	David Littleproud MP		Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management Deputy Leader of the National Party
	Liberal	Senator Simon Birmingham		Minister for Finance Vice-President of the Executive Council Leader of the Government in the Senate
	Liberal	Christian Porter MP		Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations Leader of the House
	Liberal	Senator Marise Payne		Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Women
	Liberal (LNP)	Peter Dutton MP		Minister for Home Affairs
	Liberal	Senator Linda Reynolds CSC		Minister for Defence
	Liberal	Alan Tudge MP		Minister for Education and Youth
	Liberal	Greg Hunt MP		Minister for Health and Aged Care
	Liberal	Paul Fletcher MP		Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts
	Liberal	Dan Tehan MP		Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
	Liberal	Senator Michaelia Cash		Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
	Liberal (LNP)	Karen Andrews MP		Minister for Industry, Science and Technology
	National (LNP)	Keith Pitt MP		Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia
	Liberal	Angus Taylor MP		Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction
	Liberal	Sussan Ley MP		Minister for the Environment
	Liberal	Senator Anne Ruston		Minister for Families and Social Services Manager of Government Business in the Senate
	Liberal	Ken Wyatt MP		Minister for Indigenous Australians
	Liberal (LNP)	Stuart Robert MP		Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister for Government Services
	National	Darren Chester MP		Minister for Veterans' Affairs Minister for Defence Personnel Deputy Leader of the House

Bridget McKenzie resigned as deputy Nationals leader and from the Cabinet on 2 February 2020 because of a sports grants scandal, while Matt Canavan resigned on 3 February 2020 because he backed former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce in the 2020 Nationals leadership spill. Following the spill, David Littleproud was elected as deputy leader of the Nationals on 4 February 2020. The portfolios held by Nationals ministers and assistant ministers were reshuffled, effective 6 February 2020.

Littleproud took over the agriculture portfolio from McKenzie, retaining his drought and emergency management portfolios, and losing the water resources portfolio to Keith Pitt. Pitt, who was previously an assistant minister between 2016 and 2018, also took over resources and Northern Australia portfolio from Canavan. Darren Chester continued to hold the veteran affair's and defence personnel portfolios, which were moved from the outer ministry to the cabinet.[4]

Mark Coulton's regional services portfolio was split up into regional health, regional communications and regional education, with Coulton retaining the first two as well as the local government portfolio. Andrew Gee was promoted to the outer ministry and took over the regional education and decentralisation portfolios and the post of Assistant Trade and Investment Minister from Coulton. Kevin Hogan was promoted to the assistant ministry and replaced Gee as Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister. Michelle Landry retained her portfolio and was additionally appointed Assistant Minister for Northern Australia.

The new ministers were sworn in on 6 February 2020.[5] The portfolios of Liberal ministers were unchanged, and Alan Tudge continued to be acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs on behalf of David Coleman.

In October 2020, Mathias Cormann retired from federal politics. Simon Birmingham took over Cormann's roles as Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Finance in addition to his own trade portfolio on 31 October 2020.[6] Michaelia Cash became the Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate. Despite the loss of one cabinet minister, Morrison opted not to make other ministerial changes at the time.[7] The arrangement lasted until the reshuffle in December 2020.

Cabinet

Party		Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
	Liberal	Scott Morrison MP		Prime Minister Minister for the Public Service Leader of the Liberal Party
	National	Michael McCormack MP		Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Leader of the National Party
	Liberal	Josh Frydenberg MP		Treasurer Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
	Liberal	Senator Mathias Cormann (until 30 October 2020)		Minister for Finance (until 30 October 2020) Vice-President of the Executive Council (until 30 October 2020) Leader of the Government in the Senate (until 30 October 2020)
	National (LNP)	David Littleproud MP		Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management Deputy Leader of the National Party
	Liberal	Senator Simon Birmingham		Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister for Finance (since 30 October 2020) Vice-President of the Executive Council (since 30 October 2020) Leader of the Government in the Senate (since 30 October 2020) Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate (until 30 October 2020)
	Liberal	Christian Porter MP		Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations Leader of the House
	Liberal	Senator Marise Payne		Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Women
	Liberal (LNP)	Peter Dutton MP		Minister for Home Affairs
	Liberal	Senator Linda Reynolds CSC		Minister for Defence
	Liberal	Alan Tudge MP		Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs
	Liberal	Greg Hunt MP		Minister for Health
	Liberal	Paul Fletcher MP		Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts
	Liberal	Dan Tehan MP		Minister for Education
	Liberal	Senator Michaelia Cash		Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate (since 30 October 2020)
	Liberal (LNP)	Karen Andrews MP		Minister for Industry, Science and Technology
	National (LNP)	Keith Pitt MP		Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia
	Liberal	Angus Taylor MP		Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction
	Liberal	Sussan Ley MP		Minister for the Environment
	Liberal	Senator Anne Ruston		Minister for Families and Social Services Manager of Government Business in the Senate
	Liberal	Ken Wyatt MP		Minister for Indigenous Australians
	Liberal (LNP)	Stuart Robert MP		Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister for Government Services
	National	Darren Chester MP		Minister for Veterans' Affairs Minister for Defence Personnel Deputy Leader of the House

The first arrangement of the Second Morrison Ministry was sworn in on 29 May 2019. In December 2019, it was announced that Immigration Minister David Coleman would be taking indefinite leave for personal reasons, with Alan Tudge taking over his portfolio as acting minister.[8] The arrangement became unaltered until the resignation of National Party senators Bridget McKenzie and Matt Canavan on 2 and 3 February 2020 respectively. Until the reshuffle on 6 February, Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack was the acting Minister for Agriculture, taking over from McKenzie, while Water Resources minister David Littleproud was the acting Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, taking over from Canavan.[9]

Cabinet

Party	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
Liberal	Scott Morrison MP		Prime Minister Minister for the Public Service Leader of the Liberal Party
National	Michael McCormack MP		Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Leader of the National Party
Liberal	Josh Frydenberg MP		Treasurer Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
National	Senator Bridget McKenzie		Minister for Agriculture Deputy Leader of the National Party
Liberal	Senator Mathias Cormann		Minister for Finance Vice-President of the Executive Council Leader of the Government in the Senate
Liberal	Senator Simon Birmingham		Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
Liberal	Christian Porter MP		Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations Leader of the House
Liberal	Senator Marise Payne		Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister for Women
Liberal (LNP)	Peter Dutton MP		Minister for Home Affairs
Liberal	Senator Linda Reynolds CSC		Minister for Defence
Liberal	Alan Tudge MP		Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure Acting Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (since December 2019)
Liberal	Greg Hunt MP		Minister for Health
Liberal	Paul Fletcher MP		Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts
Liberal	Dan Tehan MP		Minister for Education
Liberal	Senator Michaelia Cash		Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
Liberal (LNP)	Karen Andrews MP		Minister for Industry, Science and Technology
National (LNP)	Senator Matt Canavan		Minister for Resources and Northern Australia
Liberal	Angus Taylor MP		Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction
Liberal	Sussan Ley MP		Minister for the Environment
Liberal	Senator Anne Ruston		Minister for Families and Social Services Manager of Government Business in the Senate
Liberal	Ken Wyatt MP		Minister for Indigenous Australians
National (LNP)	David Littleproud MP		Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management
Liberal (LNP)	Stuart Robert MP		Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister for Government Services

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