Shadow Ministry of Anthony Albanese

Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese chairs meetings of the Australian Shadow Cabinet.

The Shadow Ministry of Anthony Albanese is the current opposition Australian Labor Party shadow ministry since 2 June 2019, opposing the Morrison Government. The shadow ministry was formed by Anthony Albanese following his election as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Leader of the Opposition on 30 May 2019.

The shadow ministry is the Opposition's alternative to the Second Morrison Ministry, which was sworn in on 29 May 2019. Its most senior members form a "shadow cabinet" mirroring the official Cabinet of Australia led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Each state's factions (Left and Right) were allocated a quota of shadow ministers. The composition of the shadow ministry was determined by the state factions, but the Leader of the Opposition allocated portfolios and selected the shadow cabinet.^[1] The shadow ministry contains 30 members, including a shadow cabinet of 20 members, and there are also twelve shadow assistant ministers.^[2]

Current arrangement[]

The current shadow ministry was announced on 28 January 2021, two months after the resignation of Joel Fitzgibbon from the shadow cabinet.^[3]^[4]

Shadow cabinet[]

Role		Minister
	Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Labor Party	Anthony Albanese MP
	Deputy Leader of the Opposition Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Shadow Minister for National Reconstruction, Employment, Skills and Small Business Shadow Minister for Science Shadow Minister Assisting for Small Business	Richard Marles MP
	Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs	Senator Penny Wong
	Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Home Affairs Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Shadow Minister for Government Accountability	Senator Kristina Keneally
	Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Shadow Minister for the Arts Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives	Tony Burke MP
	Shadow Special Minister of State Shadow Minister for Sport and Tourism Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition	Senator Don Farrell
	Shadow Treasurer	Jim Chalmers MP
	Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Shadow Minister for Government Services	Bill Shorten MP
	Shadow Minister for Education Shadow Minister for Women	Tanya Plibersek MP
	Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing	Mark Butler MP
	Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy	Chris Bowen MP
	Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development	Catherine King MP
	Shadow Minister for Defence	Brendan O'Connor MP
	Shadow Attorney-General Shadow Minister for Constitutional Reform	Mark Dreyfus MP
	Shadow Minister for Communications	Michelle Rowland MP
	Shadow Minister for Finance Shadow Minister for the Public Service	Senator Katy Gallagher
	Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians	Linda Burney MP
	Shadow Minister for Agriculture	Julie Collins MP
	Shadow Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness	Jason Clare MP
	Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education Shadow Minister for Youth	Amanda Rishworth MP
	Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water	Terri Butler MP
	Shadow Minister for Trade Shadow Minister for Resources	Madeleine King MP
	Shadow Minister for Industry and Innovation Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources	Ed Husic MP

Outer shadow ministry[]

Role		Minister
	Shadow Assistant Treasurer Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation	Stephen Jones MP
	Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel	Shayne Neumann MP
	Shadow Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services	Clare O'Neil MP
	Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific Shadow Minister Assisting on Government Accountability Shadow Minister Assisting for Climate Change Shadow Minister Assisting for Defence	Pat Conroy MP
	Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Shadow Minister Assisting for Immigration and Citizenship Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure	Andrew Giles MP
	Shadow Minister Assisting for Small Business Shadow Minister for Defence Industry	Matt Keogh MP
	Shadow Minister for Disaster and Emergency Management Shadow Minister for Northern Australia Shadow Minister for Queensland Resources	Senator Murray Watt

Assistant shadow ministers[]

Role		Minister
	Shadow Cabinet Secretary Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Assistant Minister for Communities and the Prevention of Family Violence	Senator Jenny McAllister
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Tourism Shadow Assistant Minister for Tasmania	Senator Carol Brown
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Reconciliation Shadow Assistant Minister for Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians	Senator Pat Dodson
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury Shadow Assistant Minister for Charities	Andrew Leigh MP
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Northern Australia Shadow Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Shadow Assistant Minister for External Territories	Warren Snowdon MP
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Education	Graham Perrett MP
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Carers Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health	Emma McBride MP
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Road Safety	Senator Glenn Sterle
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence	Meryl Swanson MP
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Shadow Assistant Minister for the Republic	Matt Thistlethwaite MP
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing	Ged Kearney MP
	Shadow Assistant Minister for the Environment	Josh Wilson MP
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Government Services and the NDIS Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate	Senator Kimberley Kitching
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Employment and Skills Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing	Senator Louise Pratt
	Shadow Assistant Minister for Communications and Cyber Security	Tim Watts MP

Shadow Ministry (2019–2021)[]

Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources Joel Fitzgibbon resigned in November 2020.^[5] For a brief period until the January 2021 reshuffle, Ed Husic took over Fitzgibbon's portfolio.^[6]

Shadow Cabinet[]

Officeholder	Office(s)
Hon Anthony Albanese MP	Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Australian Labor Party
Hon Richard Marles MP	Deputy Leader of the Opposition Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party Shadow Minister for Defence
Senator the Hon Penny Wong	Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
Senator the Hon Kristina Keneally	Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Home Affairs Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Hon Tony Burke MP	Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Shadow Minister for the Arts Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives
Hon Bill Shorten MP	Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Shadow Minister for Government Services
Hon Tanya Plibersek MP	Shadow Minister for Education and Training
Hon Jim Chalmers MP	Shadow Treasurer
Hon Mark Butler MP	Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives
Hon Chris Bowen MP	Shadow Minister for Health
Hon Catherine King MP	Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development
Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP	Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources
Senator the Hon Don Farrell	Shadow Special Minister of State Shadow Minister for Sport Shadow Minister for Tourism Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition
Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP	Shadow Attorney-General Shadow Minister for Constitutional Reform
Hon Michelle Rowland MP	Shadow Minister for Communications
Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher	Shadow Minister for Finance Shadow Minister for the Public Service Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate
Hon Linda Burney MP	Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians
Hon Julie Collins MP	Shadow Minister for Ageing and Seniors Shadow Minister for Women
Hon Brendan O'Connor MP	Shadow Minister for Employment and Industry Shadow Minister for Science Shadow Minister for Small and Family Business
Hon Jason Clare MP	Shadow Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness
Hon Amanda Rishworth MP	Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education Shadow Minister for Youth
Hon Terri Butler MP	Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water
Hon Madeleine King MP	Shadow Minister for Trade

Outer Shadow Ministry[]

Officeholder	Office(s)
Stephen Jones MP	Shadow Assistant Treasurer Shadow Minister for Financial Services
Hon Shayne Neumann MP	Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel
Clare O'Neil MP	Shadow Minister for Innovation, Technology and the Future of Work
Pat Conroy MP	Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific Shadow Minister Assisting for Climate Change Shadow Minister Assisting for Defence
Andrew Giles MP	Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Shadow Minister Assisting for Immigration and Citizenship
Matt Keogh MP	Shadow Minister for Defence Industry Shadow Minister for Western Australian Resources Shadow Minister Assisting for Small and Family Business
Senator Murray Watt	Shadow Minister for Northern Australia Shadow Minister for Natural Disasters and Emergency Management

Shadow Assistant Ministers[]

Officeholder	Office(s)
Senator Jenny McAllister	Shadow Cabinet Secretary Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Senator Carol Brown	Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Tourism Shadow Assistant Minister for Tasmania
Senator Pat Dodson	Shadow Assistant Minister for Reconciliation Shadow Assistant Minister for Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians
Hon Andrew Leigh MP	Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury Shadow Assistant Minister for Charities
Hon Warren Snowdon MP	Shadow Assistant Minister for Northern Australia Shadow Assistant Minister for External Territories Shadow Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians
Graham Perrett MP	Shadow Assistant Minister for Education and Training
Emma McBride MP	Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health Shadow Assistant Minister for Carers
Senator Glenn Sterle	Shadow Assistant Minister for Road Safety
Meryl Swanson MP	Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence
Hon Matt Thistlethwaite MP	Shadow Assistant Minister for Financial Services Shadow Assistant Minister for the Republic
Ged Kearney MP	Shadow Assistant Minister for Skills Shadow Assistant Minister for Aged Care
Josh Wilson MP	Shadow Assistant Minister for the Environment
Senator Kimberley Kitching	Shadow Assistant Minister for Government Accountability Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate
Senator Louise Pratt	Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing
Tim Watts MP	Shadow Assistant Minister for Communications Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security

References[]

^ Patrick, Aaron (28 May 2019). "The downfall of Bill Shorten". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "No frontbench seat for Labor MP Pat Dodson". The Australian. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Anthony Albanese announces new shadow cabinet". The Canberra Times. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ Anthony Albanese [@AlboMP] (28 January 2021). "The new Labor team:" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Twitter.
^ Murphy, Katharine (10 November 2020). "Joel Fitzgibbon quits shadow cabinet after dispute over Labor's climate policy". The Guardian Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Ed Husic is back on the Labor frontbench". InnovationAus. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[1] Patrick, Aaron (28 May 2019). "The downfall of Bill Shorten". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

[2] "No frontbench seat for Labor MP Pat Dodson". The Australian. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[3] "Anthony Albanese announces new shadow cabinet". The Canberra Times. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[4] Anthony Albanese [@AlboMP] (28 January 2021). "The new Labor team:" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Twitter.

[nov2020-5] Murphy, Katharine (10 November 2020). "Joel Fitzgibbon quits shadow cabinet after dispute over Labor's climate policy". The Guardian Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[6] "Ed Husic is back on the Labor frontbench". InnovationAus. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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