Simon Findlay Crean was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 2001 to 2003. He represented the seat of Hotham in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2013 and was a cabinet minister in the Hawke,Keating,Rudd and Gillard governments.
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and June to September 2013. He held office as the leader of the Labor Party (ALP) and was the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Griffith from 1998 to 2013. Since 2023,Rudd has been the 23rd ambassador of Australia to the United States.
Julia Eileen Gillard is an Australian former politician who was the 27th prime minister of Australia and the leader of the Labor Party (ALP) from 2010 to 2013. Born in Barry,Wales and raised in Adelaide,she was the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Lalor from 1998 to 2013. She was also the 13th deputy prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010,under Kevin Rudd. She is the first and only woman to hold either office in Australian history.
Wayne Maxwell Swan is an Australian politician serving as the 25th and current National President of the Labor Party since 2018,previously serving as the 14th deputy prime minister of Australia and the deputy leader of the Labor Party from 2010 to 2013,and the treasurer of Australia from 2007 to 2013.
The Division of Batman was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It took its name from John Batman,one of the founders of the city of Melbourne. The division was created in 1906,replacing the Division of Northern Melbourne,and was abolished in 2019 and replaced by the Division of Cooper.
John Philip Faulkner is an Australian former Labor Party politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1989 to 2015. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Keating,Rudd and Gillard governments.
Christopher Vaughan Evans is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Western Australia from 1993 to 2013,representing the Australian Labor Party.
William Richard Shorten is an Australian politician and former trade unionist serving as the current Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme since 2022. Previously,Shorten was leader of the opposition and leader of the Labor Party (ALP) from 2013 to 2019. A member of parliament (MP) for the division of Maribyrnong since 2007,Shorten also held several ministerial portfolios in the Gillard and Rudd governments from 2010 to 2013.
Gregory Ivan Combet is the chairman of Australia’s sovereign wealth fund,the Future Fund. Prior to this he served as chair of the Australian Government Net Zero Economy Agency,overseeing the economic transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy and net zero emissions.
Faceless men is a term from Australian politics. The term is generally used to refer to men and women who exert political influence and are not elected representatives to state,territory or federal legislative bodies,yet are elected representatives to bodies that determine political party policies. However,the political tactic of elected representatives canvassing party members for support on policies varies widely amongst Australian political parties.
Richard Donald Marles is an Australian politician and lawyer serving as the 19th and current deputy prime minister of Australia and the Minister for Defence since May 2022. He has been the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2019,having served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Corio since 2007.
The first Rudd government was the executive Government of Australia formed by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The Rudd government commenced on 3 December 2007,when Rudd was sworn in along with his ministry. This took place just nine days after the defeat of the Howard government,which was a Coalition of members of the Liberal and National parties,at the 2007 federal election. The Rudd government concluded on 24 June 2010 when Rudd,under pressure from an impending leadership caucus ballot,stepped down from the leadership of the ALP and was succeeded by his deputy,Julia Gillard. Rudd was re-elected leader of the Labor Party in 2013 and served a second term as prime minister.
A leadership spill occurred in the Australian Labor Party on 24 June 2010. Kevin Rudd,the prime minister of Australia,was challenged by Julia Gillard,the deputy prime minister of Australia,for the leadership of the Australian Labor Party. Gillard won the election unopposed after Rudd declined to contest,choosing instead to resign. Gillard was duly sworn in as prime minister by Quentin Bryce,the Governor-General,on 24 June 2010 at Government House,becoming Australia's first female prime minister.
The Gillard government was the Government of Australia led by the 27th prime minister of Australia,Julia Gillard,of the Australian Labor Party. The Gillard government succeeded the first Rudd government by way of the Labor Party leadership spill,and began on 24 June 2010,with Gillard sworn in as prime minister by the governor-general of Australia,Quentin Bryce. The Gillard government ended when Kevin Rudd won back the leadership of the Australian Labor Party on 26 June 2013 and commenced the second Rudd government.
The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on Saturday 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia,led by Warren Truss,defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a landslide. It was also the third time in history that a party won 90 or more seats at an Australian election. Labor had been in government for six years since being elected in the 2007 election. This election marked the end of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Labor government and the start of the 9 year long Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Liberal-National Coalition government. Abbott was sworn in by the Governor-General,Quentin Bryce,as Australia's new prime minister on 18 September 2013,along with the Abbott Ministry. The 44th Parliament of Australia opened on 12 November 2013,with the members of the House of Representatives and territory senators sworn in. The state senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014,with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July.
Matthew James Thistlethwaite is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2013,representing the electorate of Kingsford Smith. Since 29 July 2024,Thistlethwaite has served as the Assistant Minister for Immigration in the ministry of Anthony Albanese.
A leadership spill in the Australian Labor Party,the party of government in the Parliament of Australia,was held on 27 February 2012 at 10 am AEDT,followed by a ballot. The Prime Minister,Julia Gillard,announced the spill at a press conference on 23 February 2012,following the resignation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs,Kevin Rudd,from his cabinet position after months of speculation that he intended to challenge Gillard for the leadership. Rudd announced his intention to seek the leadership at a press conference on 24 February.
Gerardine Mary "Ged" Kearney is an Australian politician and trade unionist who is the Australian Labor Party member for the federal Division of Cooper and the current Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care,a position she has occupied since the election of the government of Anthony Albanese at the 2022 Australian federal election. Kearney has been a member of the House of Representatives since March 2018,first representing the Division of Batman. Prior to entering politics,Kearney served as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2010 to 2018.
The second Rudd government was the federal executive Government of Australia led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of the Australian Labor Party. It commenced on 27 June 2013 and ceased on 18 September 2013. Rudd had previously served a term as Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010 and been replaced by his deputy Julia Gillard,following an internal party spill. Rudd regained the Labor Party leadership by successfully re-challenging Gillard in a June 2013 party spill. On 5 August,Rudd called an election for 7 September 2013,which resulted in the defeat of his government by the Liberal/National Coalition led by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Batman took place on 17 March 2018. The by-election was called as a result of the resignation on 1 February 2018 of the incumbent backbench Australian Labor Party MP,David Feeney,who resigned amid the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis.
