Anthony Stephen Burke is an Australian politician serving as Leader of the House,Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for the Arts since 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),and has served as member of parliament (MP) for Watson since 2004. He held cabinet positions in the governments of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2007 to 2013.
Ian Douglas Macdonald is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1990 to 2019,representing the Liberal Party. He was Minister for Regional Services,Territories and Local Government (1998–2001) and Minister for Fisheries,Forestry and Conservation (2001–2006) in the Howard government. He was defeated at the 2019 federal election,having been the longest-serving incumbent member of parliament for the final years of his career.
Katherine Ruth Gallagher is an Australian politician who has been serving as the Minister for Finance,Minister for Women,Minister for the Public Service and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Albanese Government since 2022,and formerly served as the 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2011 to 2014. She has been a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory since the 2019 federal election,as a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She previously served in the Senate from 2015 to 2018.
Joseph William Ludwig 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.
The Queensland Greens is a Green party in Queensland,Australia,and a state member of the Australian Greens. The party is currently represented in all three levels of government,by Larissa Waters and Penny Allman-Payne in the federal Senate;Stephen Bates,Max Chandler-Mather,and Elizabeth Watson-Brown in the House of Representatives;Michael Berkman and Amy MacMahon in the state Legislative Assembly;and Trina Massey in Brisbane City Council.
Jan Elizabeth McLucas is a former Australian politician. McLucas was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing Queensland from 1999 to 2016. McLucas was the Minister for Human Services in the Rudd Government till the 2013 Election.
Yvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the seat of Redcliffe. D'Ath has served as the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence and Leader of the House. She was previously a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the outer Brisbane seat of Petrie from 2007 to 2013.
Shayne Kenneth Neumann is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Federal seat of Blair in November 2007,and re-elected in 2010,2013,2016,2019 and 2022. In March 2013,Shayne was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing. After the 2013 Federal election,he was appointed Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and for Ageing. In 2016,he was appointed Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. After the 2019 Federal election,he was appointed Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel.
Scott Anthony Emerson is a former Australian politician and journalist. He is a director of national consulting firm GXO Strategies and a commentator on Nine Entertainment’s national breakfast television program Today. He hosted the Scott Emerson Drive Show on Brisbane talkback radio station 4BC from 2020 to 2022. He served as the Minister for Transport and Main Roads Minister in the Newman Ministry from 2012 to 2015. In the Legislative Assembly of Queensland he represented the seat of Indooroopilly in Brisbane's inner-west,from 2009 to 2017. Indooroopilly was abolished at the 2017 state election and Emerson chose to contest the new seat of Maiwar which had a notional LNP margin of 3%;Emerson was unsuccessful in his bid,losing to the Greens candidate Michael Berkman.
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. He was formerly a member of the Australian Senate from 2011 to 2013. Since 1 June 2022,Thistlethwaite has served as Assistant Minister for Defence,Veterans' Affairs and the Republic in the ministry of Anthony Albanese.
Timothy Graham Watts is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election,representing the Victorian seat of Gellibrand. Since 1 June 2022,Watts has served as Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs in the ministry of Anthony Albanese.
James Edward Chalmers is an Australian politician. He has been Treasurer of Australia in the Albanese government since May 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a member of parliament for the division of Rankin since 2013.
Anthony David Chisholm is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a Senator for Queensland since 2016. He was appointed an assistant minister in the Albanese government following the party's victory at the 2022 federal election. He previously served as the party's state secretary from 2008 to 2014.
Dugald Milton Dick is an Australian politician who serves as the 32nd Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Queensland seat of Oxley in the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election. He previously served on the Brisbane City Council (2008–2016) and as ALP state secretary (2004–2008). He is the brother of Queensland Treasurer and Deputy Premier Cameron Dick.
Kimberley Jane Elizabeth Kitching was an Australian politician,lawyer,and trade unionist. A member of the Labor Party,she was a Senator for Victoria from October 2016 until her death.
John Edward Graham is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since October 2016 and has been Special Minister of State and Minister for Roads,the Arts,Music,the Night-time Economy,Jobs and Tourism since 2023.
The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government,led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison,sought to win a fourth consecutive term in office but was defeated by the opposition Labor Party,led by Anthony Albanese. Up for election were all 151 seats in the lower house,the House of Representatives,as well as 40 of the 76 seats in the upper house,the Senate.
A leadership election was held in May 2019 to determine the successor to Bill Shorten as leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition. Shorten announced his pending resignation on 18 May,following Labor's surprise defeat in the 2019 federal election. The leadership was confirmed unopposed;Anthony Albanese was elected as Leader,with Richard Marles elected Deputy Leader.
Nita Louise Green is an Australian politician who was elected as a Senator for Queensland at the 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Anika Shay Wells is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represents the Division of Lilley in Queensland. Wells is currently the Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Sport.
