Swearing-in Ceremony; Reception for the 2013 Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference

On Monday 1 July 2013, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO received the Prime Minister, the Honourable Kevin Rudd MP.

Afterwards, the Governor-General issued the Instruments of Appointment of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries to their respective new offices.

Later, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General issued the Oaths and Affirmations of Office and Executive Councillor to the newly appointed Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries: the Honourable Anthony Norman Albanese MP, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy; the Honourable Sharon Leah Bird MP, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Regional Communications and Minister for Road Safety; the Honourable David John Bradbury MP, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs; the Honourable Anthony Stephen Burke MP, Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship, and Minister for the Arts; the Honourable Mark Christopher Butler MP, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water and Minister for Climate Change; Senator the Honourable Kim John Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, and Minister for Higher Education; the Honourable Jason Dean Clare MP, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice; Senator the Honourable Jacinta Mary Ann Collins, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing; the Honourable Julie Maree Collins MP, Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Minister for Community Services, Minister for the Status of Women and Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development; the Honourable Katherine Margaret Ellis MP, Minister for Early Childhood, Childcare and Youth, and Minister for Employment Participation; Senator the Honourable Donald Edward Farrell, Minister for Sport; the Honourable Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; the Honourable Catherine Fiona King MP, Minister for Regional Australia, Local Government and Territories; Senator the Honourable Kate Alexandra Lundy, Minister for Multicultural Affairs; the Honourable Richard Donald Marles MP, Minister for Trade; the Honourable Brendan Patrick John O’Connor MP, Minister for Employment and Minister for Skills and Trading; the Honourable Melissa Parke MP, Minister for International Development; the Honourable Tanya Joan Plibersek MP, Minister for Health and Medical Research; the Honourable William Richard Shorten MP, Minister for Education and Minister for Workplace Relations; the Honourable Alan Peter Griffin MP, Cabinet Secretary and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Senator the Honourable Douglas Niven Cameron, Parliamentary Secretary for Housing and Homelessness; the Honourable Yvette Maree D’ath MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, Innovation and Industry; the Honourable Edham Nurredin Husic MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, and Parliamentary Secretary for Broadband; Senator the Honourable Matthew James Thistlethwaite, Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs, and Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport; and the Honourable Kelvin John Thompson MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Schools.

In the evening, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a reception for the 2013 Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference.