Following the swearing-in of John Howard Liberal-National coalition government, the Prime Minister has announced the composition of Cabinet Committees.
Economic Committee
- Hon John Howard, MP, Prime Minister (Chair)
- Hon Tim Fischer, MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Trade
- Hon Peter Costello, MP, Treasurer, (Deputy Chairman)
- Hon Peter Reith, MP, Minister for Industrial Relations, Leader of the House, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service
- Hon John Moore, MP, Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism, Vice President of the Executive Council
- Hon John Sharp, MP, Minister for Transport and Regional Development
- Hon John Fahey, MP, Minister for Finance
- Senator the Hon Jim Short, Assistant Treasurer
Expenditure Review Committee
- Hon John Howard, MP, Prime Minister (Chair)
- Hon Peter Costello, MP, Treasurer, (Deputy Chairman)
- Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge, MP, Minister for Health and Family Services
- Hon John Fahey, MP, Minister for Finance
- Senator the Hon Jim Short, Assistant Treasurer
Legal Committee
- Hon John Howard, MP, Prime Minister (Chair)
- Hon John Anderson, MP, Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
- Senator the Hon Robert Hill, Minister for the Environment, Leader of the Government in the Senate (Deputy Chair)
- Senator the Hon Richard Alston, Minister for Communications and the Arts, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
- Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs
- Hon Dr David Kemp, MP, Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Finance for Privatisation
- Hon Daryl Williams, AM, QC, MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
National Security Committee
- Hon John Howard, MP, Prime Minister (Chair)
- Hon Tim Fischer, MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Trade
- Hon Peter Costello, MP, Treasurer, (Deputy Chairman)
- Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Hon Ian McLachlan, AO, MP, Minister for Defence
- Hon Daryl Williams, AM, QC, MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
Parliamentary Business Committee
- Senator the Hon Robert Hill, Minister for the Environment, Leader of the Government in the Senate (Chair)
- Senator the Hon Richard Alston, Minister for Communications and the Arts, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate (Deputy Chair)
- Hon Peter Reith, MP, Minister for Industrial Relations, Leader of the House, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service
- Hon John Moore, MP, Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism, Vice President of the Executive Council
- Hon Peter McGauran, MP, Minister for Science and Technology, Deputy Leader of the House
- Hon Daryl Williams, AM, QC, MP, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
- Hon Chris Miles, MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Cabinet)
- Senator the Hon Rod Kemp, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Security, Manager of Government Business in the Senate
