Following the defeat of the Keating government in March 1996, Kim Beazley was elected leader of the ALP on March 19, 1996.
- The Hon. Kim Christian Beazley MP
Leader of the Opposition - The Hon. Gareth John Evans QC, MP
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Shadow Treasurer - Senator the Hon. John Philip Faulkner
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Shadow Minister for Social Security - Senator the Hon. Nicholas John Sherry
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Shadow Minister for Finance and Superannuation - The Hon. Simon Findlay Crean MP
Shadow Minister for Industry and Regional Development
Manager of Opposition Business - The Hon. Robert Francis McMullan MP
Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations
Assistant to the Leader of the Opposition on Public Service Matters - The Hon. Michael John Lee MP
Shadow Minister for Health - The Hon. Carmen Mary Lawrence MP
Shadow Minister for the Environment
Shadow Minister for the Arts
Assistant to the Leader of the Opposition on the Status of Women - Senator the Hon. Robert Lindsay Collins
Shadow Minister for Primary Industries and Northern Australia and Territories - The Hon. Laurence John Brereton MP
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs - The Hon. Peter Jeremy Baldwin MP
Shadow Minister for Education and Youth Affairs - Senator the Hon. Peter Francis Salmon Cook
Shadow Minister for Commerce and Small Business - Senator the Hon. Nick Bolkus
Shadow Attorney-General and Minister for Justice - Mr. Martin John Ferguson MP
Shadow Minister for Employment and Training - The Hon. Archibald Ronald Bevis MP
Shadow Minister for Defence - The Hon. Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr MP
Shadow Minister for Immigration
Assistant to the Leader of the Opposition on Multicultural Affairs - Senator the Hon. Christopher Cleland Schacht MP
Shadow Minister for Communications - The Hon. Stephen Paul Martin MP
Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs
Shadow Minister for Sport and Tourism - Mr. Lindsay James Tanner MP
Shadow Minister for Transport - The Hon. Neil Patrick O’Keefe MP
Shadow Minister for Resources and Energy - Ms. Jennifer Louise Macklin MP
Shadow Minister for the Aged, Family and Community Services - Mr. Stephen Francis Smith MP
Shadow Minister for Trade - Mr. Mark William Latham MP
Shadow Minister for Competition Policy
Assistant to the Shadow Treasurer
Shadow Minister for Local Government - Mr. Daryl Melham MP
Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Assistant to the Shadow Foreign Minister on Arms Control - Mr. Martyn John Evans MP
Shadow Minister for Science and Information Technology - Mr Laurie Donald Thomas Ferguson MP
Shadow Minister for Administrative Services – - Senator Belinda Jane Neal
Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs
Assistant to the Shadow Minister for Health
