This page provides statistical data on the 2016 Shorten shadow ministry.
The 32-member ministry was elected/endorsed by the ALP Caucus on July 22. Portfolio allocations were announced today. The ministry comprises 22 members in the shadow Cabinet and 10 members in the shadow outer ministry. There are 16 shadow parliamentary secretaries who act as assistants to the ministry. These positions were chosen by Shorten.
The first table shows the ministry by age, sex, state, parliamentary chamber and faction.
The second table lists each member of the executive and gives their birthdays, ages, electorates, states, portfolio, faction and when they were first elected to parliament. A handful of members have also served in state parliaments and this is shown in the table.
I have shown only the main Left and Right factional affiliations, disregarding the mainly state-based sub-groupings.
The second table lists members of the three groups in order of age.
| ALP Shadow Ministry – from July 23, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHADOW CABINET (22) |
SHADOW OUTER MINISTRY (10) |
FULL SHADOW MINISTRY (32) |
SHADOW PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES (16) |
TOTAL (48) |
|
(62) |
(65) |
(65) |
(68) |
(68) |
|
(38) |
(32) |
(32) |
(36) |
(32) |
|
| Shorten ALP Shadow Ministry – from July 23, 2016 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Sex | Date of Birth | Age | Seat | State | First Elected | Portfolio | Faction | |
| CABINET (22) | ||||||||||
| Jenny Macklin | Families and Social Services | |||||||||
| Sen. Kim Carr | Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | |||||||||
| Mark Dreyfus | Attorney-General; National Security; Deputy Manager of Opposition Business (House) | |||||||||
| Shayne Neumann | Immigration and Border Protection | |||||||||
| Joel Fitzgibbon | Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Rural and Regional Australia | |||||||||
| Brendan O’Connor | Employment and Workplace Relations | |||||||||
| Sen. Stephen Conroy | Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate; Special Minister of State; Sport | |||||||||
| Anthony Albanese | Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development; Tourism | |||||||||
| Catherine King | ||||||||||
| Bill Shorten | Leader of the Opposition; Indigenous Affairs and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders | |||||||||
| Richard Marles | Defence | |||||||||
| Sen. Penny Wong | Leader of the Opposition in the Senate; Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
| Tony Burke | 2004 |
Environment and Water; Citizenship and Multicultural Australia; Arts; Manager of Opposition Business (House) | ||||||||
| Tanya Plibersek | Deputy Leader of the Opposition; Education; Women | |||||||||
| Sen. Katy Gallagher | 2015 |
Small Business and Financial Services | ||||||||
| Mark Butler | Climate Change & Environment | |||||||||
| Julie Collins | Ageing and Mental Health | |||||||||
| Michelle Rowland | Communications | |||||||||
| Jason Clare | Resources and Northern Australia; Trade and Investment | |||||||||
| Chris Bowen | Treasurer | |||||||||
| Kate Ellis | Employment Participation & Early Childhood | |||||||||
| Jim Chalmers | Finance | |||||||||
| OUTER MINISTRY (10) | ||||||||||
| Sen. Doug Cameron | Skills and Apprenticeships; Housing and Homelessness | |||||||||
| Sen. Claire Moore | International Development and the Pacific | |||||||||
| Linda Burney | 2016 |
Human Services | ||||||||
| Sen. Carol Brown | Disability and Carers | |||||||||
| Stephen Jones | Regional Services, Territories and Local Government; Regional Communications | |||||||||
| Ed Husic | Employment Services and Workforce Participation | |||||||||
| Andrew Leigh | Assistant Treasurer; Competition and Productivity; Charities and Not-for-Profits; Trade in Services | |||||||||
| Amanda Rishworth | Veterans’ Affairs; Defence Personnel | |||||||||
| Clare O’Neil | Justice | |||||||||
| Sen. Sam Dastyari | Consumer Affairs; Manager of Opposition Business (Senate) | |||||||||
| SHADOW PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES | ||||||||||
| Sen. Patrick Dodson | Indigenous Affairs and Aboriginal and Torrest Strait Islanders | |||||||||
| Warren Snowdon | 1998 |
External Territories; Northern Australia | ||||||||
| Tony Zappia | Medicare | |||||||||
| Julie Owens | Citizenship and Multicultural Australia | |||||||||
| Sen. Helen Polley | Assistant to the Leader (Tasmania); Ageing | |||||||||
| Mike Kelly | 2016 |
Defence Industry and Support | ||||||||
| Sen. Jacinta Collins | 2008 |
Cabinet Secretary; Early Childhood; Citizenship and Multicultural Australia | ||||||||
| Gai Brodtmann | Cyber Security and Defence Personnel | |||||||||
| Nick Champion | Manufacturing and Science | |||||||||
| Sen. Louise Pratt | 2008-14 2016 |
Families and Communities | ||||||||
| Matt Thistlethwaite | Treasury | |||||||||
| Andrew Giles | Schools | |||||||||
| Tim Hammond | Digital Economy and Startups; Innovation; Resources and Western Australia | |||||||||
| Terri Butler | Family Violence and Child Safety; Universities; Equality | |||||||||
| Pat Conroy | Climate Change; Infrastructure | |||||||||
| Lisa Chesters | Workplace Relations; Rural and Regional Australia | |||||||||
