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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Head Of State - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Michael Jeffery

Cabinet

Prime Minister - John Howard

Deputy Prime Minister - John Anderson

Minister For Transport And Regional Services - John Anderson

Treasurer - Peter Costello

Minister For Trade - Mark Vaile

Minister For Foreign Affairs - Alexander Downer

Minister For Defence - Robert Hill

Minister For Finance And Administration - Nick Minchin

Minister For Health And Ageing - Kay Patterson , then Tony Abbott

Attorney General - Daryl Williams , then Philip Ruddock

Minister For The Environment And Heritage - David Kemp , then Ian Campbell

Minister For Communications, Information Technology And The Arts - Daryl Williams , then Helen Coonan

Minister For Agriculture, Fisheries And Forestry - Warren Truss

Minister For Immigration And Multicultural And Indigenous Affairs - Amanda Vanstone

Minister For Education, Science And Training - Brendan Nelson

Minister For Family And Community Services - Kay Patterson

Minister For Industry, Tourism And Resources - Ian Macfarlane

Minister For Employment And Workplace Relations - Tony Abbott , then Kevin Andrews

OTHER MINISTERS

Minister For Fisheries, Forestry And Conservation - Ian Macdonald

Minister For The Arts And Sport - Rod Kemp

Minister For Science - Peter McGauran

Minister For Children And Youth Affairs - Larry Anthony

Minister For Revenue and Assistant Treasurer - Helen Coonan, then Mal Brough

Special Minister Of State - Eric Abetz

Minister For Justice And Customs - Chris Ellison

Minister For Veterans' Affairs - Danna Vale , then De-Anne Kelly

Minister For Citizenship And Multicultural Affairs - Gary Hardgrave , then Peter McGauran

Minister For Ageing - Julie Bishop

Minister For Employment Services - Mal Brough, then Fran Bailey

Minister For Local Government, Territories And Roads - Ian Campbell, then Jim Lloyd

Minister For Small Business And Tourism - Joe Hockey (position abolished in November)

Minister For Science - Peter McGauran (position abolished in November)

Minister For Children And Youth Affairs - Larry Anthony (position abolished in November)

Minister For Vocational And Technical Education - Gary Hardgrave (new position in November)

Minister For Workforce Participation - Peter Dutton (new position in November)

Minister For Human Services - Joe Hockey (new position in November)

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

See: 40th Australian Parliament , then 41st Australian Parliament

Opposition leaders

Australian Labor Party - Mark Latham

Australian Greens - Bob Brown (de facto)

Australian Democrats - Andrew Bartlett , then Lyn Allison

Family First - Andrea Mason , then Steve Fielding

High Court justices

Chief Justice: Anthony Murray Gleeson

Michael McHugh

William Gummow

Michael Kirby

Kenneth Hayne

Ian Callinan

John Heydon

Other

Speaker Of The House Of Representatives - Neil Andrew , then David Hawker

President Of The Senate - Paul Calvert

Chairman Of The Reserve Bank Of Australia - Ian Macfarlane

Chief Of The Australian Defence Force - Lieutenant-General Peter Cosgrove

STATES

Premiers

Premier Of New South Wales - Bob Carr

Premier Of South Australia - Mike Rann

Premier Of Queensland - Peter Beattie

Premier Of Tasmania - Jim Bacon , then Paul Lennon

Premier Of Western Australia - Geoffrey Gallop

Premier Of Victoria - Steve Bracks

Chief Minister Of The Australian Capital Territory - Jon Stanhope

Chief Minister Of The Northern Territory - Clare Martin

Governors

Governor Of New South Wales - Marie Bashir

Governor Of South Australia - Marjorie Jackson-Nelson

Governor Of Queensland - Quentin Bryce

Governor Of Tasmania - Richard Butler , then William Cox

Governor Of Western Australia - John Sanderson

Governor Of Victoria - John Landy

Administrator Of The Northern Territory - Ted Egan

LORD MAYORS

Adelaide - Michael Harbison

Brisbane - Tim Quinn , then Campbell Newman

Darwin - Peter Adamson

Hobart - Rob Valentine

Melbourne - John So

Perth - Peter Nattrass

Sydney - Lucy Turnbull , then Clover Moore

RELIGIOUS LEADERS

Roman Catholic Church

--- Roman Catholic Bishop Of Adelaide - Archbishop Philip Wilson

--- Roman Catholic Bishop Of Brisbane - Archbishop John Bathersby

--- Roman Catholic Bishop Of Hobart - Archbishop Adrian Doyle

--- Roman Catholic Archbishop Of Melbourne - Archbishop Denis Hart

--- Roman Catholic Bishop Of Perth - Archbishop Barry Hickey

--- Roman Catholic Bishop Of Sydney - Cardinal Archbishop George Pell

Uniting Church In Australia

--- President Of The Uniting Church In Australia - Reverend Dean Drayton

Anglican Church Of Australia

--- Primate Of The Anglican Church Of Australia - Archbishop Peter Carnley

--- Anglican Bishop Of Adelaide - Archbishop Ian George

--- Anglican Bishop Of Brisbane - Archbishop Phillip Aspinall

--- Anglican Bishop Of Melbourne - Archbishop Peter Watson

--- Anglican Bishop Of Perth - Archbishop Peter Carnley

--- Anglican Bishop Of Sydney - Archbishop Peter Jensen