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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 , then Mark Vaile

Minister For Transport And Regional Services - John Anderson, then Warren Truss

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 - Tony Abbott

Attorney General - Daryl Williams , then Philip Ruddock

Minister For The Environment And Heritage - Ian Campbell

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

Minister For Agriculture, Fisheries And Forestry - Warren Truss , then Peter McGauran

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 - Kevin Andrews

OTHER MINISTERS

Minister For Fisheries, Forestry And Conservation - Ian Macdonald

Minister For The Arts And Sport - Rod Kemp

Minister For Human Services - Joe Hockey

Minister For Revenue and Assistant Treasurer - Mal Brough

Special Minister Of State - Eric Abetz

Minister For Justice And Customs - Chris Ellison

Minister For Veterans' Affairs - De-Anne Kelly

Minister For Citizenship And Multicultural Affairs - John Cobb

Minister For Ageing - Julie Bishop

Minister For Employment Services - Fran Bailey

Minister For Local Government, Territories And Roads - Jim Lloyd

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

See: 41st Australian Parliament

Opposition leaders

Australian Labor Party - Mark Latham , then Kim Beazley

Australian Greens - Bob Brown

Australian Democrats - Lyn Allison

Family First - Steve Fielding

High Court justices

Chief Justice: Anthony Murray Gleeson

Michael McHugh , then Susan Crennan

William Gummow

Michael Kirby

Kenneth Hayne

Ian Callinan

Dyson Heydon

Other

Speaker Of The House Of Representatives - 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 , then Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston , AO (from 4 July )

STATES

Premiers

Premier Of New South Wales - Bob Carr , then Morris Iemma

Premier Of South Australia - Mike Rann

Premier Of Queensland - Peter Beattie

Premier Of Tasmania - 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 - 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 - Campbell Newman

Darwin - Peter Adamson

Hobart - Rob Valentine

Melbourne - John So

Perth - Peter Nattrass

Sydney - 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 Bishop 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 , then Archbishop Phillip Aspinall

--- Anglican Bishop Of Adelaide - Archbishop Jeffrey Driver

--- Anglican Bishop Of Brisbane - Archbishop Phillip Aspinall

--- Anglican Bishop Of Melbourne - Archbishop Peter Watson

--- Anglican Bishop Of Perth - Archbishop Peter Carnley, then Archbishop Roger Herft

--- Anglican Bishop Of Sydney - Archbishop Peter Jensen