2005 Australian incumbents
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See also: 2004 Australian incumbents, Events in Australia in 2005, 2006 Australian incumbents, incumbents around the world in 2005
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[edit] Federal government
[edit] Cabinet
- 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
[edit] 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
- Minister for Vocational and Technical Education: Gary Hardgrave
- Minister for Workforce Participation: Peter Dutton
[edit] Members of Parliament
See: 41st Australian parliament
[edit] Opposition leaders
- Australian Labor Party - Mark Latham, then Kim Beazley
- Australian Greens - Bob Brown
- Australian Democrats - Lyn Allison
- Family First - Steve Fielding
[edit] High Court justices
- Chief Justice: Anthony Murray Gleeson
- Michael McHugh, then Susan Crennan
- William Gummow
- Michael Kirby
- Kenneth Hayne
- Ian Callinan
- Dyson Heydon
[edit] 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)
[edit] States
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Lord Mayors
- Adelaide - Michael Harbison
- Brisbane - Campbell Newman
- Darwin - Peter Adamson
- Hobart - Rob Valentine
- Melbourne - John So
- Perth - Peter Nattrass
- Sydney - Clover Moore
[edit] 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
