Brookvale Public School

Brookvale Public School

Ministry of Cabinet

Year 6 at the Press Conference.

By Stella and Daisy

The Cabinet is made up of the Premier and the Senior Parliamentary members or Ministers. This is also called the Ministry. The Premier appoints the Ministers and can also remove them if he or she feels they are not doing a good job.

The Cabinet actually governs by providing policy and direction for the Government. Each Minister is responsible for a department such as education, health, police or transport.

There are usually about 20 Ministers appointed from either house of Parliament, although the Premier and most other Ministers are from the Legislative Assembly, a Minister can also be from the Legislative Council.

The Premier and the Treasurer must be members of the Legislative Assembly. The convention is that a government needs the confidence of the Legislative Assembly in order to govern. If it loses this it would be expected to resign.

The Members of the 2003 Cabinet

Bob Carr	Premier, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Citizenship
Andrew Refshauge	Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Michael Egan	Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Vice - President of the Executive Council
John Della Bosca	Special Minister of State, Minister for Commerce, Minister for Industrial Relations, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for the Central Coast
Craig Knowles	Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, Minister for Natural Resources
Bob Debus	Attorney General, Minister for the Environment
Carl Scully	Minister for Roads, Minister for Housing
Morris Iemma	Minister for Health
Michael Costa	Minister for Transport Services, Minister for the Hunter, Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Forests)
John Watkins	Minister for Police
Carmel Tebbutt	Minister for Community Services, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability Services, Minister for Youth
Frank Sartor	Minister for Energy and Utilities, Minister for Science and Medical Research, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer), Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts
Sandra Nori	Minister for Tourism and Sport and Recreation, and Minister for Women
Tony Kelly	Minister for Rural Affairs, Minister for Local Government, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Lands)
David Campbell	Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Illawarra, Minister for Small Business
Ian Macdonald	Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
Diane Beamer	Minister for Juvenile Justice, Minister for Western Sydney, Minister Assisting the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning (Planning Administration)
Meagher Reba	Minister for Fair Trading, Minister Assisting the Minister for Commerce
John Hatzistergos	Minister for Justice, Minister Assisting the Premier on Citizenship
Grant McBride	Minister for Gaming and Racing
Kerry Hickey	Minister for Mineral Resources

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