Scott Morrison Named as Australia’s New Minister for Immigration

Australia’s conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott has unveiled his first Cabinet and among the members is Scott Morrison, the new Minister for Immigration & Border Protection.

He will replace Tony Burke who held the position for 79 days, from 1 July 2013 to 18 September 2013.

“I am proud to be the first Member for Cook to serve in Cabinet”, Mr. Morrison said.

“As a member of Cabinet in the Abbott Government, I will provide the shire with an even stronger voice in Canberra, to help make our community an even better place to live and raise a family”, he added.

Scott Morrison, 45, was the Managing Director of Tourism Australia from 2004 to 2006 before entering the Parliament. In 2007, he was first elected to the House of Representatives for Cook in New South Wales.

Below is the complete line-up of the new cabinet:

Cabinet (19 Members)

NAME	TITLE
Tony Abbott	Prime Minister
Warren Truss	Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development
Julie Bishop	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Eric Abetz	Minister for Employment
George Brandis	Minister for Arts
Joe Hockey	Minister for Treasurer
Barnaby Joyce	Minister for Agriculture
Christopher Pyne	Minister for Education
Nigel Scullion	Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Ian Macfarlane	Minister for Industry
Kevin Andrews	Minister for Social Services
Malcolm Turnbull	Minister for Communications
Peter Dutton	Minister for Health; Minister for Sport
Bruce Billson	Minister for Small Business
Andrew Robb	Minister for Trade and Investment
David Johnston	Minister for Defence
Greg Hunt	Minister for Environment
Scott Morrison	Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
Mathias Cormann	Minister for Finance

Outer Ministers (11 Members)

NAME	TITLE
Mitch Fifield	Assistant Minister for Social Services
Luke Hartsuyker	Assistant Minister for Employment
Fiona Nash	Assistant Minister for Health
Michael Ronaldson	Minister for Veterans’ Affairs; Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC; Special Minister of State
Sussan Ley	Assistant Minister for Education
Marise Payne	Minister for Human Services
Michael Keenan	Minister for Justice
Stuart Robert	Assistant Minister for Defence
Michaelia Cash	Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection; Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women
Jamie Briggs	Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development
Arthur Sinodinos	Assistant Treasurer

Parliamentary Secretaries (12 Members)

NAME	TITLE
Richard Colbeck	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture
Bob Baldwin	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry
Brett Mason	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs
Steven Ciobo	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services
Simon Birmingham	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment
Scott Ryan	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education
Darren Chester	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence
Paul Fletcher	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications
Josh Frydenberg	Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Alan Tudge	Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minster
Michael McCormack	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance

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