The Hawke team

Press, 11 March 1983, Page 8

The Hawke team

NZPA Canberra The Hawke Ministry, to be sworn in today, is: Robert Hawke, Prime Minister, Lionel Bowen, Minister for Trade and Deputy Prime Minister; Senator John Button, Industry and Commerce; Senator Donald Grimes, Social Security; Ralph Willis, Employment and Industrial Relations; Paul Keating, Treasurer; Michael Young, Special Minister of State; Stewart West, Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; Senator Peter Walsh. Resources and Energy; William Hayden, Foreign Affairs; Senator Susan Ryan, Education and Youth Affairs; Senator Gareth Evans, Attorney-Gen-eral; Gordon Scholes, Defence; Peter Morris, Transport; John Kerin, Primary Industry, Kim Beazley, Aviation; Christopher Hurford, Housing and Construction;

John Brown. Sport, Recreation and Tourism, and Administrative Services; John Dawkins, Finance; Neal Blewett, Health; Barry Jones, Science and Technology; Michael Duffy, Communications; Barry Cohen, Home Affairs and Environment; Allan Clyde Holding, Aboriginal Affairs; Senator Arthur Gietzelt, Veterans’ Affairs; Thomas Uren, Territories and Local Government; Brian Howe, Defence Support. The first 13 names on the list will form the Cabinet. The party caucus agreed to a proposal by Mr Hawke for an inner Cabinet. It would be made up of 13 Ministers including the four party leaders, out of a total ministry of 27. Caucus sources say that the proposal, which is aimed at streamlining the Government’s main policy decisions,

was carried without a vote being taken. The caucus also re-elected the four party leaders unopposed: they are Mr Hawke, Mr Bowen, Senator John Button, and his deputy, Senator Grimes. The caucus in a surprise move elected the veteran Victorian member, Harry Jenkins, as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mr Jenkins defeated the firm favourite, Les Johnson, of New South Wales by 56 votes to 52. The new president of the Senate will be Douglas McClelland, of New South Wales, who defeated Senator Ruth Colenjan, of Western Australia, for that post by a clear 69 to 39 margin. The new Government whip in the House will be Ben Humphries, of Queensland, who was elected unopposed.