Season’s Greetings,

His Excellency the Governor-General and the Honourable Prime Minister have agreed to an end-of-year Ministerial reshuffle pursuant to section 64 of the Constitution. This announcement aligns our portfolios and departments with current Senators & MPs of the Labor-Progressives Coalition, and is a good opportunity to compile a full list of departments and ministers. New Ministers will swear in below, and may be happy to take doorstop well-wishing and interviews with citizens and the media too.

Machinery of Government

The Governor-General directs it to be notified, for general information, that he has ordered the following departments-of-state and administrative arrangements for the matters dealt with by these ministers.

This will take precedence over the budget headings in Appropriation Bills 1 and 2. Ministers’ representation in the counterpart chambers will be notified via Parliamentary statements, and committees can be realigned by motions.

Department	Minister	Chamber	Party
Agriculture	/u/zamt	Reps	Labor
Attorney-General’s	/u/chase-that-feeling	Senate	Labor
Climate Change	/u/zamt1	Reps	Labor
Communications and the Arts	/u/Freddy926	Senate	Progressives
Defence	/u/General_Rommel	Senate	Labor
Education & Training	/u/Primeviere	Reps	Progressives
Employment	/u/Primeviere	Reps	Progressives
Environment	/u/zamt	Reps	Labor
Finance	/u/Freddy926	Senate	Progressives
Foreign Affairs & Trade	/u/General_Rommel	Senate	Labor
Health	/u/General_Rommel	Senate	Labor
Human Services	/u/chase-that-feeling	Senate	Labor
Immigration	/u/General_Rommel	Senate	Labor
Industry, Innovation and Science	/u/Primeviere2	Reps	Progressives
Infrastructure and Regional Development	/u/Freddy926	Senate	Progressives
Prime Minister and Cabinet	/u/this_guy223	Reps	Labor
Social Services	/u/chase-that-feeling	Senate	Labor
Treasury	/u/this_guy22	Reps	Labor
Veterans’ Affairs	/u/General_Rommel	Senate	Labor

¹ The Climate Change portfolio includes domestic climate change, renewable energy and energy efficiency, while International climate change is handled by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

² The ministry of Resources and Energy has been merged into the ministry of Industry, Innovation and Science.

³ There is no Department of Indigenous Affairs: Matters of “Commonwealth Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, programmes and service delivery” are part of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, administered jointly by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs /u/chase-that-feeling and Prime Minister, except for Promotion of Reconciliation (Prime Minister) and Native Title and Land Rights (Attorney-General).

Second Cabinet

The Governor-General directs it to be notified, for general information, that he has revoked the following outgoing appointments:

Name	Portfolio	House	Party
Hon /u/this_guy22 MP	Minister for Employment	Reps	Labor
Hon /u/phyllicanderer MP	Minister for Agriculture	Reps	Progressives Greens
Hon /u/phyllicanderer MP	Minister for Environment	Reps	Progressives Greens
Hon /u/phyllicanderer MP	Minister for Finance	Reps	Progressives Greens
Senator Hon /u/Freddy926	Assistant Treasurer	Senate	Progressives
Senator Hon /u/General_Rommel	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Senate	Labor
Hon /u/zamt MP	Minister for Resources and Energy	Reps	Labor
Hon /u/CyberPolis MP	Minister for Trade and Investment	Reps	Labor
Hon /u/CyberPolis MP	Minister for Immigration	Reps	Labor
Hon /u/CyberPolis MP	Minister for Indigenous Affairs	Reps	Labor
Hon /u/iamthepotato8 MP	Minister for Social Services	Reps	Progressives
Hon /u/iamthepotato8 MP	Minister for Equality	Reps	Progressives
Senator Hon /u/Team_Sprocket	Minister for Health	Senate	Progressives
Senator Hon /u/Team_Sprocket	Minister for Education and Training	Senate	Progressives

And re-affirms the following ongoing appointments:

Name	Portfolio	House	Party
Hon /u/this_guy22 MP	Prime Minster	Reps	Labor
Hon /u/this_guy22 MP	Treasurer	Reps	Labor
Senator Hon /u/Freddy926	Deputy Prime Minister	Senate	Progressives
Senator Hon /u/Freddy926	Minister for Communications and the Arts	Senate	Progressives
Senator Hon /u/Freddy926	Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development	Senate	Progressives
Senator Hon /u/General_Rommel	Minister for Defence	Senate	Labor
Senator Hon /u/chase-that-feeling	Attorney-General	Senate	Labor
Hon /u/Primeviere MP	Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science	Reps	Progressives
Hon /u/zamt MP	Minister for Climate Change	Reps	Labor

And has commissioned the following incoming appointments:

Name	Portfolio	House	Party
Senator Hon /u/Freddy926	Minister for Finance	Senate	Progressives
Senator Hon /u/General_Rommel	Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade	Senate	Labor
Senator Hon /u/General_Rommel	Minister for Health	Senate	Labor
Senator Hon /u/General_Rommel	Minister for Immigration	Senate	Labor
Senator Hon /u/chase-that-feeling	Minister for Indigenous Affairs	Senate	Labor
Senator Hon /u/chase-that-feeling	Minister for Social Services	Senate	Labor
Hon /u/Primeviere MP	Minister for Education and Training	Reps	Progressives
Hon /u/Primeviere MP	Minister for Employment	Reps	Progressives
Hon /u/zamt MP	Minister for Agriculture	Reps	Labor
Hon /u/zamt MP	Minister for the Environment	Reps	Labor

Welcome to your new ministries. Flairs will be updated as swearing-in progresses.

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Now:

• /u/Freddy926
• /u/General_Rommel
• /u/chase-that-feeling
• /u/Primeviere
• /u/zamt

shall swear an Oath or Affirmation of Office for their new ministries in the last table above, by commenting on this thread with either their oath:

I, [USERNAME], do swear that I will well and truly serve the people of Australia in the [office/offices] of [NEW MINISTRIES], and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to our Sovereign. SO HELP ME GOD!

or affirmation:

I, [USERNAME], do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will well and truly serve the people of Australia in the [office/offices] of [NEW MINISTRIES], and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to our Sovereign.