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Second Keating ministry

59th ministry of government of Australia

Summary

59th ministry of government of Australia

Field	Value
cabinet_name	Second Keating ministry
cabinet_type	Ministry
cabinet_number	59th
jurisdiction	Australia
flag	Flag of Australia.svg
flag_border	true
image	Second Keating Cabinet 1994.jpg
caption	Governor-General Bill Hayden with newly appointed members of the second Keating ministry on 25 March 1994
date_formed	24 March 1993
date_dissolved	11 March 1996
government_head	Paul Keating
deputy_government_head	Brian Howe
Kim Beazley
state_head	Elizabeth II
governor_general	Bill Hayden
Sir William Deane
members_number	34 (plus 10 Parliamentary Secretaries)
political_party	Labor
legislature_status	Majority government
opposition_cabinet	Downer
opposition_party	Liberal–National coalition
opposition_leader	John Hewson
Alexander Downer
John Howard
election	13 March 1993
last_election	2 March 1996
legislature_term	37th
predecessor	First Keating ministry
successor	First Howard ministry
state_head_title	Monarch
government_head_title	Prime Minister
deputy_government_head_title	Deputy Prime Minister

Kim Beazley Sir William Deane Alexander Downer John Howard The second Keating ministry (Labor) was the 59th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 24th Prime Minister, Paul Keating. The second Keating ministry succeeded the first Keating ministry, which dissolved on 24 March 1993 following the federal election that took place on 13 March. The ministry was replaced by the first Howard ministry on 11 March 1996 following the federal election that took place on 2 March which saw the Liberal–National Coalition defeat Labor.{{cite web

Cabinet

Party	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
		Labor	Paul Keating
(1944-)	[[File:Keating Paul BANNER.jpg	100px]]
		Brian Howe
(1936–)	[[File:Second Keating Cabinet 1994 (cropped Howe).jpg	100px]]
		Gareth Evans
(1944–)	[[File:GarethEvans-crop.JPG	100px]]
		Robert Ray
(1947–)	[[File:Second Keating Cabinet 1994 (cropped Ray).jpg	100px]]
		John Dawkins
(1947–)	[[File:John-Dawkins-1984.jpg	100px]]
		Ralph Willis
(1938–)	[[File:Ralph Willis.jpg	100px]]
		Kim Beazley
(1948–)	[[File:Kim Beazley crop.jpg	100px]]
		Graham Richardson
(1949–2025)	[[File:Graham Richardson GQ 2011 (1).jpg	100px]]
		Ros Kelly
(1948–)	[[File:Ros Kelly (cropped).jpg	100px]]
		Peter Cook
(1943–2005)	[[File:Peter Francis Salmon Cook.jpg	100px]]
		Nick Bolkus
(1950–2025)	[[File:Nick Bolkus.jpg	100px]]
		Simon Crean
(1949–2023)	[[File:Simon Crean 1990s.jpg	100px]]
		Alan Griffiths
(1952–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Bob Collins
(1946–2007)	[[File:Bob Collins in 1981.jpg	100px]]
		Peter Baldwin
(1951–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Bob McMullan
(1947–)	[[File:Bob McMullan.jpg	100px]]
		Laurie Brereton
(1946–)	[[File:Laurie Brereton (cropped).jpg	100px]]
		Michael Lee
(1957–)	[[File:MichaelLee.jpg	100px]]
		Michael Lavarch
(1961–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		John Faulkner
(1954–)	[[File:Second Keating Cabinet 1994 (cropped Faulkner).png	100px]]
		Carmen Lawrence
(1948–)	[[File:Carmen Lawrence 1990 (cropped).png	100px]]

Outer ministry

Party	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
		Labor	David Beddall
(1948–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Gordon Bilney
(1939–2012)	[[File:Gordon Bilney 1984.jpg	100px]]
		Robert Tickner
(1951–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Ross Free
(1943–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Jeannette McHugh
(1934–)	[[File:Jeannette McHugh 2014 (cropped).jpg	100px]]
		Rosemary Crowley
(1938–2025)	[[File:Rosemary Crowley Portrait 2008.jpg	100px]]
		George Gear
(1947–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Duncan Kerr
(1952–)	[[File:Duncan Kerr.jpg	100px]]
		Chris Schacht
(1946–)	[[File:Second Keating Cabinet 1994 (cropped Schacht).png	100px]]
		Frank Walker
(1942–2012)	[[File:Second Keating Cabinet 1994 (cropped Walker).png	100px]]
		Gary Johns
(1952–)	[[File:Second Keating Cabinet 1994 (cropped Johns).png	100px]]
		Gary Punch
(1957–)	[[File:Second Keating Cabinet 1994 (cropped Punch).png	100px]]
		Con Sciacca
(1947–2017)	[[File:Second Keating Cabinet 1994 (cropped Sciacca).jpg	100px]]

Parliamentary Secretaries

Party	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
		Labor	Janice Crosio
(1939–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Peter Duncan
(1945–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Ted Lindsay
(1942–)	[[File:TedLindsay (cropped).jpg	100px]]
		Neil O'Keefe
(1947–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Nick Sherry
(1955–)	[[File:Nick Sherry.jpg	100px]]
		Warren Snowdon
(1950–)	[[File:Warren Snowdon MP 2011.jpg	100px]]
		Andrew Theophanous
(1946–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Paul Elliott
(1954–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Mary Crawford
(1947–)	[[File:Second Keating Cabinet 1994 (cropped Crawford).png	100px]]
		Arch Bevis
(1955–)	[[File:Arch Bevis.jpg	100px]]

Changes to the ministry

On 27 April 1993, following his success at the Dickson special election on 17 April, Michael Lavarch was appointed Attorney-General.

On 23 December 1993, Treasurer John Dawkins resigned from the ministry and from Parliament, and a reshuffle took place. Laurie Brereton and Gary Johns were appointed to the ministry.

On 30 January 1994, Alan Griffiths resigned from the ministry.

On 1 March 1994, Ros Kelly resigned from the ministry following the sports rorts affair.

On 25 March 1994, Graham Richardson resigned from the ministry citing ill health. Carmen Lawrence, who had replaced Dawkins at the 1994 Fremantle by-election, was appointed to the ministry. Con Sciacca and Gary Punch were promoted to ministers to fill earlier vacancies.

On 20 June 1995, Brian Howe resigned as Deputy Prime Minister, although retaining his Housing and Regional Development portfolio. The party room unanimously elected Kim Beazley to replace him.

Notes

References

(24 March 1993). "Ministerial List". [[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(23 December 1993). "Resignations and Appointments". [[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(30 January 1994). "Resignations and Appointments". [[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(1 March 1994). "Resignations and Appointments". [[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(25 March 1994). "Proclamation". [[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(21 June 1995). "Party faces the future, sensibly". [[The Canberra Times]].

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