Kristina Keneally Minister for Planning and Redfern Waterloo

NSW PREMIER REES ANNOUNCES CABINET PORTFOLIOS

NSW Premier Nathan Rees has announced the portfolio responsibilities for his new Cabinet, including the six new Ministers.

“The Members of my Cabinet have been assigned to Ministries, matching their experience and talent with the challenges presented in their portfolios,” Mr Rees said.

“The Ministers have all committed to face the difficult challenges that lie ahead with courage, enthusiasm and hard work.

“We have matched the right people with the right jobs and I am confident that we can now get on with the job and take our State forward.”

The Rees Government Ministry

Nathan Rees MP - Premier, and Minister for the Arts

Carmel Tebbutt MP - Deputy Premier, Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, and Minister for Commerce

John Della Bosca MLC - Minister for Health, Minister for the Central Coast, and Vice President of the Executive Council

John Hatzistergos MLC - Attorney General, and Minister for Justice

Eric Roozendaal MLC - Treasurer

David Campbell MP - Minister for Transport

Verity Firth MP - Minister for Education and Training, and Minister for Women

Kristina Keneally MP - Minister for Planning, and Minister for Redfern Waterloo

Matt Brown MP - Minister for Police, and Minister for the Illawarra

Joe Tripodi MP - Minister for Finance, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Regulatory Reform, and Minister for Ports and Waterways

Ian Macdonald MLC - Minister for Primary Industries, Minister for Energy, Minister for Mineral Resources, and Minister for State Development

Tony Kelly MLC - Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Emergency Services, and Minister for Lands

Linda Burney MP - Minister for Community Services

Kevin Greene MP - Minister for Gaming and Racing, and Minister for Sport and Recreation

Paul Lynch MP - Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability Services, and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs

Barbara Perry MP - Minister for Local Government, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health)

Graham West MP - Minister for Juvenile Justice, Minister for Volunteering, and Minister for Youth

Michael Daley MP - Minister for Roads

Phillip Costa MP - Minister for Water, Minister for Rural Affairs, and Minister for Regional Development

Virginia Judge MP - Minister for Fair Trading, Minister for Citizenship, and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts

David Borger MP - Minister for Housing, and Minister for Western Sydney

Jodi McKay MP - Minister for Tourism, and Minister for the Hunter

Source: Media release NSW Premier's Office Monday, 08 September, 2008 [Thanks to The National Tenant Support Network (National TSN) for being the first to get it to us].