Minister for Communications (Australia): Difference between revisions

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[[Australian Senate|Senator]] [[The Honourable|the Hon.]] [[Mitch Fifield]] served as Communications Minister from 21 September 2015 until 23 August 2018, following criticism of the leadership of [[Malcolm Turnbull]]. On 28 August, he was reappointed to the post by Turnbull's successor [[Scott Morrison]]. [[Paul Fletcher (politician)|Paul Fletcher]] was appointed in May 2019.

| rowspan=3 | Labor

| [[Kevin Rudd|Rudd]]

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| rowspan=2 | [[Malcolm Turnbull]]

| [[Tony Abbott|Abbott]]

| rowspan=3 | Minister for Communications

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| Minister for Communications and the Arts

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| Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts

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'''Notes'''

:{{ref|1|1| 1}} Barnard served as part of a [[First Whitlam Ministry|two-man ministry]] together with [[Gough Whitlam]] for fourteen days, until the full ministry was commissioned.

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| rowspan=2 | [[George Brandis]]

| [[Tony Abbott|Abbott]]

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