The Third Barr Ministry is the 15th ministry of the

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, led by

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Andrew Barr Andrew James Barr (born 29 April 1973) is an Australian politician who has been serving as the 7th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory since 2014. He has been an Australian Labor Party member in the ACT Legislative Assembly sinc ...

and his deputy

Yvette Berry Yvette Simone Berry (born 1 August 1968) is an Australian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. She has been a Labor Party member for the seat of Ginninderra in the ACT Legislative Assembly since the 2012 AC ...

. It was appointed on 4 November 2020 to replace the

Second Barr Ministry The Second Barr Ministry was the 14th ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, led by Labor Chief Minister Andrew Barr and his deputy Yvette Berry. It was appointed on 1 November 2016, following the 2016 general election ...

, following the 2020 general election held two weeks earlier. On 23 October 2020, the Greens, who won 6 seats in the election and were in a coalition with Labor for the past two parliamentary terms, announced they were prepared to continue the coalition with Labor. However, they also requested that Barr create seats in the upcoming ministry and appoint additional Greens ministers. On 24 October 2020, after final votes were counted, it was announced that

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Gordon Ramsay lost his seat in

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. He remained as Attorney-General until the new ministry was sworn in. In early November, the Greens signed a new formal Parliamentary and Governing Agreement with Labor which continued to maintain Greens leader

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's position in the Ministry as well as adding a further two Greens ministers, whilst mandating that the Greens not move or support any

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in the Labor Government, except in instances of gross misconduct or corruption.

Current arrangement

Following Labor's re-election at the 2020 general election, a new ministry was appointed on 4 November 2020. The cabinet was expanded from eight to nine ministers. Tara Cheyne, Rebecca Vassarotti and Emma Davidson were newly appointed to the ministry, replacing Gordon Ramsay and

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. On 17 February 2021, the position of Assistant Minister for Families and Community Services was renamed Assistant Minister for Seniors, Veterans, Families and Community Services.

Party breakdown

References

{{Current Australian executive ministries Australian Capital Territory ministries Australian Labor Party ministries in the Australian Capital Territory