The Shadow Ministry of Malcolm Turnbull was the opposition
Coalition shadow ministry of
Australia from September 2008 to December 2009, opposing
Kevin Rudd
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's
Australian Labor Party
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ministry
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Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
Religion
* Christian ...
.
The Shadow Cabinet of Australia (also known as the Opposition Front Bench) is a group of senior
Opposition
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spokespeople who form an alternative
cabinet to the government's, whose members "shadow" or "mark" each individual member of the government. Malcolm Turnbull defeated Brendan Nelson in the Liberal Party's 2008 leadership spill 45 votes to 41, making Turnbull Opposition Leader. Turnbull announced his Shadow Cabinet on 22 September 2008. It was reshuffled on 16 February when
Julie Bishop
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stepped down from the role of Shadow Treasury. The Shadow Cabinet of Malcolm Turnbull was replaced by the Shadow Cabinet of Tony Abbott in December 2009 following the 2009 Liberal Party leadership spill.
Members of the Shadow Cabinet (2008–2009)
1 Tony Abbott
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Abbott was born in Londo ...
,
Nick Minchin
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and
Eric Abetz
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quit the
Coalition front bench on 26 November 2009.
[ , Retrieved 26 November 2009]
Members of the Outer Shadow Ministry (2008–2009)
Shadow Parliamentary Secretaries (2008–2009)
See also
*
First Rudd Ministry
References
External links
* Parliament of Australia
Official current Shadow Ministry list Retrieved January 2008
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