MINISTRY   (Cabinet Member in Bold)

HOWARD   11.3.1996 - 21.10.1998

LIB+NP

CHANGES 14.10.1996,18.7.1997 & 9.10.1997

Prime Minister

John Howard

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Trade

Tim Fischer

np

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Treasurer

Peter Costello

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for Primary Industry & Energy

John Anderson

np

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for the Environment

Robert Hill

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for Communications & the Arts

Richard Alston

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

  Minister of Information Technology

Richard Ralston

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Minister for Industrial Relations

Peter Reith

lib

11.3.1996

18.7.1997

  Minister for Workplace Relations & Small Business

Peter Reith

lib

18.7.1997

21.10.1998

Minister for Social Security

Jocelyn Newman

lib

11.3.1996

9.10.1997

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Alexander Downer

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for Industry,Science & Tourism

John Moore

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for Defence

Ian MacLachlan

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for Transport & Regional Development

John Sharp

lib

11.3.1996

25.9.1997

  Minister for Transport & Regional Development

Mark Vaile

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Minister for Health & Family Services

Michael Wooldridge

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for Finance

John Fahey

lib

11.3.1996

9.10.1997

  Minister for Finance & Administration

John Fahey

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Min.for Employment,Education,Training & Youth Aff.

Amanda Vanstone

lib

11.3.1996

9.10.1997

  Minister for Employment,Education & Training

David Kemp

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Attorney General

Daryl Williams

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs

Philip Ruddock

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for Science & Technology

Peter McGauran

lib

11.3.1996

26.9.1997

Minister for Schools,Vocational Education & Training

David Kemp

lib

11.3.1996

9.10.1997

  Minister for Schools & Vocational Education

Chris Ellison

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Assistant Treasurer

James Short

lib

11.3.1996

14.10.1996

  Assistant Treasurer

Rod Kemp

lib

14.10.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for Resources & Energy

Warwick Parer

lib

11.3.1996

9.10.1998

Minister for Small Business & Consumer Affairs

Geoff Prosser

lib

11.3.1996

18.7.1997

  Minister for Customs & Consumer Affairs

Christopher Ellison

lib

18.7.1997

9.10.1997

   Minister for Customs & Consumer Affairs

Warren Truss

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Minister for Family Services

Judi Moylen

lib

11.3.1996

9.10.1997

  Minister for Family Services

Warvick Smith

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Minister for Defence Industry, Science & Personnel

Bronwyn Bishop

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Attorney General & Minister for Justice

Daryl Williams

lib

11.3.1996

9.10.1997

  Minister for Justice

Amanda Vanstone

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Minister for Sport,Territories & Local Government

Warwick Smith

lib

11.3.1996

9.10.1997

  Minister for Sport & Tourism

Andrew Thompson

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Minister for Veterans' Affairs

Bruce Scott

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for Aborginal & Torres Strait Islander Affairs

John Herron

lib

11.3.1996

21.10.1998

Minister for Administrative Services

David Jull

lib

11.3.1996

25.9.1997

Minister for the Status of Women

Judi Moylen

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Special Minister of State

Nick Minchin

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998

Min.for Reg.Developm.,Territories & Local Governm.

Alex Somlyay

lib

9.10.1997

21.10.1998