The first Albanese ministry was the 73rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 31st Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. The Albanese ministry succeeded the second Morrison ministry, which resigned on 23 May 2022 following the federal election that took place on 21 May which saw Labor defeat Scott Morrison's Liberal–National Coalition.
Although counting was still underway on election night, most media outlets projected that due to severe losses by Morrison's Liberal/National Coalition, Labor was the only party that could realistically form even a minority government. Accordingly, Morrison conceded defeat to Albanese late on election night. Soon afterward, in accordance with longstanding Australian constitutional practice, he advised the Governor-General, David Hurley, that he was no longer in a position to govern. Normally, Morrison would have stayed on as caretaker Prime Minister until the final results were known. As the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue was due to be held on 24 May 2022, Albanese advised Hurley that he could form a government. Hurley then swore in Albanese and four senior Labor frontbenchers as an interim five-person ministry on 23 May, two days after the election. According to ABC News, Hurley would not have invited Albanese to form a government without assurances that Labor could provide stable government, as well as legal advice that this was the proper course of action. According to the Australian Financial Review, Albanese had secured enough support from crossbenchers to be able to govern in the event Labor fell short of a majority. On 30 May 2022, Australian media outlets projected that Labor had won enough seats in the House of Representatives to become a majority government.
After the swearing-in of the interim arrangement, during his first press conference as prime minister, Albanese announced that his first full ministry would be sworn in on 1 June 2022. The members of the ministry were announced on 31 May and sworn in the following day.
Following Labor's re-election at the 2025 federal election, the ministry was succeeded by the second Albanese ministry on 13 May 2025.
Final arrangement (2024–2025) Albanese announced on 25 July 2024 that he would refresh his ministry after two cabinet ministers, indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney and skills minister Brendan O'Connor announced that they would retire at the 2025 Australian federal election, and also immediately step down from the ministry. On 27 July 2024, Carol Brown also announced she would step down from the assistant ministry for health reasons.
Albanese announced the new ministry on 28 July 2024. Malarndirri McCarthy and Jenny McAllister were selected unopposed by their Labor Left faction to replace Burney and O'Connor as ministers. McCarthy and Pat Conroy were elevated to cabinet. McCarthy, who was previously the assistant indigenous affairs minister, was appointed as the new indigenous affairs minister, while there were no changes to Conroy's portfolios (defence industry and international development). Tony Burke gained the home affairs, cyber security and immigration portfolios from Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles, while retaining his arts minister portfolio and his position as Leader of the House. Burke's previous employment portfolio was gained by Murray Watt. Watt's agriculture portfolio was given to Julie Collins, which Collins previously held while in opposition. Collins retained her small businesses portfolio while losing the housing and homelessness portfolios to O'Neil.
Giles succeeded O'Connor as skills minister and remained in the outer ministry. Jenny McAllister was promoted to the outer ministry and was appointed as cities minister and emergency services minister, taking over the latter portfolio from Watt.
Kate Thwaites, Josh Wilson and Julian Hill were new additions to the assistant ministry, with Thwaites and Hill having new portfolios, while Wilson succeeded McAllister as assistant climate change minister. McCarthy's previous role as assistant indigenous affairs minister and Brown's previous role as assistant infrastructure and transport minister were not replaced, while McCarthy's role as assistant indigenous health minister was gained by assistant health minister Ged Kearney. Three other assistant ministers also gained new portfolios in addition to their existing ones: Patrick Gorman as Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General, Tim Ayres as Assistant Minister for a Future Made In Australia, and Anthony Chisholm as Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Matt Thistlethwaite was appointed as Assistant Minister for Immigration, with his previous portfolios removed without replacement.
The new ministry was sworn in the following day on 29 July 2024.
In a reshuffle announced on the 16 January 2025 prompted by the retirement of cabinet minister Bill Shorten, Anika Wells was elevated to cabinet while Shorten's portfolios were given to cabinet ministers Amanda Rishworth (NDIS) and Katy Gallagher (Government Services). Outer minister Anne Aly was also given the role of minister assisting the NDIS minister. The reshuffle took effect on 20 January 2025.
Cabinet PartyFactionMinisterPortraitOffices Labor Left Anthony Albanese for Grayndler Prime Minister Leader of the Labor Party Right Richard Marles for Corio Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Minister for Defence Left Penny Wong Senator for South Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs Leader of the Government in the Senate Right Jim Chalmers for Rankin Treasurer Left Katy Gallagher Senator for the Australian Capital Territory Minister for Finance Minister for the Public Service Minister for Women Minister for Government Services Vice-President of the Executive Council Manager of Government Business in the Senate Right Don Farrell Senator for South Australia Minister for Trade and Tourism Special Minister of State Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate Tony Burke for Watson Minister for Home Affairs Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Minister for Cyber Security Minister for the Arts Leader of the House Left Mark Butler for Hindmarsh Minister for Health and Aged Care Deputy Leader of the House Right Chris Bowen for McMahon Minister for Climate Change and Energy Left Tanya Plibersek for Sydney Minister for the Environment and Water Catherine King for Ballarat Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Right Amanda Rishworth for Kingston Minister for Social Services Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Mark Dreyfus for Isaacs Attorney-General Cabinet Secretary Jason Clare for Blaxland Minister for Education Left Julie Collins for Franklin Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister for Small Business Right Michelle Rowland for Greenway Minister for Communications Madeleine King for Brand Minister for Resources Minister for Northern Australia Ed Husic for Chifley Minister for Industry and Science Left Murray Watt Senator for Queensland Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Right Clare O'Neil for Hotham Minister for Housing Minister for Homelessness Left Malarndirri McCarthy Senator for Northern Territory Minister for Indigenous Australians Pat Conroy for Shortland Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery Minister for International Development and the Pacific Right Anika Wells for Lilley Elevated to cabinet on 20 January 2025 Minister for Aged Care Minister for Sport Former Cabinet Ministers Labor Right Bill Shorten for Maribyrnong Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister for Government Services
Outer ministry PartyMinisterPortraitOffices Labor Matt Keogh for Burt Minister for Veterans' Affairs Minister for Defence Personnel Stephen Jones for Whitlam Assistant Treasurer Minister for Financial Services Andrew Giles for Scullin Minister for Skills and Training Anne Aly for Cowan Minister for Early Childhood Education Minister for Youth Minister Assisting the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Kristy McBain for Eden-Monaro Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories Jenny McAllister Senator for New South Wales Minister for Cities Minister for Emergency Management Former Outer Minister Labor Anika Wells for Lilley Elevated to cabinet on 20 January 2025 Minister for Aged Care Minister for Sport
Assistant ministry PartyMinisterPortraitOffices Labor Justine Elliot for Richmond Assistant Minister for Social Services Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence Matt Thistlethwaite for Kingsford Smith Assistant Minister for Immigration Andrew Leigh for Fenner Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury Assistant Minister for Employment Patrick Gorman for Perth Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Assistant Minister for the Public Service Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General Ged Kearney for Cooper Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health Emma McBride for Dobell Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health Tim Ayres Senator for New South Wales Assistant Minister for a Future Made In Australia Assistant Minister for Trade Anthony Chisholm Senator for Queensland Assistant Minister for Education Assistant Minister for Regional Development Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Deputy Manager of Government Business in the Senate Tim Watts for Gellibrand Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Kate Thwaites for Jagajaga Assistant Minister for Social Security Assistant Minister for Ageing Assistant Minister for Women Josh Wilson for Fremantle Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy Julian Hill for Bruce Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
Special envoys Special envoys are additional roles that are not part of the ministry, but have been included here because of their status. PartyMinisterPortraitPosition title Labor Nita Green Senator for Queensland Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef Susan Templeman for Macquarie Special Envoy for the Arts Tony Sheldon Senator for New South Wales Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery Peter Khalil for Wills Special Envoy for Social CohesionLuke Gosling for Solomon Special Envoy for Defence, Veterans’ Affairs and Northern Australia Andrew Charlton for Parramatta Special Envoy for Cyber Security and Digital Resilience
First arrangement (2022–2024) Albanese announced the composition of the full ministry on 31 May 2022. As Labor frontbenchers Kristina Keneally and Terri Butler lost their seats in the election, Clare O'Neil and Murray Watt were chosen by Albanese as replacements in cabinet while the caucus chose Anne Aly, Anika Wells and Kristy McBain to replace them as ministers. The ministry was sworn in on 1 June 2022.
Tony Sheldon was later appointed on the 24 July 2022 as the Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery while Pat Dodson left his role as Special Envoy for Reconciliation and Implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart when he retired on 26 January 2024. On 31 May 2023, assistant ministers Patrick Gorman and Andrew Leigh were additionally appointed Assistant Minister for the Public Service and Assistant Minister for Employment respectively.
Cabinet PartyFactionMinisterPortraitOffices Labor Left Anthony Albanese for Grayndler Prime Minister Leader of the Labor Party Right Richard Marles for Corio Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Minister for Defence Left Penny Wong Senator for South Australia Minister for Foreign Affairs Leader of the Government in the Senate Right Jim Chalmers