The Shadow Ministry of Bob Hawke was the opposition Australian Labor Party shadow ministry of Australia from 8 February 1983 to 11 March 1983, opposing Malcolm Fraser's Coalition ministry.
The shadow cabinet is a group of senior Opposition spokespeople who form an alternative Cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual Minister or portfolio of the Government.
Bob Hawke became Leader of the Opposition upon his election as leader of the Australian Labor Party on 8 February 1983, and appointed a Shadow Cabinet. The Shadow Ministry never sat in Parliament, having spent the entirety of its short existence in the election campaign which Labor won.
Shadow Ministry The following were members of the Shadow Cabinet:
Shadow Minister Portfolio Bob Hawke Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Labor Party Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations The Hon. Lionel Bowen Deputy Leader of the Opposition Shadow Minister for Trade Deputy Leader of the Labor Party Senator John Button Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Communications Shadow Minister for Rural and Provincial Development Senator Don Grimes Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Neal Blewett Shadow Minister for Health Shadow Minister for Tasmanian Affairs John Brown Shadow Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs, Shadow Minister for Tourism, Physical Fitness and Sport John Dawkins Shadow Minister for Education Senator Gareth Evans Shadow Attorney-General Senator Arthur Gietzelt Shadow Minister for Administrative Services The Hon. Bill Hayden Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Chris Hurford Shadow Minister for Industry and Commerce The Hon. Paul Keating Shadow Treasurer John Kerin Shadow Minister for Primary Industry Barry Jones Shadow Minister for Science and Technology Peter Morris Shadow Minister for Transport Senator Susan Ryan Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Shadow Minister for Arts and Letters Shadow Minister for Women's Affairs The Hon. Gordon Scholes Shadow Minister for Defence Shadow Minister for the Australian Capital Territory The Hon. Tom Uren Shadow Minister for Urban and Regional Affairs Senator Peter Walsh Shadow Minister for Finance Shadow Minister for National Development Stewart West Shadow Minister for Environment and Conservation Ralph Willis Shadow Minister for Economic Development Mick Young Shadow Minister for Immigration Shadow Minister for Employment Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs
See also Shadow Ministry of Bill Hayden First Hawke Ministry Fourth Fraser Ministry
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