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Keneally ministry
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The Keneally ministry is the 92nd ministry of the Government of New South Wales, and was led by the 42nd Premier Kristina Keneally.
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The ministry was formed following a caucus motion to elect a new Leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales, where Keneally defeated her party colleague, the 41st Premier, Nathan Rees.[1] Keneally led the first two-woman executive (Premier and Deputy Premier) in Australian history.[2][3][4]
The ministry was sworn in on 8 December 2009 at Government House by the Governor of New South Wales Marie Bashir.[5] A few days earlier, on 4 December 2009, Keneally and her Deputy, Carmel Tebbutt were sworn in by the Governor, as Premier and Deputy Premier respectively at a ceremony also held at Government House.[1]
This ministry covers the period from 4 December 2009 until 28 March 2011 when the 2011 state election was held, resulting in the loss of Labor to the Coalition; with the O'Farrell ministry gaining government.
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The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Keneally on 8 December 2009.[6] The first reshuffle in May 2010 was triggered by the resignation of David Campbell.[a][b][c][d] In June 2010 Graham West resigned citing family reasons [e] and Ian Macdonald resigned after admitting to "errors" in his travel allowance.[11][12][f] In September 2010 Paul McLeay resigned.[14][15][g]
Ministry was dissolved on 28 March 2011, following its defeat at the 2011 state election.
Ministers are members of the Legislative Assembly unless otherwise noted.
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- On 20 May 2010 David Campbell resigned from the Ministry on 20 May 2010 citing personal reasons.[7] His portfolio was split into Transport which was assigned to John Robertson and Roads which was assigned to assistant minister David Borger.[8][9]
- Paul Lynch replaced John Robertson in his portfolios of Industrial Relations, Commerce, Energy and Public Sector Reform.
- Peter Primrose replaced Paul Lynch in his portfolios of Ageing and Disability Services.
- Frank Terenzini was promoted to the ministry to replace David Borger in his portfolio of Housing and Peter Primrose in his portfolios of Small Business and assisting the Premier on Veteran's Affairs.
- On 4 June 2010 Graham West, citing family reasons, resigned from the ministry and announced his intention to not contest the 2011 state election.[10] Barbara Perry replaced him as Minister for Juvenile Justice
- Ian Macdonald resigned from both the ministry and from Parliament after admitting that public funds had been misused on a trip to Italy and Dubai.[13] His portfolios were divided between Eric Roozendaal (State and Regional Development), John Robertson (Central Coast), Kevin Greene (Major Events) and Paul McLeay (Mineral and Forest Resources).
- Paul McLeay resigned from the ministry on 1 September 2010 after he disclosed to the Premier that he used a parliamentary computer to access gambling and adult websites.[16] His portfolios of Ports and Waterways and the Illawarra were assigned to Eric Roozendaal; whilst Steve Whan was assigned Mineral and Forest Resources.
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