Assistant Ministers are designated as Parliamentary Secretaries under the Ministers of State Act 1952. Key People Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, the Public Service, Employment and Workplace Relations The Hon. Patrick Gorman MP Assistant Minister for Immigration, Foreign Affairs and Trade The Hon Matt Thistlethwaite MP Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury The Hon. Dr. Andrew Leigh MP Assistant Minister for Social Services, the Prevention of Family Violence The Hon. Ged Kearney MP Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Rural and Regional Health The Hon. Emma McBride MP Assistant Minister for Resources, Regional Development, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator the Hon. Anthony Chisholm Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Emergency Management The Hon Josh Wilson MP Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs, International Education The Hon Julian Hill MP Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Indigenous Health, Women Rebecca White MP Cabinet Secretary, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy The Hon. Dr. Andrew Charlton MP Assistant Minister for Northern Australia, Tourism, Pacific Island Affairs Senator the Hon. Nita Green Assistant Minister for Defence Mr. Peter Khalil MP
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, the Public Service, Employment and Workplace Relations The Hon. Patrick Gorman MP
Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury The Hon. Dr. Andrew Leigh MP
Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Rural and Regional Health The Hon. Emma McBride MP
Assistant Minister for Resources, Regional Development, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator the Hon. Anthony Chisholm
Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs, International Education The Hon Julian Hill MP
Cabinet Secretary, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy The Hon. Dr. Andrew Charlton MP
Assistant Minister for Northern Australia, Tourism, Pacific Island Affairs Senator the Hon. Nita Green