Head of government Morris Iemma No. of ministers 18 | Deputy head of government John Watkins | |
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Date formed 3 August 2005 (2005-08-03) Date dissolved 2 April 2007 (2007-04-02) Head of state Queen Elizabeth II (represented by Marie Bashir) | ||
The Iemma ministry (2005–2007) or First Iemma ministry is the 89th ministry of the Government of New South Wales, and was led by the 40th Premier Morris Iemma. It was the first of two occasions when Iemma was Premier.
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The 1st Iemma Labor ministry was formed following the shock retirement of Bob Carr as Premier after Carr had the longest continuous service as Premier, from 1995 until 2005. Iemma succeeded Carr after a bitter inter-factional battle against Carl Scully who withdrew from the caucus contest after Iemma received backing from Labor's head office and powerbrokers in the dominant NSW Right of the Labor Party.
This ministry covers the period from 3 August 2005 until 2 April 2007, when the outcome of the 2007 state election was determined and Iemma re-elected for a second term.
First arrangement
The composition of the ministry was announced by Premier Iemma on 3 August 2005. Ministers are listed in order of seniority.
1 Watkins was appointed Deputy Premier on 10 August 2005 after the announcement of the resignations of Carr's former deputy, Andrew Refshauge and senior minister, Craig Knowles just hours before the swearing in ceremony on 3 August 2005. 2 Aboriginal Affairs portfolio transferred from Tebbutt to Orkopoulos on 10 August 2005. 3 Ports and Waterways portfolio transferred from Costa to Roozendaal on 10 August 2005. 3 Housing portfolio transferred from Tripodi to Burton on 10 August 2005.Second arrangement
This arrangement cover the period from the first ministerial reshuffle on 17 February 2006 until a subsequent reshuffle on 26 October 2006. Only changes in portfolios are shown below.
1 Treasury portfolio transferred from Iemma to Costa 2 State Development portfolio transferred from Watkins to Iemma 3 Special Minister of State portfolio abolished and Assistant Treasurer portfolio transferred from Della Bosca to Tripodi 4 Utilities portfolio transferred from Scully to Watkins as Scully resigns from parliament 5 Finance potrfolio transferred from Costa to Della Bosca 6 Ports and Waterways transferred from Roozendaal to Tripodi; new portfolios of Energy, and Assisting the Treasurer on Business and Economic Regulatory Reform created 7 New portfolio of Water Utilities created 8 Roads portfolio transferred from Tripodi to RoozendaalThird arrangement
This arrangement cover the period from two minor ministerial reshuffles on 26 October 2006 and again on 9 November 2006 until the 2007 state election. Only changes in portfolios are shown below.
1 Police portfolio transferred from Scully to Watkins as Scully was sacked from the ministry 2 Aboriginal Affairs portfolio transferred from Orkopoulos to Meagher as Orkopoulos was sacked from the ministry 3 New portfolio created of Minister Assisting Transport