Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig
Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister of State
Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig’s Ministerial responsibilities within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet include, as Cabinet Secretary, management of Cabinet business. Senator Ludwig also has responsibility for the Australian Public Service Commission, Commonwealth Integrity Agencies such as the Australian National Audit Office, the Commonwealth Ombudsman, the National Archives and the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security.
Senator Ludwig also has responsibility for freedom of information, privacy, and Old Parliament House.
Within the Department of Finance and Deregulation, Senator Ludwig, as Special Minister of State, is responsible for Members and Parliamentary Staff Entitlements, and also has oversight of the Australian Electoral Commission.
Latest News
- Media Release 23/2009 - Reappointment of Privacy Commissioner (30/06/2009)
I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Karen Curtis as the Privacy Commissioner.
- Media Release 22/2009 - Office Holders and Staff Travelling Allowance and Expenses from 1 July to 31 December 2008 (25/06/2009)
Today the Government has tabled three documents
- Transcript - Senator Ludwig announces the Government's 2.0 Taskforce (22/06/2009)
One of the central roles of the Taskforce, as Lindsay has mentioned, will be to advise government on how to make government information more accessible and useable. And I think that’s one of the key interests I have.
- Media Release 21/2009 - Tabling of 2007 Election Report (23/06/2009)
I welcome the Report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) into the conduct of the 2007 federal election and related issues.
- Joint Media Release 20/2009 - Rudd Government Launches Government 2.0 Taskforce (22/06/2009)
A taskforce to investigate how the Australian Government can use new ‘Web 2.0’ approaches to expand the uses of Commonwealth information and improve the way government consults and engages with citizens.
- Joint Media Release 19/2009 - Meeting with the United Kingdom Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (15/06/2009)
Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, and Special Minister of State, Senator Joe Ludwig, today met with the United Kingdom’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, Lord Carlile of Berriew QC.
- Speech - Funding for the restoration and preservation of John Curtin's house in Cottesloe (22/05/2009)
Press Conference, Perth Conference Unit
- Speech - Australia Day – who do we think we are? (18/05/2009)
Opening Address, Australia Day National Conference
- Joint Media Release 18/2009 - Funding Conserves Home of Australia’s WWII Prime Minister (13/05/2009)
More than $550,000 will protect and conserve the historic house in Cottesloe, Western Australia that was home to former Prime Minister John Curtin and his family.
- Speech - Museum of Australian Democracy Launch - Old Parliament House (09/05/2009)
Canberra
- Media Release 15/2009 - Launch of the Ethics Advisory Service (06/5/2009)
At today’s launch of a new Ethics Advisory Service, Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister for State, Senator John Faulkner acknowledged that work in the Public Service is increasingly more complex and demands a high level of ethical awareness.
- Speech - Launch of the Public Service Ethics Advisory Service (06/05/2009)
Canberra
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