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Appendix: list of interview participants

Tony Abbott (Liberal Party)—Member for Warringah (NSW)

  • Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and the Voluntary Sector from 6.12. 07
  • Minister for Health and Ageing from 7.10.03 to 3.12.07
  • Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations from 26.11.01 to 7.10.03
  • Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business from 30.01.01 to 26.11.01
  • Minister for Employment Services from 21.10.98 to 30.01.01

George Brandis (Liberal Party)—Senator for Queensland

  • Shadow Attorney-General from 6.12.07
  • Minister for the Arts and Sport from 30.1.07 to 3.12.07

Martin Ferguson (Australian Labor Party)—Member for Batman (Vic.)

  • Minister for Resources and Energy from 3.12.07; Minister for Tourism from 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Transport, Roads and Tourism from 10.12.06 to 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Resources and Tourism from 26.10.04 to 10.12.06
  • Shadow Minister for Regional and Urban Development; Shadow Minister for Transport and Infrastructure from 25.11.01 to 26.10.04
  • Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Services and Population from 3.10.99 to 25.11.01
  • Shadow Minister for Employment, Training and Population from 20.10.98 to 3.10.99
  • Shadow Minister for Employment, Training, Population and Immigration and Assistant to the Leader on Multicultural Affairs from 26.8.97 to 20.10.98
  • Shadow Minister for Employment and Training from 20.3.96 to 26.8.97

Peter Hendy

  • Chief of Staff, Office of the Leader of the Opposition, December 2007 to September 2008

Greg Hunt (Liberal Party)—Member for Flinders (Vic.)

  • Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water from 22.9.08
  • Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Urban Water from 6.12.07 to 22.9.08

Kate Lundy (Australian Labor Party)—Senator for the Australian Capital Territory

  • Shadow Minister for Local Government from 10.12.06 to 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Sport, Recreation and Health Promotion from 10.12.06 to 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Sport and Recreation from 24.6.05 to 10.12.06
  • Shadow Minister for Manufacturing and Consumer Affairs from 26.10.04 to 24.6.05
  • Shadow Minister for Information Technology and Sport from 25.11.01 to 26.10.04; and the Arts from 2.7.03 to 26.10.04; and Recreation from 8.12.03 to 26.10.04
  • Shadow Minister for Sport and Youth Affairs and Shadow Minister Assisting the Shadow Minister for Industry and Technology on Information Technology from 20.10.98 to 25.11.01

Ian Macfarlane (Liberal Party)—Member for Groom (Qld)

  • Shadow Minister for Trade from 6.12.07
  • Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources from 26.11.01 to 3.12.07
  • Minister for Small Business from 30.1.01 to 26.11.01

Jan McLucas (Australian Labor Party)—Senator for Queensland

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing from 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Ageing, Disabilities and Carers from 24.6.05 to 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Ageing and Disabilities from 26.10.04 to 24.6.05

Bob McMullan (Australian Labor Party)—Member for Fraser (ACT)

  • Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance from 2.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Federal-State Relations from 10.12.06 to 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for International Development Assistance from 10.12.06 to 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Finance and Shadow Minister for Small Business from 8.12.03 to 22.10.04
  • Shadow Minister for Cabinet and Finance and Shadow Minister for Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs from 2.07.03 to 8.12.03
  • Shadow Minister for Treasury, Finance and Small Business from 25.11.01 to 2.07.03
  • Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs; Shadow Minister for Reconciliation and Shadow Minister for the Arts from 5.9.00 to 25.11.01
  • Shadow Minister for Industry and Technology from 20.10.98 to 5.9.00
  • Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Finance and the Arts from 7.10.97 to 20.10.98
  • Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations from 20.3.96 to 22.4.97
  • Assistant to the Leader of the Opposition on Public Service Matters from 20.3.96 to 27.3.97
  • Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and the Arts from 22.4.97 to 7.10.97
  • Minister for Trade from 30.1.94 to 11.3.96
  • Minister for Administrative Services from 30.1.94 to 25.3.94
  • Minister for the Arts and Administrative Services from 24.3.93 to 30.1.94

Brendan Nelson (Liberal Party)—Member for Bradfield (NSW)

  • Leader of the Opposition from 29.11.07 to 16.9.08
  • Minister for Defence from 27.1.06 to 3.12.07
  • Minister for Education, Science and Training from 26.11.01 to 27.01.06
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence from 30.01.01 to 26.11.01

Tanya Plibersek (Australian Labor Party)—Member for Sydney (NSW)

  • Minister for Housing from 3.12.07; Minister for Status of Women from 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Human Services, Housing, Youth and Women from 10.12.06 to 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Work and Family, Child Care and Youth from 26.10.04 to 10.12.06; Shadow Minister for Women from 26.10.04 to 10.12.06
  • Shadow Minister for Community from 26.10.04 to 24.6.05

Nigel Scullion (Country Liberal Party)—Senator for the Northern Territory

  • Shadow Minister for Human Services from 22.9.08
  • Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry from 6.12.07 to 22.9.08
  • Minister for Community Services from 30.1.07 to 3.12.07

Lindsay Tanner (Australian Labor Party)—Member for Melbourne (Vic.)

  • Minister for Finance and Deregulation from 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Finance from 24.06.05 to 3.12.07
  • Shadow Minister for Communications from 25.11.01 to 22.10.04
  • Shadow Minister for Community Relationships from 29.01.04 to 22.10.04
  • Shadow Minister for Finance from 20.10.98 to 25.11.01; Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs from 28.10.98 to 25.11.01
  • Shadow Minister for Transport from 20.3.96 to 20.10.98