Friday, 18 December, 2020 - 10:23
Hastie promoted to ministerial role
Canning MP Andrew Hastie has been appointed Assistant Minister for Defence in a ministerial reshuffle.
Alex Hawke was elected at the 2007 election as the Federal Member for Mitchell, an electorate centred on the Hills Shire in Northwest Sydney. In September 2015, Mr Hawke was appointed to the first Turnbull Ministry as the Assistant Minister to the Treasurer. Following the 2016 Federal Election, he was appointed Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Mr Hawke also served as the Assistant Minister for Home Affairs in the Second Turnbull Ministry from December 2017 to August 2018. He was appointed Special Minister of State in August 2018 under the Morrison government and took on the Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs portfolios from December 2020 to May 2022 when the Liberal Party was defeated at the federal election.
Mr Hawke holds a Masters of Government and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University. He also served as an Army Reserve Officer.
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Canning MP Andrew Hastie has been appointed Assistant Minister for Defence in a ministerial reshuffle.
The federal government has announced a plan to provide more workers for the agricultural sector, which has been impacted by COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Scott Morrison is refusing to back down from the India travel ban despite a torrent of criticism from high-profile figures and within conservative ranks.
The pause in flights out of India has dramatically halted the rate of positive COVID-19 cases in quarantine in Australia.
Australia has indicated it is on track to restart repatriation flights from India where thousands of people are stranded under a controversial travel ban.
Australians in India who fail a pre-flight coronavirus test will be banned from boarding when rescue planes restart from May 15.
Australia will ramp up rescue flights from Afghanistan after its first successful journey extracted more than 20 people from the war-torn nation.
The state government will provide quarantine assistance to arrivals from Kabul, as part of Australia’s mission to evacuate people from the Taliban-controlled city.
Ben Morton will be promoted to special minister of state and Melissa Price will pick up the science and technology portfolios in a reshuffle today, while separately, Slade Brockman will become Senate president.
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has cancelled the visa of world No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic days out from the Australian Open.
Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank | WA staff |
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Member for Mitchell, NSW
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2007 | |||
Member
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Position | Company | Year | Company's current rank |
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Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services & Multicultural Affairs
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2020 - 2022 | ||
Minister for International Development & the Pacific, Assistant Defence Minister
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2019 - 2020 | ||
Special Minister of State
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2018 - 2019 | ||
Assistant Minister for Home Affairs
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2017 - 2018 | ||
Assistant Minister for Immigration & Border Protection
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2016 - 2017 | ||
Assistant Minister to the Treasurer
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2015 - 2016 |