Interactive: profiles of the cabinet and shadow cabinet

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra, Adam Webster, University of Oxford, Alex Reilly, University of Adelaide, Bryan Mercurio, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University, Daniel Baldino, University of Notre Dame Australia, David Peetz, Griffith University, Deborah Ralston, Monash University, Diana Perche, UNSW Sydney, Flavio Menezes, The University of Queensland, Glenn C Savage, The University of Western Australia, Jim Gillespie, University of Sydney, Matthew Beck, University of Sydney, Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University, Philip Branch, Swinburne University of Technology, Roger Dargaville, Monash University, Susan Harris Rimmer, Griffith University, Will J Grant, Australian National University

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Michelle Grattan
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Adam Webster
Departmental Lecturer in Law and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Alex Reilly
Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide
Bryan Mercurio
Professor and Vice Chancellor’s Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Corey J. A. Bradshaw
Matthew Flinders Fellow in Global Ecology, Flinders University
Daniel Baldino
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
David Peetz
Professor of Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University
Deborah Ralston
Professor of Finance, Monash University
Diana Perche
Senior Lecturer and Academic Coordinator, Nura Gili Indigenous Programs Unit, UNSW Sydney
Flavio Menezes
Professor of Economics, The University of Queensland
Glenn C Savage
Senior Lecturer in Education Policy and Sociology of Education, and ARC DECRA Fellow (2016-19), The University of Western Australia
Jim Gillespie
Jim Gillespie is a Friend of The Conversation.

Deputy Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy & Associate Professor in Health Policy, University of Sydney
Matthew Beck
Senior Lecturer in Infrastructure Management, University of Sydney
Nicholas Biddle
Associate Professor, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
Philip Branch
Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
Roger Dargaville
Senior lecturer, Monash University
Susan Harris Rimmer
Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
Will J Grant
Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University

Disclosure statement

Alex Reilly receives funding from Horticulture Innovation Australia to conduct research into labour supply in the Horticulture Industry. He is on the management committee of the Refugee Advocacy Service of South Australia Inc.

Corey Bradshaw receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

As a university employee, David Peetz has undertaken research over many years with occasional financial support for specific projects from the Australian Research Council, governments and government agencies from both sides of politics in Australia and overseas, as well as employers and unions. Those funded projects do not concern the subject matter of this article.

Glenn C. Savage receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

Jim Gillespie receives funding from the NHMRC, WentWest Western Sydney PHN, Western Sydney Partners in Recovery, New Horizons/ Inner West Sydney Partners in Recovery and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

Roger Dargaville receives funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Susan Harris Rimmer receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with the Refugee Council of Australia and International Women's Development Agency as a national board member.

Will J Grant receives funding from the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science.

Adam Webster, Bryan Mercurio, Daniel Baldino, Deborah Ralston, Diana Perche, Flavio Menezes, Matthew Beck, Michelle Grattan, Nicholas Biddle, and Philip Branch do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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The University of Notre Dame Australia, Griffith University, Swinburne University of Technology, University of Sydney, UNSW Sydney, University of Queensland, University of Adelaide, Australian National University, University of Canberra, and Flinders University provide funding as members of The Conversation AU.

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In this election year, there will be much focus on the performance of the prime minister and opposition leader respectively, as Australian election campaigns have tended to become increasingly presidential. This deflects attention from the important role that members of the cabinet and shadow cabinet play in the running of the country.

So we decided to take a critical look at how these key members of the government and the opposition have performed politically and on important policy issues. To do that we asked our experts from universities around Australia to appraise their performances.

In some cases, ministers or shadows hold more than one portfolio. To simplify the policy analysis, we have chosen a key policy area for which they are responsible and asked our experts to analyse those.

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