Talk:Fourth Howard ministry

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I think that Kevin Andrews, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, is missing. - Bambul 05:45, June 10 2005 (UTC)

Information is missing as relates to the Cabinet reshuffle caused by the resignation of John Anderson in July 2005. I've filled in the bit for the Outer Ministry, but I can't work it out for the Parliamentary Secretaries. I've got a list of the original Parl Secs (in this article) and a list of the new ones after the January 2006 reshuffle [1], but don't have one in between. Braue 12:39, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please try to contain your enthusiasm. The changes have not happened yet and the list can't change until they do. You can find details of other recent changes to the ministry at the Parliament website. Adam 12:45, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There was no reason to revert those changes I made. If you wished to, you could have simply taken out the sections relating to the January 2006 reshuffle. However, I also made changes relating to style and also added in a section on changes made to the Outer Ministry in July 2005.

On the point of the current reshuffle, I would argue that it is not premature. Howard has announced that these changes will be taking place. There isn't any ifs or buts about whether it will or won't happen. Furthermore, considering that the new ministry will be sworn in on Friday, there is no consideration of an extended period of time in which decisions will be made. If you think that it shouldn't be included, maybe you should put something in saying that these haven't yet taken place. They still are relevant. If people read this and see that no changes have been made, the sensible thing to assume is that the Cabinet listed in this article (and all the other positions) are current. So I'll be reverting it back to what I had. I'll also be adding a comment that these positions haven't been formally changed, but have been announced. Braue 12:52, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Format change[edit]

I suggest this be modified to a table, based on the system used for most UK ministries: three columns: Office; Name; Term of office. This will make reshuffles etc much easier to deal with, and help ensure no portfolio is overlooked. It may be tricky where portfolios are reorganised. i will have a try and see. Cheers hamiltonstone (talk) 00:34, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

While I like the table format I find the black bars too heavy and oppressive and detract somewhat from the content. Could we think about toning down the dividing bars?--Matilda ^talk 00:15, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Odd List[edit]

The order of the list (by portfolio) seems to be in no order I think it would be sensible if the list went along the lines of PM DPM Treasurer AG M for Foriegn Affairs M for Defence M for Trade etc etc (i.e. ranking the portfolios in their logical order - granted this would cause some debate, but if somebody more skilled in table formatting than me made the wholesale changes we could sought out the order at a later date)121.210.112.226 (talk) 07:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]