Maxine Margaret McKew is a former Australian Labor politician and journalist; she was the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government in the First Rudd Ministry and the First Gillard Ministry.
McKew campaigning in the 2007 federal election.
Balloons demonstrating the extent of the electioneering that occurred in Bennelong at the 2007 federal election.
A polling booth in Epping at the 2007 federal election in Bennelong.
The first Rudd ministry (Labor) was the 64th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 26th Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. The first Rudd ministry succeeded the Fourth Howard Ministry, which dissolved on 3 December 2007 following the federal election that took place on 24 November which saw Labor defeat John Howard's Liberal–National Coalition. The ministry was replaced by the First Gillard Ministry on 24 June 2010 following the resignation of Rudd as Prime Minister after a successful leadership challenge by Julia Gillard.
Governor-General Michael Jeffery with first arrangement of newly appointed ministers to the Rudd ministry
Image: Kevin Rudd official portrait
Image: Julia Gillard 2010
Image: Treasurer Wayne Swan, 2009, crop
