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Scott Morrison’s reshuffled cabinet ministers will attend today’s swearing-in ceremony by video conference, amid accusations the prime minister is putting the job security of his ministers ahead of the rest of the country.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is reportedly tipped to make a cabinet reshuffle which would see Attorney-General Christian Porter and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds moved on from their current portfolios.
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South Australian Labor Left powerbroker Mark Butler has been moved from the contentious climate change portfolio but picked up the health shadow ministry, as Labor leader Anthony Albanese confirmed an overhaul of his frontbench line-up ahead of the next election.
Premier Steven Marshall has today diced with factional danger by banishing the majority Right faction of the Liberal Party from his cabinet altogether, with two first-term MPs among three new faces in his ministry unveiled early this afternoon.
Deputy Premier John Rau’s unofficial status as ‘the Minister for City Vibrancy’ has been formalised by his appointment to a new City of Adelaide portfolio in a Weatherill Government reshuffle this morning.
UPDATED: Labor’s dominant Right faction is set to claim both new ministerial positions when the party caucus meets on Monday to replace Tony Piccolo and Gail Gago.
Self-described “accidental minister” Tony Piccolo has resigned from Jay Weatherill’s cabinet, paving the way for the elevation of right-faction powerbroker Peter Malinauskas, InDaily can reveal.
