Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has stood by his election promise of minor changes to his ministry.
As flagged during the campaign, only minimal changes have been made in the Cabinet, with all existing ministers to remain within Cabinet.
Senator Matt Canavan has been promoted to Cabinet as Minister for Resources and Northern Australia.
The Turnbull Government will no longer have a sole Environment Minister, with Josh Frydenberg taking on the expanded Environment and Energy portfolio.
Greg Hunt will move to Industry, Innovation and Science.
Mr Turnbull praised Mr Hunt’s work in his former role, which he held since 2013.
“Mr Hunt has been an outstanding Environment Minister. He has a keen understanding of innovation.”
Former Industry, Innovation and Science minister Christopher Pyne will be appointed to the new role of Minister for Defence Industry, within the Defence portfolio.
Deputy Nationals Leader Senator Fiona Nash will add Local Government and Territories to her regional development role, while Kelly O’Dwyer’s title will change to Minister for Revenue and Financial Services.
Paul Fletcher will become the Minister for Urban Infrastructure, where he will prioritise the Western Sydney Airport.
Senator Scott Ryan will become Special Minister of State in the Finance portfolio, while Dan Tehan will become the Minister for Defence Personnel, in conjunction with his ongoing role as Minister for Veterans Affairs.
Top Comments
It's a big cabinet. I think Malcolm's safe for now, however I think that if the polls start to drop there may be rumblings within the party
The QLD LNP are already talking about splitting because the Liberal-National deal doesn't do enough to include them.
It's like watching primary children picking teams for sport. It's got less to do with ability than it has to do with who is mates with who - and the one who gets picked last is not really going to be too enthused about participating at all.
Who are the two major female players that have lost out in the reshuffle as stated in the caption on the news page?