Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced his new ministry which includes three new faces in cabinet and several in the junior ranks.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has unveiled what he's called the "dynamic" new ministerial team he expects to take into this year's election.
"It's a team that's focused on Australia's future, focused on the policies that will encourage innovation and enterprise, secure our prosperity as a 21st century economy with a strong social welfare safety net and ensure we remain the nation we want to be," Mr Turnbull said on Saturday.
Special Minister of State Mal Brough has quit the front bench two months after standing aside pending an AFP investigation.
The reshuffle five months after he became prime minister was brought on by the retirement announcements of Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss and Trade Minister Andrew Robb, as well as the forced resignations of junior ministers Stuart Robert on Friday and Jamie Briggs after Christmas.
Mal Brough, who had stood down as special minister of state, told the prime minister on Saturday that he would resign from the front bench because the AFP investigation into copying of former Speaker Peter Slipper's diaries would take much longer than expected.
