Bill Shorten’s ministry consists of 32 ministers, with eight MPs from regional areas and 13 women.
In the reshuffle, Tanya Plibersek becomes the Opposition’s spokesperson on Women and takes on Education. Kate Ellis is to work with her in early childhood, vocational care and TAFE portfolios.
Opposition leader in the Senate, Penny Wong takes the Foreign Affairs.
In further changes, Multicultural Affairs gets a boost and Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs goes to Tony Burke and also Water and Environment. He will also have two assistant ministers in Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, namely, Jacinta Collins and Julie Owens.
Mr Shorten will take the Indigenous Affairs portfolio and will have Western Australian Senator Patrick Dodson as his assistant.
Indigenous MP Linda Burney will take Human Services.
Victorian MP Richard Marles will move to Defence and his Immigration and Border Protection Portfolio will go to Shayne Neumann.
Mark Butler will retain Climate Change and Energy.
Chris Bowen will stay as Treasurer and will be assisted by Andrew Leigh.
See the full list here:
FEDERAL LABOR'S NEW FRONTBENCH LINE-UP:
CABINET
Bill Shorten, Opposition Leader, Indigenous Affairs
Tanya Plibersek, Deputy Opposition Leader, Education Women
Penny Wong, Senate Leader, Shadow Foreign Affairs
Stephen Conroy, Deputy Senate Leader, Shadow Special Minister of State, Sport
Chris Bowen, Shadow Treasurer
Tony Burke, Environment and Water, Arts, Citizenship; Manager of Opposition Business in the House
Mark Butler, Climate Change and Energy
Jenny Macklin, Family and Social Services
Richard Marles, Defence
Anthony Albanese, Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development, and Tourism
Jim Chalmers, Finance
Brendan O'Connor, Employment and Workplace Affairs
Mark Dreyfuss, Shadow Attorney-General, National Security
Shayne Neumann, Immigration and Border Protection
Kim Carr, Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Michelle Rowland, Communications
Joel Fitzgibbon, Agriculture, and Rural and Regional Australia
Jason Clare, Resources and Northern Australia, Trade and Investment
Catherine King, Health
Julie Collins, Ageing and Mental Health
Kate Ellis, Early Childhood Education and Development, TAFE and Vocational Education
Katy Gallagher, Small Business and Financial Services
MINISTRY
Carol Brown, Disability and Carers
Linda Burney, Human Services
Doug Cameron, Skills and Apprenticeship, Housing and Homelessness
Sam Dastyari, Consumer Affairs
Ed Husic, Employment Services and Workplace Participation
Claire Moore, International Development and Pacific
Andrew Leigh, Assistant Shadow Treasurer, Competition and Productivity, Charities, Trade in Services
Stephen Jones, Regional Services, Territories and Local Government, Regional Communications
Clare O'Neil, Justice
Amanda Rishworth, Veterans Affairs, Defence Personnel
ASSISTANT SHADOW MINISTERS
Terri Butler
Gai Brodtmann
Nick Champion
Lisa Chesters
Jacinta Collins
Pat Conroy
Pat Dodson
Andrew Giles
Tim Hammond
Stephen Jones
Mike Kelly
Julie Owens
Helen Polley
Louise Pratt
Warren Snowdon
Matt Thistlethwaite
Tony Zappia
