Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt to be sworn in

Indigenous Liberal MP Ken Wyatt will be sworn in as assistant health minister on Wednesday after he missed the initial ceremony because he was overseas.

Assistant Health Minister Ken Wyatt will be sworn in on Wednesday, more than a week after his frontbench colleagues were appointed to their positions.

The indigenous Liberal MP will be officially sworn in to his post in the new-look Malcolm Turnbull government by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove at a ceremony at Government House in Canberra.

Mr Wyatt, Australia's first indigenous frontbench politician, missed last week's swearing in ceremony because he was overseas.

The prime minister will also attend the ceremony.


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