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No pre-election changes to ministry: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he won't change his ministerial line-up before the federal election.

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There will be no pre-election shake up of Scott Morrison's ministry, with the prime minister committing to taking the same team to this year's federal poll.

Mr Morrison says he won't change his line-up after opting to keep departing ministers Kelly O'Dwyer, Nigel Scullion and Michael Keenan in their roles.

"I won't be making any changes to my team before the election and I've got a great pool of talent to draw from in a re-elected Morrison government," he told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the government would be respecting the retiring ministers.

"We've got a very strong frontbench. All our members are working hard," he said.

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Labor's employment spokesman Brendan O'Connor said Australians deserved to know who would take over the industrial relations portfolio from Ms O'Dwyer.

"This government has no agenda, no minister for industrial relations post election, and is divided on everything apart from their support for cuts to penalty rates," he told AAP.

"Australians deserve to know who Scott Morrison will pick next to push his anti-worker, pro-WorkChoices ideology."


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