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Who's in the new Labor government cabinet? Who got what role on the frontbench?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his new cabinet, with election losses and cabinet shake-ups seeing some new faces enter the fold. Here's who got what position.

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Letters: Libs and their leader need to learn the lessons

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

Newcastle Herald

Cabinet meets hours after swearing in

A record number of women and Australia's first Muslim ministers have been officially sworn in, with Labor's first cabinet meeting focusing on rising costs.

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Labor will cut EV taxes and try to legislate 2030 emissions target, Chris Bowen says

New climate minister says calls to raise Labor’s emissions target are ‘odd’ and asks Greens and independents to ‘respect our mandate across the country’

The Guardian - AU

NDIS agency to spend $50m on lawyers to fight people with disability who appealed funding cuts

Critics argue national disability insurance scheme participants are increasingly being pitted against solicitors from top firms

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Record 10 women in Albanese cabinet, and surprise move for Plibersek to environment

Anthony Albanese has switched Tanya Plibersek from education to environment and promoted Clare O'Neil into the plum home affairs ministry in a 23-member cabinet that contains a record 10 women.

The Conversation

‘We’re here now’: Anne Aly becomes first female Muslim minister in history-making front bench

'Let's get it done': Thirteen women will be sworn into the Albanese government’s first ministry on Wednesday, the most since Federation.

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Australia election: Anthony Albanese secures outright majority, final results show

Albanese announces a more inclusive cabinet with Muslims and more women than any other in history

The Independent UK

Anthony Albanese’s ministry contains more surprises than expected following a factional kerfuffle

The prime minister has kept his praetorian guard in the central engine room of the government while there are 10 women in his 23-person cabinet

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese Just Announced Labor’s Cabinet So Meet The New School Prefects Of AusPol

Including a record-breaking number of women!

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The Hunter scores a seat at the table in Albanese's new cabinet

Shortland MP Pat Conroy has been appointed Minister for Defence Industries and Minister for International Development and the Pacific.

Newcastle Herald

With a return to Labor government, it's time for an NDIS 'reset'

Labor’s election win sees a return of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to the control of the party that first passed legislation for it. Bill Shorten’s appointment as NDIS Minister makes him responsible for the scheme he championed and helped establish.

The Conversation

Will a Labor majority stunt climate action? If the government wants a second term, more climate ambition is essential

Labor will form a majority government with a climate policy carefully calibrated to provide a clear point of distinction with the Coalition, while doing as little as possible to alienate any significant group of voters.

The Conversation

Anthony Albanese's first ministry brings housing portfolio into cabinet, but veterans' affairs removed

The Labor government will include the first Muslim ministers in Australian history in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's new ministry.

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The Loop: Projections in final lower house seats, Texans unlikely to give up gun ownership, earthquake recorded in Brisbane

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The Independent UK

Australia's Labor Party wins enough seats to govern alone

Australia’s liberal Labor Party has secured enough seats to hold an outright majority in the House as vote counting from an election 10 days ago continues

ABC News

Labor wins marginal NSW seat of Gilmore, no more lower house seats in doubt

The ABC projects that Labor has won the seat of Gilmore in New South Wales, taking the government to 77 seats in the House of Representatives.

AAP

SA budget funding for more docs and nurses

The SA budget will include $37 million for extra doctors and nurses at an Adelaide hospital as part of Labor's promise to relieve pressure on the health system.

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The Conversation

As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government should look to history on mending ties with China

Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision to embark on a diplomatic offensive to outflank China in the Pacific within days of being sworn in has yielded what appears to have been an early success.

AAP

PM to make 'fair' wage increase case

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will have until the end of the week to make a submission on the government's position for a rise to the minimum wage.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese’s government must learn from Labor’s last breakup with electoral power

The ALP enters this new relationship with the Australian people led by MPs who lived through the last implosion

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese tells Labor colleagues not to waste a day as he urges ‘more inclusive’ parliament

Emotional prime minister gives first post-election address to caucus and confirms Indonesia visit this weekend

ABC News

Anthony Albanese promises to lead more inclusive government in first speech to caucus

At the first meeting of his new parliamentary team, the Prime Minister pledges to change the way politics is done in Australia by engaging on key issues and being less divisive.

Reuters

Australia's centre-left Labor party to govern outright - media

Australia's centre-left Labor party has secured enough seats in the lower house of parliament to govern in its own right, media reported on Tuesday, allowing it to form government without the support of independents or minor parties.

ABC News

Infrastructure NSW report finds expensive projects will be 'challenging' to deliver

Large NSW infrastructure projects like the Beaches Link and the Parramatta Light Rail could be put on hold after a report finds they will be "challenging" to deliver.

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