Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed his new cabinet for his second term tomorrow, a week after Labor's landslide victory in this year's Federal Election.
The new front bench selection was part of Albanese's to do list for his new term, including deciding when senators and members return for Parliament opening.
It has a record number of women, including Western Australian MP Anne Aly, appointed to the small business and international development portfolio, as the first Muslim woman to serve.
Most senior members maintained their roles with Richard Marles as Defence Minister, Jim Chalmers as Treasurer, Penny Wong as Foreign Minister and Don Farrell as Trade Minister.
However, Tanya Plibersek has been shifted from Environment Minister to Social Services.
When interviewed on Sunrise this morning about Albanese's front bench and what portfolio she would be looking to have, Plibersek said that was decision was a matter for the prime minister and that she was “grateful”.
"Honestly… so grateful that we won the election, so grateful to be in such a large and diverse caucus, and thrilled to be selected to be on the front bench again," Plibersek said.
Ahead of the ministry being announced, tensions had already risen between members of Victoria and New South Wales, and the left and right factions of the Labor party.
Four reshuffles have already been made by the PM, as Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic were both pulled from the ministry, the only two existing ministers to be booted.
Michelle Rowland will be placed as Attorney General, while newcomer to the frontbench Tim Ayres has been promoted to take over Husic's portfolio as industry minister.
Another fresh face is Jess Walsh who was appointed minister for early childhood education and youth.
A former Labor foreign minister, Gareth Evans who served as a minister for Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, heavily criticised the decision to remove the two.
“If there is any repeat of the judgment shown here by those in the parliamentary leadership who engineered and accepted this outcome, our election euphoria is going to be rather short-lived," Evans said.
The Prime Minister already welcomed his new federal caucus last week in Canberra, writing on X that there were “MPs from every corner of the country”.
“Different backgrounds. More women than ever before. Our new Labor team looks like modern Australia, because we’re a government for all Australians,” he said.
Over in the Opposition, talks have begun in earnest about who will lead the Coalition.
For the Liberal party, Tim Wilson seems to be the name at the front of the pack, receiving public backing from the NSW Liberal Party president Jason Falsinki.
Wilson secured a win this federal election in the seat of Goldstein in Melbourne's east, overthrowing Independent Zoe Daniels.
Sussan Ley, backed mostly by moderate factions of the party, is also in the running and the right's Angus Taylor who is running with Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price as his deputy after she defected from the Nationals.
The Liberal party is expected to decide on its leader on Tuesday, as the party looks to recover from their worst election loss in decades.
Over in the Nationals cohort, David Littleproud maintained his leadership at the party ballot this afternoon, despite a challenge from Senator Matt Canavan who called on the Nationals to use “unconventional responses to get ourselves back in the game”.
