LABOR PONDERS LARGER RESHUFFLE
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing pressure to expand his weekend reshuffle beyond just replacing senior ministers Linda Burney and Brendan O’Connor, who yesterday announced they were leaving cabinet and resigning from politics at the next election.
The Australian reports some Labor frontbenchers have said the departures of the minister for Indigenous Australians and the minister for skills and training provide an opportunity for a wider changing of the guard, especially within Home Affairs.
Speaking to the broadsheet, one unnamed cabinet minister said: “What I will say about Immigration and Home Affairs … is they’re doing a really hard job.
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