You may be interested to know that there’s a special minister of state in the Albanese government. You likely haven’t heard of him: it’s South Australian Senator (and “powerbroker”) Don Farrell.
Being special minister of state (SMOS) — a position that in the past has been filled by such key Labor figures as Mick Young, Kim Beazley, Susan Ryan and John Faulkner — isn’t Farrell’s day job. That is trade and tourism minister, which occupies an awful lot of Farrell’s time. To give an indication of how busy he is in that role, Farrell has issued 36 media releases about his trade and tourism portfolio this year alone.
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