Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles axed as Tony Burke steps into home affairs role and also takes on role of immigration minister
Stepping up is Burke. After his success in the workplace relations portfolio, he will now take on home affairs, immigration and multicultural affairs, on top of his leader of the house and arts minister responsibilities.
O’Neil and Giles had previously held the portfolios which had become a headache for the government. O’Neil has been moved into the housing portfolio, while Giles has been shifted into skills and training, which had been vacated by Brendan O’Connor who plans to retire at the next election. The portfolio has now been moved out of cabinet, to its traditional place in the ministry.
, while her senate colleague Jenny McAllister has been named the minister for Cities and minister for emergency management. The Greens housing spokesperson, Max Chandler-Mather, who had been a thorn in the side of Collins as she attempted to push through the government’s housing agenda, very quickly turned his attention to O’Neil, calling on the incoming minister to re-open negotiations with the Greens.
Three special envoys have been appointed; Peter Khalil will report to the prime minister on social cohesion, NT MP Luke Gosling will report on veterans affairs, defence and northern Australia issues and Andrew Charlton will have responsibilities in the cyber security and digital resilience space.
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