Karen Andrews to quit Coalition frontbench ahead of Peter Dutton’s reshuffle
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Western Australian Liberal MP Michaelia Cash will add shadow attorney-general to her current portfolios of employment and workplace relations. In a statement confirming her decision to quit the frontbench, Andrews said she was proud to have been the first female Queensland MP to serve in a cabinet role, having also held the home affairs portfolio in the Morrison government.
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