Angus Taylor, Simon Birmingham and Dan Tehan are among expected winners in the opposition shadow cabinet.
— has been putting together a new Coalition frontbench to take the fight up to Anthony Albanese and was due to announce it by the end of the week.Queensland Liberal National Party senator Amanda Stoker’s position
Both she and the One Nation leader are half a quota short of re-election in the sixth Queensland position. Sources said Mr Dutton wanted to wait a bit longer as he would be keen to have the former assistant minister to the attorney-general in his new shadow ministry.Similarly, there is a slim chance Liberal senator Greg Mirabella, who was also written off before the election, may hold the sixth spot in Victoria.
The Liberals lost 18 seats on May 21, while the Nationals lost none. The shadow cabinet will be reduced from 24 members to 23 members to match the newly sworn in Labor cabinet, meaning the Nationals may have to say with their current five shadow cabinet positions. Newly elected deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley and Queenslander Stuart Robert are expected to take on high-profile roles when the final line-up is announced.