Officially, the new ministry of the Australian government has been installed.
According to Xinhua news agency, the Governor-General David Hurley sworn in 30 members of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s frontbench at Canberra’s Government House. This includes a record number of 13 women.
23 of the 30 will be in Albanese’s cabinet. This is the most important sanctum within the government, where major policy decisions are made.
Wednesday morning’s ceremony was a historic moment. Anne Aly and Ed Husic were sworn in as Australia’s first Muslim federal ministers, and Linda Burney became the first Indigenous woman Minister for Indigenous Australians.
It is 11 days after Albanese’s Labor Party won victory in general elections on May 21,
Albanese, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong were all sworn into on May 23, which allowed them to continue their work.
They were re-sworn into on Wednesday, Marles moving from employment to defense and Gallagher taking over the Minister for Public Service.
Albanese, who announced the ministry Tuesday night, said that it was “as inclusive and inclusive as Australia itself.”
Ten ministers in the cabinet are women.
He stated that “This is one of the largest numbers of women ever to serve in an Australian cabinet.”
“We have an overflowing talent on our parliament side… This Labor government is the most experienced in history, since federation.
Mark Butler, who was a minister in the Labor government from 2010 to 2013, was sworn into office as Minister for Health and Aged Care and Bill Shorten (Albanese’s predecessor) as Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS, and Minister for Government Services.