Anthony Albanese to create climate super-department in bureaucratic shake-up

Prime minister Anthony Albanese (centre), who named his ministry this week, will create a new department comprising climate change, energy, environment and water. Photograph: Lukas Coch/EPA

Anthony Albanese will create a new mega-department of climate change, energy, environment and water to drive the new Labor government’s policy agenda.

The prime minister has also acted to remove the Australian federal police (AFP) from the home affairs department.