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Dominic Giannini and Andrew Brown

Cabinet gender parity as election fight intensifies

The federal cabinet has equal representation of both genders for the first time. (Dominic Giannini/AAP PHOTOS)

Three women have been sworn in as ministers to take over the portfolios of retiring former Labor leader Bill Shorten as federal cabinet reaches gender parity.

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth has taken on the NDIS in her portfolio and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher his other position of government services minister.

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