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Australia PM Albanese appoints record number of women to diverse cabinet

Australia's new federal ministry was sworn into office on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointing a record number of women to a diverse cabinet team that includes religious minorities and Indigenous Aboriginals.

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There's one big reason wages are stagnating: the enterprise bargaining system is broken, and in terminal decline

Real wages in Australia have been stagnating for the better part of a decade. Now, with higher inflation, they’re declining. So what can the new Albanese government, having campaigned hard on the previous government’s failures, do about it?

The Conversation

Former NSW minister Ian Macdonald seeks judge-alone trial

The Crown has yet to say whether it will oppose the application for the trial, which relates to a Hunter Valley mining licence.

Newcastle Herald

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Ex-NSW minister seeks judge-alone trial

Former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald and union boss John Maitland want their criminal retrial to be heard by a judge and not a jury.

AAP

Anthony Albanese's history-making Labor ministry officially sworn in

With a record number of women and Australia's first Muslim ministers, the new ministry sees a collection of new and old faces sworn in to sit on the government's frontbench.

ABC News

Foreign minister to make third international trip as ministry sworn in – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

The Loop: A new Labor cabinet to be sworn in, Ukraine jails more Russians, and fresh research into old sharks

Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop.

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Perth petrol prices: Modelling shows what WA households will save from the fuel excise tax cut

Your suburb-by-suburb guide to how much the average Perth household will save from the halving of the fuel excise tax – and it's not as much as what was touted by the Morrison government.

ABC News

Morning mail: Labor ministry surprises, NDIA’s legal bill, hopes for bumper ski season

Wednesday: Anthony Albanese’s new frontbench, including a record number of women, to be sworn in. Plus: chefs share favourite warming winter soups

The Guardian - AU

Federal election: New Labor ministry sworn in as vote counting winds down — as it happened

Anthony Albanese's new ministry has been sworn in at Government House, with a record number of women and Australia's first Muslim federal ministers.

ABC News

Energy price hikes after 'perfect storm'

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government is working to address the rising cost of energy resources as prices spike internationally.

AAP

Labor's promised universities accord could be a turning point for higher education in Australia

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The Conversation

Michael Pascoe: Time to chill about the election – we’re only regaining balance

For the reasonable among those whose first preference was for the Coalition, relax – Australia is doing its regular rebalancing act around the centre.

The New Daily

Who's in the new Labor government cabinet? Who got what role on the frontbench?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his new cabinet, with election losses and cabinet shake-ups seeing some new faces enter the fold. Here's who got what position.

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Letters: Libs and their leader need to learn the lessons

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

AAP

Cabinet meets hours after swearing in

A record number of women and Australia's first Muslim ministers have been officially sworn in, with Labor's first cabinet meeting focusing on rising costs.

The Guardian - AU

NDIS agency to spend $50m on lawyers to fight people with disability who appealed funding cuts

Critics argue national disability insurance scheme participants are increasingly being pitted against solicitors from top firms

The Guardian - AU

Labor will cut EV taxes and try to legislate 2030 emissions target, Chris Bowen says

New climate minister says calls to raise Labor’s emissions target are ‘odd’ and asks Greens and independents to ‘respect our mandate across the country’

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The Conversation

View from The Hill: Record 10 women in Albanese cabinet, and surprise move for Plibersek to environment

Anthony Albanese has switched Tanya Plibersek from education to environment and promoted Clare O'Neil into the plum home affairs ministry in a 23-member cabinet that contains a record 10 women.

The New Daily

‘We’re here now’: Anne Aly becomes first female Muslim minister in history-making front bench

'Let's get it done': Thirteen women will be sworn into the Albanese government’s first ministry on Wednesday, the most since Federation.

The Independent UK

Australia election: Anthony Albanese secures outright majority, final results show

Albanese announces a more inclusive cabinet with Muslims and more women than any other in history

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese’s ministry contains more surprises than expected following a factional kerfuffle

The prime minister has kept his praetorian guard in the central engine room of the government while there are 10 women in his 23-person cabinet

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Anthony Albanese Just Announced Labor’s Cabinet So Meet The New School Prefects Of AusPol

Including a record-breaking number of women!

Newcastle Herald

The Hunter scores a seat at the table in Albanese's new cabinet

Shortland MP Pat Conroy has been appointed Minister for Defence Industries and Minister for International Development and the Pacific.

The Conversation

With a return to Labor government, it's time for an NDIS 'reset'

Labor’s election win sees a return of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to the control of the party that first passed legislation for it. Bill Shorten’s appointment as NDIS Minister makes him responsible for the scheme he championed and helped establish.

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