O’Neil jumps from the frying pan to the fire in deft reshuffle
Anthony Albanese’s reshuffles is a deft piece of people management. No-one can really argue they’ve been demoted, and it plugs holes that needed to be plugged.
Usually, reshuffles only make you enemies, not friends. But Anthony Albanese appears to have defied tradition. He kept his pledge to maintain a premium on stability while reshuffling his frontbench.
No-one can really argue they have been demoted. Julie Collins moves from housing to the lower priority portfolio of agriculture, which she held in opposition, but she keeps small business and stays in cabinet.
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Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com
