“This is the largest number of women ever to serve in the Australian Cabinet,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said of his leadership selection. He was seen here last week, speaking with (from left) Finance Minister Penny Wong, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher.
David Gray / Getty Images
hide captions
switch captions
David Gray / Getty Images
“This is the largest number of women ever to serve in the Australian Cabinet,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said of his leadership selection. He was seen here last week, speaking with (from left) Finance Minister Penny Wong, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher.
David Gray / Getty Images
Australia’s new government will look more like its own country, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed a record 10 women to his upcoming Cabinet. Senior appointments include Penny Wong as foreign minister, Claire O’Neil as interior and cybersecurity minister, and Katy Gallagher as finance minister.
“This is an exciting team. It’s a team brimming with talent, I think, with people totally committed to making a difference as ministers and assistant ministers,” said Albanese. say on Tuesday at a press conference in Canberra.
He added: “This is the largest number of women ever to serve in the Australian Cabinet.
Several new leaders were sworn in last week, but Albanese has now announced full of slate of Cabinet posts. The remaining ministers will be sworn in on Wednesday morning, he said.
I announced my new ministry today. Tomorrow, we will go to Government House to take the oath of office and start working towards a better future. pic.twitter.com/34TWSyHBHk
– Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) May 31, 2022
With 10 women in leadership roles, Albanese is raising the bar for leadership seven women in the top jobs under Scott Morrison, the former prime minister. But Morrison’s government also struggled to deal with a string of sexual misconduct scandals that helped pave the way for the conservative toppling after nearly a decade in power.
The 10 positions reflect less than half of the more than 20 positions. But Women’s Agenda website notes, “The Albanese cabinet is more diverse than Australia’s previous cabinet, including both men and women to serve.”
The website reports that the new government will also include two Muslim ministers: Ed Husic will be industry and science minister while Anne Aly will lead both early childhood education and the youth category, as one part of the so-called external sets. steps below the Cabinet.
Albanese announced the selections a week after leading the center-left Labor Party won the election and was promptly sworn in.
