Anthony Albanese moves Clare O'Neil, Andrew Giles and promotes Malarndirri McCarthy in cabinet reshuffle
The Prime Minister has removed his Home Affairs and Immigration Ministers after months of damaging criticism about their management of the nation's immigration detention regime. Anthony Albanese's ministerial reshuffle was prompted by the retirements of two senior ministers, but he has made significant changes beyond just replacing them on the frontbench. Political Reporter Matthew Doran reports from Canberra.
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00:00After Australia's early medal rush in Paris...
00:05Some have suggested we should stop the games there and while we're on top.
00:10The Prime Minister announcing what he hopes is his own winning line-up.
00:14This is the team that I will take to the election.
00:18Claire O'Neill and Andrew Giles are being shunted from Home Affairs and Immigration,
00:22moving into Housing and Skills and Training, the latter not a Cabinet position.
00:27When Ministers stuff up, the buck stops with them.
00:31Some portfolios are very, very challenging and therefore it's not always fair
00:38just to blame the person that sits in that portfolio.
00:41Ministers O'Neill and Giles' former roles are going to Tony Burke,
00:45taking on their problematic portfolios while retaining the arts
00:48and his role running the House of Representatives while Parliament sits.
00:52He's certainly up for it.
00:53The last time Tony Burke held this portfolio, boats arrived.
00:57His old job goes to Queenslander Murray Watt,
01:00who hands the reins of the agriculture portfolio over to Tasmania's Julie Collins
01:04and New South Wales Senator Jenny McAllister becomes Minister for Cities and Emergency Management.
01:10What you do when there's a reshuffle is that there is a change that then has a knock-on effect.
01:17The Prime Minister describing Yanua woman Malundiri McCarthy
01:20as the obvious choice to become the next Minister for Indigenous Australians.
01:24Building on the legacy of Linda Burney while bringing her own lived experience.
01:29The Prime Minister insists his decision to move Ministers O'Neill and Giles
01:33is not a concession the pair bungled their portfolios.
01:37But he did give them new jobs, proving that their performance was politically problematic,
01:42particularly in the face of relentless demands from the opposition for their ministerial scalps.
01:48This is a reset moment for the government,
01:51but the issues in the immigration space aren't going anywhere anytime soon.