The former prime minister,in high demand since Trump’s election win,is headlining a space conference in Sydney in May.
The promotion of two women takes to 11 the number of women in Peter Dutton’s alternative cabinet,the same number as Labor,though the opposition has far fewer women backbenchers.
The opposition leader will have to choose between the ambitions of four of his most senior MPs,who all want to be foreign affairs minister in a Liberal government.
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will unveil a revamped frontbench as soon as this weekend,in a shake-up to replace two shadow ministers and promote younger MPs.
The Liberal Party,said John Howard,was a “broad church”,at its best when it embraced both its conservative and liberal traditions.
As retiring Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney declared history would look kindly upon the Voice effort,Liberal MP Julian Leeser lamented the “national silence” that has existed since its defeat.
Jewish MPs want all Australian universities to adopt a politically contested definition of antisemitism.
Universities assured Education Minister Jason Clare they had measures in place to deal with antisemitism on campus within days of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
The former prime minister spoke at a rally against antisemitism in Sydney,where he questioned the viability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.