Albanese reshuffles cabinet ahead of May budget, lifts three women into senior roles.

The Prime Minister's most significant front-bench reshuffle since 2024 elevates Treasury, Health and Industry portfolios — and demotes two long-serving allies.

Parliament House, Canberra, photographed at dusk.

Claire Everett · Apr 28, 2026 ·

The Prime Minister has executed his most consequential cabinet reshuffle of this parliament, lifting three women into senior portfolios less than two weeks out from the May budget — and quietly demoting two factional allies whose performance had been the subject of internal complaints for months.

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