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Linda Burney and Brendan O'Connor step down from frontbench as Albanese prepares to reshuffle ministry

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Cabinet ministers Linda Burney and Brendan O'Connor are standing down from the frontbench, opening vacancies for Anthony Albanese to reshuffle his ministry.

Burney, 67, Minister for Indigenous Australians, and O'Connor, 62, both told Albanese they will not contest the next election. They will serve out their terms on the backbench.

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