The Shadow Ministry of Anthony Albanese was the Opposition

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Shadow Ministry between 2 June 2019 and 23 May 2022, during the

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. The Shadow Ministry was established by

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following his election as Leader of the

(ALP) and

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on 30 May 2019. Following Labor's victory at the

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on 21 May 2022, the Shadow Ministry was replaced by the

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. The Shadow Ministry was the

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's alternative to the

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, which was sworn in on 29 May 2019. Its most senior members formed a "shadow Cabinet" to the official

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led by Prime Minister

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. Each state's factions, including

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and

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, were allocated a quota of shadow ministers. The composition of the shadow ministry was determined by the state factions, but the Leader of the Opposition allocated portfolios and selected the shadow cabinet. The shadow ministry contains 30 members, including a shadow cabinet of 20 members, and there are also twelve shadow assistant ministers.

Final arrangement

The final shadow ministry was announced on 28 January 2021, two months after the resignation of

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from the shadow cabinet.

Shadow cabinet

Outer shadow ministry

Assistant shadow ministers

Shadow Ministry (2019–2021)

Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources

resigned in November 2020. For a brief period until the January 2021 reshuffle,

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took over Fitzgibbon's portfolio.

Shadow Cabinet

Outer Shadow Ministry

Shadow Assistant Ministers

References

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