MEMBER for Bendigo Lisa Chesters is no longer part of Labor's shadow cabinet.
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Ms Chesters will now serve solely as Bendigo's parliamentarian after her roles as shadow assistant minister for both workplace relations and rural & regional australia were dumped in the new look cabinet.
Incoming opposition leader Anthony Albanese announced his new team on Sunday.
It includes former leader Bill Shorten in the National Disability Insurance Scheme and government services portfolios.
Former New South Wales premier Kristina Keneally has been named deputy leader of the opposition in the Senate as well as home affairs and immigration & citizenship shadow minister.
Ms Chesters was promoted to both her outer cabinet roles in 2016 under Mr Shorten.
"This promotion will just allow me to have a greater say in parliament and in the Labor party in policy development for all regional Australians and all Australian workers," she said at the time.
Ms Chesters declined to comment on the demotion.
Mr Albanese's office has been contacted for comment.
Anthony Albanese's cabinet:
Hon Anthony Albanese MP
- Leader of the Opposition
Hon Richard Marles MP
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition
- Shadow Minister for Defence
Senator the Hon Penny Wong
- Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
- Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
Senator the Hon Kristina Keneally
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
- Shadow Minister for Home Affairs
- Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Hon Tony Burke MP
- Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations
- Shadow Minister for the Arts
- Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives
Hon Bill Shorten MP
- Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Shadow Minister for Government Services
Hon Tanya Plibersek MP
- Shadow Minister for Education and Training
Dr Jim Chalmers MP
- Shadow Treasurer
Hon Mark Butler MP
- Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy
- Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives
Hon Chris Bowen MP
- Shadow Minister for Health
Hon Catherine King MP
- Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development
Hon Joel Fitzgibbon MP
- Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Resources
Senator the Hon Don Farrell
- Shadow Special Minister of State
- Shadow Minister for Sport
- Shadow Minister for Tourism
- Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition
Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP
- Shadow Attorney-General
- Shadow Minister for Constitutional Reform
Michelle Rowland MP
- Shadow Minister for Communications
Senator Katy Gallagher
- Shadow Minister for Finance
- Shadow Minister for the Public Service
- Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate
Hon Linda Burney MP
- Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services
- Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians
Hon Julie Collins MP
- Shadow Minister for Ageing and Seniors
- Shadow Minister for Women
Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
- Shadow Minister for Employment and Industry
- Shadow Minister for Science
- Shadow Minister for Small and Family Business
Hon Jason Clare MP
- Shadow Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government
- Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness
Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
- Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education
- Shadow Minister for Youth
Terri Butler MP
- Shadow Minister for the Environment and Water
Madeleine King MP
- Shadow Minister for Trade
Anthony Albanese's outer shadow ministry
Stephen Jones MP
- Shadow Assistant Treasurer
- Shadow Minister for Financial Services
Hon Shayne Neumann MP
- Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel
Clare O'Neil MP
- Shadow Minister for Innovation, Technology and the Future of Work
Pat Conroy MP
- Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific
- Shadow Minister Assisting for Climate Change
- Shadow Minister Assisting for Defence
Andrew Giles MP
- Shadow Minister for Cities and Urban Infrastructure
- Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs
- Shadow Minister Assisting for Immigration and Citizenship
Matt Keogh MP
- Shadow Minister for Defence Industry
- Shadow Minister for Western Australian Resources
- Shadow Minister Assisting for Small and Family Business
Senator Murray Watt
- Shadow Minister for Northern Australia
- Shadow Minister for Natural Disaster and Emergency Management
Anthony Albanese's assistant ministers
Senator Jenny McAllister
- Shadow Cabinet Secretary
- Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Senator Carol Brown
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Tourism
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Tasmania
Senator Patrick Dodson
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Reconciliation
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians
Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Charities
Hon Warren Snowdon MP
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Northern Australia
- Shadow Assistant Minister for External Territories
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians
Graham Perrett MP
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Education and Training
Emma McBride MP
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Carers
Senator Glenn Sterle
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Road Safety
Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM MP
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence
Hon Matt Thistlethwaite MP
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Financial Services
- Shadow Assistant Minister for the Republic
Ged Kearney MP
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Skills
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Aged Care
Josh Wilson MP
- Shadow Assistant Minister for the Environment
Sen Kimberley Kitching
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Government Accountability
- Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate
Senator Louise Pratt
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing
Tim Watts MP
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Communications
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security
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