Rudd Selects Cabinet as Australia Polls Show Labor Closing Gap
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced his ministerial team, opting for less familiar names as he seeks to distance himself from predecessor Julia Gillard and narrow the ruling Labor party’s deficit in opinion polls.
Rudd also rewarded some of his supporters, with deputy Anthony Albanese given the communications post, Joel Fitzgibbon agriculture and powerbroker Bill Shorten adding school education to his portfolio of workplace relations. The new ministry of 30, sworn in today, will have 11 women.