Victorian Cabinet Reshuffle: New Health Minister & Fresh Faces

0:00It's April 15th. This is Sydney News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Victorian premier Jacinta Allen just shook up her cabinet with a big reshuffle, sworn in at government house on Wednesday morning about seven months. Before the state election, she tapped Harriet Scheng as the new health minister, taking over from Mary Ann Thomas and three other veterans heading for retirement in November. Scheng, a 49-year-old upper-house MP, grabs ambulance services too and slides back into water, marking the first time someone from her house. Leeds health since 2020. Health has been a hot-button issue since the 2022 election amid COVID fallout, and it's set to heat up again for 2026 with systems under strain nationwide. Other shifts include Sonya Kilkenny piling on finance and violence reduction to her attorney general and planning gigs, Nick Stichos stepping into, housing in the suburban rail loop, plus Gabrielle Williams adding women and girls to transport, and Anthony Carbine's taking

1:03lower-house leadership, four fresh faces got sworn in too. Lubbock, Gregorovitch, on youth, carers, and volunteers, Paul Edbrook, handling consumer affairs, renters, cost of, living, and men and boys, Michaelis Settle with agriculture and regional development and Paul Hamer on local government, youth justice, and corrections. Bringing that fresh energy, Alan says the teams got to tackle what's ahead.