The member for Sydney’s new role is a “sideways move”, according to some. But she’s in the right portfolio to make change.

Tanya Plibersek has been shifted out of the high-profile environment portfolio into social services, a move seen as a ...

Geologist Ian Plimer says it will not be hard for Murray Watt to “outshine” Tanya Plibersek as the new environment minister.

News Corp Senior Writer Patrick Carlyon discusses the promotion of Senator Murray Watt to Environmental Minister and the ...

Warring mining and environmental lobbies said they were willing to compromise to get the Environment Protection Act up under ...

The reshuffle announced by Anthony Albanese is a mix of continuity and change, with those in the government’s top rank ...

Mark Butler has been given the task of bringing the NDIS under control, while Tanya Plibersek has been pushed out of ...

Anthony Albanese’s new environment tsar has bragged about his abilities to work in tough portfolios in response to questions ...

Albanese reshuffles ministry post-election, demotes Plibersek, promotes Ayres and Aly, as internal Labor tensions surface ...

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell has described the Prime Minister’s decision to hand Tanya Plibersek the Social ...

One of Labor's most senior women has been shifted out of a key portfolio as the prime minister shakes up his cabinet after a ...

Environment Minister Murray Watt has avoided defending Tanya Plibersek and has pointed to his “decisive decision making” in ...