The vote counting may be continuing but Scott Morrison looks poised to announce his cabinet reshuffle after his shock federal election win last weekend.
The prime minister is not expected to make major changes to his team of ministers when he fronts the media, probably in Canberra today.
But three positions opened up in the 22-strong cabinet with Christopher Pyne, Nigel Scullion and Kelly O'Dwyer having retired at the election.
Liberal MPs Alan Tudge, Michael Sukkar, Scott Buchholz, Anne Ruston and Sussan Ley are all thought to be in the mix for promotion.
Attorney-General Christian Porter is expected to add Leader of the House to his workload, replacing Mr Pyne in managing the day-to-day of parliament tactics.
West Australian minister Ken Wyatt is also tipped to take on indigenous affairs, becoming the first indigenous Australian to hold the role - a priority policy area for the prime minister over the coming term.
Otherwise other key cabinet roles are expected to remain unchanged.
That would see Peter Dutton keeping Home Affairs, Josh Frydenberg as Treasurer and Mathias Corman as Finance Minister.Health Minister Greg Hunt, Education Minister Dan Tehan and Foreign Minister Marise Payne are also likely to keep their spots.
There is speculation Environment Minister Melissa Price's portfolio could be scaled back, but she will keep the job.A rise in Liberal MP numbers is expected to push down the quota of Nationals ministers in the cabinet from five to four, which is calculated on a proportional basis.
This would leave Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, Nationals deputy leader Bridget McKenzie, David Littleproud and Matt Canavan in cabinet.
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May 26, 2019 at 05:36AM
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