Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey, 28, right, and her gym mate warm up during an evening training session at a school compound where she trains in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Defense Minister Richard Marles, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher have been assured they will hold their portfolios. But Albanese has yet to announce the remainder of his ministers.The meeting of Labor lawmakers on Friday endorsed the 30 appointments to the Cabinet and junior ministries.
Health Minister Mark Bulter said Anne Aly, a junior minister, was expected to be promoted to Cabinet next week which would mean a Muslim woman replacing Husic.“It’s a tough day for Ed and for Mark,” Bulter told Australian Broadcasting Corp.Sydney Muslim community leader Jamal Rifi called for Albanese to intervene to keep Husic, a Sydney lawmaker, in Cabinet.
“The prime minister needs to reflect on what sort of message he sends to all these people who worked hard in southwestern Sydney” for the government’s re-election, Rifi said. Southwest Sydney has a large Muslim population.Husic is one of the government’s most vocal critics of how Israel has waged war on Hamas in Gaza.
Two weeks after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Husic said: “I feel very strongly that Palestinians are being collectively punished ... for Hamas’ barbarism.”
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime MinisterHaitian immigrants gather at a park following a church service where they shared pizza and sought out answers about their legal status, April 13, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
“I do know that he says, ‘America for the Americans,’” she said. “But all the jobs, all the production that happens because of immigrants? It’s obvious we’re needed.”Haitian immigrants walk through the park following a church service, April 13, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Haitian immigrants walk through the park following a church service, April 13, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)She said she will leave the U.S. if ordered to.