Labor sources confirmed the looming overhaul, first reported by Nine News, across a range of portfolios was expected to be laid out in further detail this week.
Nine reported on Tuesday night that Palaszczuk held a meeting with at least one cabinet member, Health Minister Yvette D’Ath, earlier in the day to inform her she would be shifting portfolios.
Fentiman – a member of the larger Left faction – is touted by some as a potential leader of the party alongside Dick or Deputy Premier Steven Miles, who leads the Left.Deputy Opposition Leader Jarrod Bleijie took to social media after the news broke on Tuesday night to suggest the cabinet changes showed a government in a “full-blown state of chaos and crisis”.
Polling last month reignited the occasional questions about Labor leadership and a potential successor to Palaszczuk, who has previously vowed to face votersAny reshuffle this week would likely put new ministers into their new roles ahead of the state budget, which is due to be delivered on June 13. Deputy Premier Steven Miles wrangles his newly sworn-in cabinet colleagues for a selfie at Government House after the 2020 election.
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