Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's first cabinet has been sworn in, with 10 women and Australia's first two Muslim federal ministers among the 23 members.
The group contains the first female Muslim minister in and the first Muslim to serve in cabinet with Ed Husic joining the frontbench.
Linda Burney becomes the first woman, and the second First Nations person, to serve as Indigenous affairs minister and will take the lead on enshrining a Voice to Parliament in Australia's constitution.
Mr Albanese says he is proud to lead "an inclusive government that is as diverse as Australia itself".
Mr Albanese announced his cabinet on Tuesday night, with a balance of new faces and MPs who served in the previous Labor government.
"This is the largest number of women who have ever served in an Australian cabinet," he said at the time.
"We have an overflow of talent on our side of the parliament ... it's the most experienced incoming Labor government in our history since federation."
Thirteen women were appointed to a ministerial role, with a record 10 in the cabinet.
Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles defended not going with a 50-50 gender split in cabinet.
"It's a significant moment in the nation's history," he told the ABC ahead of the swearing in.
"We have women of enormous calibre in the most senior roles who are going to play a critical part in shaping the policy of this government and the character of this government."
The new cabinet is:
- Anthony Albanese - Prime Minister
- Richard Marles - Deputy Prime Minister, Defence
- Jim Chalmers - Treasurer
- Katy Gallagher - Finance, Public Service, Women
- Penny Wong - Foreign Affairs
- Linda Burney - Indigenous Australians
- Bill Shorten - National Disability Insurance Scheme, Government Services
- Tony Burke - Employment and Workplace Relations, Arts
- Tanya Plibersek - Environment, Water
- Don Farrell - Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State
- Mark Butler - Health and Aged Care
- Chris Bowen - Climate Change and Energy
- Catherine King - Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Local Government
- Brendan O'Connor - Skills and Training
- Mark Dreyfus - Attorney-General and Cabinet Secretary
- Michelle Rowland - Communications
- Julie Collins - Housing, Homelessness, Small Business
- Jason Clare - Education
- Clare O'Neil - Home Affairs and Cyber Security
- Amanda Rishworth - Social Services
- Ed Husic - Industry and Science
- Murray Watt - Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Emergency Management
- Madeleine King - Resources and Northern Australia
- Matt Keogh - Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel
- Pat Conroy - Defence Industry, International Development and the Pacific
- Stephen Jones - Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services
- Andrew Giles - Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
- Anne Aly - Early Childhood Education and Youth
- Anika Wells - Aged Care and Sport
- Kristy McBain - Regional Development, Local Government and Territories.
Australian Electoral Commission yet to declare any winners
While the new cabinet has been sworn in and new ministers are already getting to work, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is yet to officially announced any results.
This is because the AEC does not make any declarations until it is mathematically impossible for any other candidate to win in a seat.
The first official result of the election will be announced at 10am on Thursday 2 June — the seat of Eden-Munro.
Jim Chalmers says energy price hikes are result of 'perfect storm'
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says a spike in gas prices, liquid fuels and electricity have created a perfect storm within Australia's energy market.
Mr Chalmers spoke to reporters in in Canberra following the swearing-in.
He said failure of the Liberal government to land an energy policy and put in place infrastructure for renewables has made the domestic market less resilient.
"This is the chickens coming home to roost when it comes to almost a decade now on climate change and energy policy failure from our predecessors," he said.
"Our first responsibility in times like this is to implement our Powering Australia plan, so we can boost renewables and storage but most of all boost certainty so we can get that investment flowing ... to make our energy markets more predictable."
Deputy prime minister says Tanya Plibersek 'not demoted'
Earlier, the cabinet announcement raised questions over the shift of more senior MPs, after Tanya Plibersek was moved from the education and women portfolios to environment and water.
Tanya Plibersek has been moved from the portfolios of education and women to environment and water in the new cabinet. Source: SBS News
"It's one of the most important ministries we have got which has been an enduring passion for Tanya Plibersek," he told the Nine Network on Wednesday.
"It's always been a very senior portfolio in government, particularly Labor governments."
"Getting a government which actually has committed to this, dealing with issues such as the Great Barrier Reef, this is an area where there's a lot of work to be done."
