Karen Andrews quits shadow cabinet as Dutton reshuffle promotes Jacinta Price to Indigenous affairs
by Paul Karp and Amy Remeikis from World news | The Guardian on (#6AX0Y)
Opposition home affairs spokesperson to sit on backbench before retiring at next election
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The Liberal MP Karen Andrews has stepped down as shadow home affairs minister, prompting a wider reshuffle that promotes two Indigenous first-term Coalition senators who are opposed to enshrining the voice in the constitution.
The Nationals senator Jacinta Price has been elevated to shadow minister for Indigenous Australians while the Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle will serve in the outer ministry.
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