Overview
- Wilson confirmed she will concurrently serve as opposition leader and shadow treasurer, saying she is best placed to drive the Coalition’s economic message.
- Former leader Brad Battin returned to the frontbench as police and corrections spokesman in what Wilson cast as a role suited to his policing background.
- Richard Riordan was dumped from the ministry, while key ally Brad Rowswell was promoted to education and industrial relations alongside government services.
- Deputy leader Sam Groth kept his position with a new focus on major events, sport, tourism and trade investment, relinquishing public transport, ports and freight.
- John Pesutto remained excluded as he deals with a defamation case involving Moira Deeming and a party loan for legal costs, while Bev McArthur was installed to lead the upper house.