The resignations: a summary It’s been a whirlwind couple of days. Just to recap, these are theministers we know have resigned so far. - finance minister, Mathias Cormann
- trade minister, Steve Ciobo
- health minister, Greg Hunt
- jobs minister, Michaelia Cash
- law enforcement minister, Angus Taylor
- communications minister, Mitch Fifield
- multicultural affairs minister, Alan Tudge
- human services minister, Michael Keenan
- assistant science minister, Zed Seselja
- assistant treasurer, Michael Sukkar
- assistant minister to the prime minister, James McGrath
- international development minister, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
The telling blow for Turnbull was, of course, the loss of Cormann, Cash, and Fifield, all at once. Cormann in particular takes significant numbers with him. Once those three abandoned Turnbull, they set off a chain reaction. We watched more junior ministers (Ciobo, Taylor, Tudge, Keenan) resign quite quickly afterwards.
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