Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says there will be a shake-up of the Labor ministry after the party was returned to power with a much increased majority.
Re-elected Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has signalled cabinet changes and forecast a “more effective” upper house as he promises an immediate return to government business.
Plans are already underway for the 59th parliament to meet for the first time at Spring Street before Christmas.
“We’ve done the hard work to make sure we were ready … to hit the ground running and deliver on our commitments,” Mr Andrews told reporters on Sunday.
“Work more broadly will begin in earnest tomorrow, but the parliament will be back this year.
“We will introduce a number of bills and we will deal with some of those pro forma things at the start so that a fresh sitting year next year can be as busy as each of the last four have been.”
Labor’s majority looks likely include around 61 of the 88 seats in the lower house.
And Mr Andrews is also eyeing an easier passage of legislation through the upper house.
“We are looking at a very different Legislative Council,” he said.
“There is a lot of counting to go, but I think that chamber may be a far more effective chamber in terms of getting things done than it was for the last four years.”
The premier has also pointed to a rejig of his leadership group.
“There will be some changes to the cabinet and I’ll have more to say about that soon.”
Labor lost nine retiring MPs at Saturday’s election and also welcomed several new faces to government.
“Each and every one of our elected members, those taking over from retiring Labor Party members and those who have defeated their opponents, will be 100 per cent focused on delivering each and every element of our positive and optimistic plan,” Mr Andrews said.
