Liberals jostle for high-profile portfolio vacated by Simon Birmingham, with announcement expected over Australia Day long weekend
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Peter Dutton is expected to use the Australia Day long weekend to finally reshuffle his shadow cabinet, with the decision over who to fill the foreign affairs portfolio threatening to stir internal tensions in the lead-up to the federal election.
The shadow foreign minister, Simon Birmingham, will formally resign from federal parliament next week to start a role at ANZ bank in February, creating a deadline for the opposition leader to rejig his frontbench ahead of the election, due on or before 17 May.
