THE new Turnbull ministry is a massive overhaul and renewal of a government, a mere two years into its first term.
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The team is a refreshing blend of experience and talent, with more women in cabinet, even in the Defence portfolio.
Just a few years ago, NSW Senator Marise Payne faced the pre-selection axe by the party's right-wing faction. Only the then prime minister John Howard saved her. Now she is the nation's first female defence minister.
The Abbott era has gone. Scott Morrison has been promoted, but Joe Hockey is quitting politics, and so might his former boss at some stage. The right-wing faction has been so dominant in recent years but is now a savaged carcass, with both Kevin Andrews and Eric Abetz more prominent casualties.
The new ministry will appeal to middle Australia, especially youth and women. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's Labor Party will need to think carefully how it responds and how it repackages itself, as a party not overly dominated by traditional union power and influence.
That's where the Turnbull honeymoon stops. More than ever Tasmania looks shunned, alone and under-represented.
In past governments Tasmania has boasted a cabinet position, with Labor deputy prime minister Lance Barnard, Labor Senator Don Grimes, Labor MHR Julie Collins and Liberal Senators Jocelyn Newman and Eric Abetz. At times we had both a cabinet and a junior minister.
Tasmanian Senator Stephen Parry remains Senate president, but no thanks to Mr Turnbull. The presidency is by election on the Senate floor.
Tasmania has lost a parliamentary secretary position, with this rank now abolished. Bass Liberal MHR Andrew Nikolic has lost his whip job and Eric Abetz's cabinet spot has been replaced by Senator Richard Colbeck in a junior ministry.
Tasmania is a long way from having a local MP in the top five positions of a national government. Perhaps Mr Turnbull could explain the strategy.