Western Australian MP Andrew Hastie will serve as shadow minister for industry and sovereign capability on Opposition leader Angus Taylor’s newly formed Coalition frontbench.
But key portfolios including science, technology and innovation, as well as the digital economy, have been kicked to the outer ministry.
For Mr Hastie, who had his own leadership ambitions before Mr Taylor took control of the Liberal Party last week, it is a demotion, having …
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