Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro today announced eight assistant ministers, meaning that all government members are now ministers or assistant ministers, and Independent MLA Robyn Lambley has been endorsed as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

Ms Finocchiaro made no mention of assistant ministers when she announced her cabinet on September 9, but as of today all backbenchers have been brought into the ministry.

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