State Member for Northern Victoria Jaclyn Symes has received new portfolios in the cabinet reshuffle.
Premier Ben Carroll has announced his new cabinet, just four months out from the Victorian election.
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State Member for Northern Victoria Jaclyn Symes will remain as the leader of government in the Legislative Council but has lost the role of treasurer.
She previously held the portfolios of industrial relations and Development Victoria and Precincts.
Ms Symes will now take on energy and resources, climate action, environment, and State Electricity Commission.
State Member for Eureka Michaela Settle has been named as the new water minister and rural and regional development minister.
Ms Settle will continue as the agriculture minister, a role she took on in April.
Ms Settle’s electorate covers the south-east of Ballarat and the surrounding area.
She was originally elected to the seat of Buninyong in 2018, which was abolished and replaced by Eureka in 2022.
The region includes a mix of urban and rural locations with areas known for pig, poultry, sheep, beef and horticulture.
Ms Settle has lived in regional Victoria for most of her life and operated her family’s sheep farm in Ararat for over a decade before she began working at Ballarat Community Health as the marketing manager.
Ms Settle has also worked for two wineries, Captains Creek Farm and Garden Gully Winery.
Mr Carroll has reduced the size of the Victorian Cabinet, which he said was to save taxpayers’ money.
State Member for Eureka Michaela Settle has been announced as the new water minister.
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