Michelle Rowland named Shadow Communications Minister

Labor has named Michelle Rowland as its Shadow Minister for Communications, as questions hang over whether the government will be able to pass planned media reforms in a hostile Senate.

Shadow Communications Minister Michelle Rowland

Rowland, the member for Greenway – an area of western Sydney bordered by Parramatta and Blacktown – had previously been Shadow Minister for Small Business and Citizenship and Multiculturalism.

She takes over the role from Jason Clare, who has been moved to the the Trade and Investment portfolio.