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CANBERRA - Labor leader Kevin Rudd is expected to unveil his new look frontbench today.
Peter Garrett, Chris Bowen, Craig Emerson and Bob McMullan were elected unopposed to the frontbench yesterday to replace Kim Beazley, Gavan O'Connor and Bob Sercombe.
South Australian senator Annette Hurley also left the frontbench after falling victim to a factional deal to squeeze both Mr Bowen and Dr Emerson into the shadow ministry.
Some female Labor MPs have criticised the decision to dump Senator Hurley, which leaves just seven women on Labor's 32-person frontbench - two more than on the government frontbench.
Labor's new deputy leader Julia Gillard is tipped to take over the industrial relations portfolio from Stephen Smith.
In an end to a traumatic week for Labor, a funeral will be held in Perth today for Kim Beazley's brother.
David Beazley, 53, died of a heart attack on Monday morning as the Labor caucus was voting to replace his brother as leader.
- AAP
