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As Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ministry is sworn in today, we’re taking a closer look at the members of the newly revamped cabinet.

Some of the faces are new – Stuart Robert, for example, takes over the new portfolio overseeing the National Disability Insurance Scheme. And some of the portfolios have shifted, notably Sussan Ley replacing Melissa Price as environment minister.

We’ve asked our experts to appraise the performances of the ministers and highlight what could be the key challenges in their new roles.

In some cases, ministers hold more than one portfolio. To simplify the policy analysis, we’ve chosen a key policy area for which they’re responsible and asked our experts to analyse those.

Authors: Emil Jeyaratnam – Data + Interactives Editor, The Conversation | Justin Bergman – Deputy Editor: Politics + Society | Shelley Hepworth – Section Editor: Technology, The Conversation | Adam Webster – Departmental Lecturer in Law and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford | Alex Reilly – Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide | Alexandra Wake – Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University | Bronwyn Hinz – Director of Research and Development, Pivot Professional Learning; and Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne | Dain Bolwell – Associate at the Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania | Hal Swerissen – Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University, and Fellow, Health Program, Grattan Institute | Harry Hobbs – Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney | Jim Gillespie – Associate Professor in Health Policy, Menzies Centre for Health Policy & Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney | Lachlan Johnson – PhD Candidate, Politics and International Relations, University of Tasmania | Marion Terrill – Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute | Mark Kenny – Senior Fellow, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University | Paul Burton – Senior Research Fellow, Monash University | Peter Martin – Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University | Rob Manwaring – Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University | Samantha Hepburn – Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University | Stewart Lockie – Director, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University | Will J Grant – Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University