Turnbull's Cabinet Dilemma Grows With Trade Minister to Retire
- Andrew Robb says he plans new career in the private sector
- Labor opposition says Australian Cabinet is in `chaos'
Andrew Robb.
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Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb will quit politics at this year’s election, adding to a growing list of Cabinet members that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must replace.
“I plan to move on to my next career which will be in some capacity in the private sector,” said Robb, 64, who clinched free-trade deals with China, South Korea and Japan. He said Turnbull had asked him to stay on as trade minister for the time being.