"I am disappointed that Mr Turnbull did not accept my offer to work with him," he said. Arthur Sinodinos says public servants should not get in the way of politics. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen "I have been a loyal servant of the Liberal Party for many years and that will continue." Mr Turnbull began informing Liberals of his cabinet decision on Sunday morning, with details to be officially revealed in the afternoon. Ahead of the formal announcement, NSW Liberal MP Bob Baldwin said on social media that he had been dumped from his position of parliamentary secretary to the Environment Minister.

"Just informed that I am no longer a member of the executive government, I thank the Liberal Party for the opportunity to have served," he said. Defence Minister Kevin Andrews. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen Mr Turnbull's ministry is expected to promote more women to senior roles and while Abbott-backers Eric Abetz and Mr Andrews are likely to be dumped, others such as Finance Minister Mathias Cormann should retain key positions. Liberal Senator Sinodinos said under Mr Turnbull's leadership it was important ministers were brought "in the tent" and made to feel that their opinions were valued if the government wanted internal stability. Liberal MP Bob Baldwin says he walked out of anti-muslim protest. Credit:Charles Elias

"I think in dealing with leaks, a couple of things ... the reshuffle is important in indicating that this is about a healing process as much as anything else. That's important," he said. "Secondly, what's important about leaks is, again, giving people the opportunity to have their say because if people feel they don't have ownership of what's going on, they've got nothing to lose then by being outside the tent if you like. Power walkers: Lucy and Malcolm Turnbull stroll through Paddington last month. Credit:Christopher Pearce "So it's very important, if you want to stop leaks, make sure people feel like their opinion is valued and they are in the tent." Senator Sinodinos, who is expected to be promoted when the Prime Minister announces his new frontbench on Sunday, has also defended Mr Turnbull's plan to keep many of the government's existing policies, including climate change measures.

"This is a government which will be new in many ways but there will be continuity," Senator Sinodinos told the ABC's Insiders on Sunday. Senator Sinodinos said there would be "a lot of common threads" between Mr Turnbull and former prime minister Tony Abbott in terms of policy. To secure an agreement with the Nationals this week, Mr Turnbull had to commit to the government's existing Direct Action policy on climate change and to its decision to hold a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, instead of putting the issue straight to the Parliament. "But what is different is you'll have a Prime Minister at the centre of the economic debate, someone for whom economics and finance are bread and butter and who can stand with their Treasurer in the public square giving a good account of what we need to change and why we need to," he said. Mr Turnbull has been pressured by Labor and Greens in recent days for saying he will support the government's existing climate change policies, despite having backed an emissions trading scheme in opposition before losing the leadership to Mr Abbott in 2009.

Senator Sinodinos defended the new Prime Minister's stance, saying there was a cabinet agreement on Australia's targets and policies. But he said the bitter dialogue that has plagued climate politics in Australia would change under Mr Turnbull with both existing resources and renewable energies to be given "their place in the sun". "I think you will see that there will be a bit of an end to the idea that the environment and development have to be a loggerheads, that [it] is a zero sum game. It's not," he said. "Good environmental policies can be good economic policies and they give you capacity do deal with environmental issues. I don't think we should be hung up on the battles of the past, the battles of 2009." Follow us on Twitter