Ciobo to Retire, Pyne Expected to Follow

(L) Steve Ciobo speaks at a business conference in Sydney on March 16, 2018. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images) (R) Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne in Canberra, Australia on Oct. 25, 2017. Australia's Trade Minister

Two more government frontbenchers will resign at the May election, leaving Scott Morrison’s ministry team a few weeks to prepare for the federal poll.

Defence Industry Minister Steve Ciobo confirmed he will quit at the May election and told The Australian that it is time to “do something else.”