November, incumbent deputy leader Gerry Brownlee announced that he would not seek to retain his position. At the meeting Collins was confirmed as leader without opposition, and Shane Reti was elected deputy leader, also without opposition. Matt Doocey and Maureen Pugh were chosen as the Senior and Junior Whips, respectively. The new Shadow Cabinet was announced on 11 November. Commentary on the portfolio allocations focused on the finance role, which was split between Andrew Bayly (in the new role of Shadow Treasurer) and Michael Woodhouse (as finance spokesperson). Collins' former finance spokesperson, Paul Goldsmith, had also held that position under Collins' two predecessors as National Party leader but attracted negative attention during the election campaign after a "four billion dollar hole" was identified in the party's fiscal and economic plan. Goldsmith was demoted to twelfth-rank and assigned the education portfolio. The New Zealand Herald reported that Collins asked former leader Simon Bridges to take the finance portfolio, but that Bridges did not agree to Collins' plan to divide the portfolio across two positions. In a press conference, Collins explained that Bayly would be responsible for revenue, budget preparation and review, monetary policy, KiwiSaver and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, while Woodhouse would have responsibility for the monitoring of government expenditure, fiscal settings debt and interest rates. The twin roles are similar to the Australian model of Treasurer and Minister for Finance, which was also used in New Zealand at the end of the Fourth National Government in 1996–1999. Attention was drawn to the fact that while the Shadow Cabinet has a Shadow Treasurer, there is no person in the Government with the role of Treasurer for them to shadow, although Collins suggested re-establishing that role if National were to win the next general election. In addition, Collins assigned herself a new role as spokesperson for technology, manufacturing and artificial intelligence; she had previously committed, during the election campaign, to establishing a Minister for Technology. Chris Bishop picked up a new role as spokesperson for COVID-19 recovery, mirroring the new ministerial role held by Labour's Chris Hipkins. Brownlee, no longer deputy leader, was placed at 15 on the list, ahead of former leader Todd Muller at 19 as spokesperson for internal affairs and trade. National's five newest MPs were put in alphabetical order at the bottom of the list. Subsequent changes On 3 June 2021, Collins gave herself the additional role