Australia’s new Prime Minister Morrison has announced a peace-making Cabinet that does not punish his rivals in a bruising power struggle that ousted his predecessor days ago and divided a government that lags in opinion polls. Prime Minister Morrison on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, returned rival Peter Dutton to the home affairs ministry. Prime Minister Scott Morrison won a ballot of government lawmakers for the leadership on Friday against rival Peter Dutton. Australia’s first female foreign minister, Julie Bishop, announced earlier Sunday that she had quit the Cabinet. Bishop will be replaced as foreign minister by Marise Payne, Australia’s first female defense minister.

Source: Washington Post August 26, 2018 09:20 UTC