Julie Bishop will step into the role of Acting Prime Minister. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has named Foreign Minister Julie Bishop as Acting Prime Minister during his trip to Israel. "Julie Bishop will be acting Prime Minister while I will be overseas." #BREAKING: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to be Acting Prime Minister when Malcolm Turnbull visits Israel — SBS News (@SBSNews) October 28, 2017Turnbull said Barnaby Joyce remained the leader of the federal Nationals but could no longer fulfill the Acting Prime Minister role because he was "not currently in the parliament". "Therefore the normal order of precedence in terms of acting Prime Minister falls to Julie Bishop as deputy leader of the Liberal Party and Foreign Minister," Turnbull said.

Source: Huffington Post October 28, 2017 02:02 UTC