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Scott Morrison becomes Australia's 30th prime minister

Scott Morrison, right, walks with Josh Frydenberg

Source: AAP

He has defeated former home-affairs minister Peter Dutton for the Liberal Party leadership in a party-room vote following an earlier motion to spill the leadership.



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