Scott Morrison has become Australia's new prime minister after Malcolm Turnbull was forced out by party rivals in a bruising leadership contest.
Turnbull has been under pressure from poor polling and what he described as an "insurgency" by conservative MPs.
Morrison, the treasurer, won an internal ballot 45-40 over former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton - who had been Mr Turnbull's most vocal threat.
Turnbull is the fourth Australian PM in a decade to be ousted by colleagues.
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