Payne Sworn In As Defense Minister
September 22 2015
New Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull also has a new defense minister, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
Sen. Marise Payne, the previous human services minister, has succeeded Kevin Andrews as Australia's first female defense minister.
Payne will be the third defense minister in the past two years.
Turnbull said that there would be continuity in the Cabinet's National Security Committee.
Payne has spent many years on parliamentary committees for defense and...
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