Instant View - Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison to become new prime minister


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  • Friday, 24 Aug 2018

Incoming Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is congratulated by his new deputy Josh Frydenberg after a party meeting in Canberra, Australia August 24, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray/Pool

(Reuters) - Treasurer Scott Morrison will become Australia's new prime minister after winning a Liberal party leadership vote on Friday, ending an internecine battle that has scarred the conservative government ahead of an election due by May 2019.

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