FILE PHOTO: Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop arrives in the House of Representatives at the Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, August 23, 2018. AAP/Lukas Coch/via REUTERS
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop resigned from new Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Cabinet on Sunday, two days after a bruising leadership battle that toppled former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and led to a major ministerial shake-up.
Bishop announced she would move to the backbench and had not yet decided whether to contest the next election, which is due by May 2019. That decision could have serious implications for Morrison's government, which has a parliamentary majority of only one seat.
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