FILE PHOTO: Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop gives a press conference at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, Scotland July 20, 2018. David Cheskin/Pool via Reuters/File Photo
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's former foreign minister, Julie Bishop, will retire at the next election, she said on Thursday, joining a wave of lawmakers leaving a government that faces defeat in the poll, due by May.
The departure of one Australia's most popular and high-profile female lawmakers follows four government MPs either retiring or defecting from the ruling centre-right coalition, which is in a minority and trailing in polls.
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