A new Prime Minister for Australia:  Scott Morrison emerged as the winner of the Liberal power struggle with a 45-40 victory over Peter Dutton.  

The current treasurer and incoming prime minister is seen as a keen and loyal supporter of outgoing PM Malcolm Turnbull, who steered support towards Mr. Morrison when it became apparent that he was not going to hang on.  It's a victory for the center-right, and a bruising loss for the hard right conservatives who went through so much trouble to bring down a PM they suspected of being too far to the Left, only to wind up with his hand-picked successor.

Scott Morrison picked Josh Frydenberg to be deputy leader, removing Julie Bishop from that gig for the first time in a decade.  She's one of Australia's most popular politicians and the one that voters would have backed against Labor in a general election, according to the Roy Morgan poll that said Bishop's cachet would have triumphed with male and female voters in all mainland states.  But in the party room, Julie Bishop was eliminated early on.  It's not clear where she goes from here.

Mr. Turnbull came out to face reporters and list what he considers to be his accomplishments of the past three years.  Malcolm said he delivered "jobs and growth, higher than any other G7 economy", boasted of tax reductions, and took a bow for avoiding Donald Trump's import tariffs on steel and aluminum which are hitting Europe, China, and other countries.  Malcolm said he did this because he "stands up for Australian jobs".

Turnbull also took a bow for the postal vote on same-sex marriage, which he said was was "hugely successful" and led to "historic reform".  And he took pride in the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project.

The outgoing PM praised Australia and warned against intolerance and the politics of race-baiting.

"It has been such a privilege to be the leader of this great nation.  I love Australia.  I love Australians.  

"We are the most successful multicultural society in the world, and I have always defended that and advanced that as one of our greatest assets. 

"We must never allow the politics of race or division or of setting Australians against each other to become part of our political culture," and, "We have so much going for us in this country.  We have to be proud of it and cherish it."