Malcolm Turnbull unveils 'ministry for the future'

Updated September 20 2015 - 5:45pm, first published 4:00pm

Marise Payne has become Australia's first female defence minister as Malcolm Turnbull wields the axe in a ministerial reshuffle aimed at removing dead wood and modernising the government ahead of a crucial election year.

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