Hitting out at Australia's former defence chief Peter Cosgrove, who said it was 'easy to conclude' that some attacks on Indians may have been racially motivated, Victorian premier John Brumby dubbed his speech as 'factually inaccurate' and wide of the mark.However, Brumby, whose state has been under fire for reporting maximum assaults against Indians, declined to elaborate on how Cosgrove's statement was inaccurate.
Attorney General George Brandis, the government's new leader in the Senate, was the first minister to be sworn in. Scott Morrison took oath of the treasurer's office.
Australia's former Defence Force chief has stated that the attacks against Indians was a 'major problem' and its nature made it easy to conclude they were racially motivated. General Peter Cosgrove told The Age after his address on Australia day that the number of incidents against Indians seemed "too many to be coincidences". "Attacks recently by groups of people on individuals looks like a profiling approach to people from the sub-continent.
Late Phillip Hughes named 13th man in Australian squad.
"Today we've voted for love, for equality. It's time for more marriages, more love, more respect. This belongs to us all. This is Australia," said Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian prime minister after the announcement.
Morrison, the current treasurer, won an internal ballot 45-40 over former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.
Australia gets a fifth premier in eight years after an internal revolt in the ruling Liberal Party forced Tony Abbott to quit
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