Former Australian PM Resigns From Parliament, Government Loses Majority

Former Australian PM Resigns From Parliament, Government Loses Majority
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull pauses during a news conference after a party meeting in Canberra, Australia on Aug. 24, 2018. David Gray/Reuters
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SYDNEY—Australia’s former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, stripping the government of its one-seat parliamentary majority.

Turnbull last week said he would resign from parliament after he was ousted from office in a bitter party-room contest which ushered in the country’s sixth leader in the last decade.