SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appointed Foreign Minister Julie Bishop as deputy prime minister on Saturday after a citizenship crisis ousted his deputy and cost his government its parliamentary majority.
Turnbull had been scheduled to fly to Israel on Friday for a weeklong visit but was unable to leave without a deputy to assume the role of acting prime minister in his absence.
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