Women promoted in Turnbull's extensive Cabinet reshuffle
Number of women increased from two to five; some key Abbott allies from party's right wing left out
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NEW Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appointed Australia's first female defence minister on Sunday as he filled more key posts with women in a "very extensive" Cabinet reshuffle, days after ousting Tony Abbott in a party coup.
Mr Turnbull, a 60-year-old multimillionaire former banker and businessman who holds socially moderate views within the conservative Liberal Party, increased the number of women in Cabinet from two to five.
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