EDITOR'S NOTE: The High Court overturned Cardinal George Pell's conviction for historical child sex offences in a judgment handed down April 7, 2020. In a unanimous decision all seven High Court judges found Victoria's Court of Appeal should not have upheld Pell's conviction It found the evidence could not support a guilty verdict.

Confidence in the Morrison government's election chances faces a fresh blow with Cabinet ministers Christopher Pyne and Steve Ciobo to announce they are quitting politics.