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New Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L) and deputy Liberal party leader Josh Frydenberg (R) pose for photos following the oath-taking ceremony of the prime minister's office in Canberra on August 24, 2018. - Scott Morrison was sworn in as Australia's seventh prime minister in 11 years on August 24 after a stunning party revolt against Malcolm Turnbull, which the new leader admitted had left the government "bruised and battered". (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP)

Voters savage chaos

Popular support for the Coalition has crashed to its lowest levels in a decade, with newly elected Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced with leading a shattered government out of the wreckage of last week’s leadership coup and rebuilding a Liberal Party in crisis. An exclusive Newspoll conducted for The Australian shows the Coalition’s primary vote dropping four points to 33 per cent following the week-long chaos that ended Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership.

Scott Morrison has rejected calls to return Tony Abbott to cabinet but has elevated key conservatives in a bid to calm the partyroom and kept most of the ministers who staged the leadership coup against Malcolm Turnbull. Keep up with all the latest from Canberra in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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NO ONLINE UNTIL ROLLOVER - BCM News - 26/08/18 - Police and Border Force officers guard nine asylum seekers who sunk their fishing boat today off Cape Kimberley in North Queensland. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACK

Asylum-seekers on run

More than two dozen people from a Vietnamese fishing vessel that sank near the mouth of the Daintree River in north Queensland were being hunted last night by authorities after what could be the first arrival of an asylum-seeker boat in four years. Australian Border Force and Queensland Police officers continued the search after nightfall for the group that waded through crocodile-infested waters and mangroves to avoid being found.

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Nine's Chris Uhlmann and 2GB's Ray Hadley.

‘He’ll cop another spray’

The relationship between soon-to-be-stablemates looks far from stable as 2GB’s Ray Hadley issues a warning to Nine’s Chris Uhlmann, writes Nick Tabakoff.

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SPA, BELGIUM - AUGUST 26: Fernando Alonso of Spain driving the (14) McLaren F1 Team MCL33 Renault launches over the top of Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team C37 Ferrari at the start during the Formula One Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on August 26, 2018 in Spa, Belgium. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***

Airborne collision

Formula One driver Charles Leclerc, the best friend of deceased driver Jules Bianchi, who died after an horrific F1 crash four years ago, has survived his own terrifying and spectacular airborne collision at the beginning of the Belgium Formula One Grand Prix early this morning.

“I was lucky, it all happened very quick.’’

Charles Leclerc

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Kudelka’s view

Jon Kudelka Letters Cartoon for 27-08-18Version: Letters Cartoon (1280x720 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.