Your Monday News Roundup: Turnbull Unveils New Ministry and Eddie McGuire Being an Idiot, Again

Around 3,500 people marched through Melbourne's CBD on Sunday in protest of Indigenous deaths in custody—which have sharply risen over the past decade—and the high-profile deaths of black men at the hands of police in America. Organiser Yarramun Conole stressed the rally was about injustices on our own shores as much as those overseas.

The rally began at the State Library, where Indigenous organisers and activist spoke to the crowd. Nayuka Gorrie implored white allies to use their position of privilege; "if you see racism, call it out. Don't wait for it to be popular in the media, call it out every single day.

"To the black and brown and people of colour in this space right now," Nayuka continued, "I love you, you are beautiful, black is beautiful: every single day."

At one point, a masked group of counter-protesters showed up, waving banners that read "blue lives matter." However, police quickly escorted the group away, and allowed the Black Lives Matter rally to continue uninterrupted.

Former Essendon player Nathan Lovett-Murray joined the march, as did basketball champion Liz Cambage. Attendees held signs which read, "All lives will matter when black lives matter." There were no incidences of violence: the rally was emotional, but entirely peaceful.

Remember that time Eddie McGuire said something really offensive, and people actually called him on it? No, not that time he and his Triple M radio mates "joked" about drowning football journalist Caroline Wilson. Also not that time he called Victorian minister for sport, John Eren, a "soccer-loving Turkish-born Mussie." When he was CEO of the Nine Network and told the company's then-news director Mark Llewellyn to "bone" presenter Jessica Rowe? Nope, not that one either.

We're going back to 2013, when Eddie McGuire suggested Adam Goodes should play the titular character in the Melbourne production of King Kong, just days after the Brownlow winner had been racially vilified by a young spectator at the MCG, who called him an "ape."

In a just-released interview with GQ, McGuire blamed the Goodes "gaffe" on the "heavy-duty painkillers, antibiotics, and steroids" he was taking for a knee infection. However, he still showed little remorse for the comments, taking the opportunity to point out that "in the old days Bert Newton would have some out on the Don Lane show in a gorilla suit with a Swans jumper on."

Opening the door for McGuire to apologise, interviewer Richard Cluse asked whether the broadcaster was disappointed with himself. "No, I was disappointed with the circumstances," McGuire offered back.

During his four-day Australian visit, America's vice president, Joe Biden, managed to fit a Carlton-West Coast game into his busy schedule. Biden was escorted to the MCG by an extensive Secret Service motorcade, as well as Foreign Minister Julie Bishop—a passionate Eagles supporter who once presented Barack Obama with the gift of a personalised West Coast guernsey. In the stands, Biden appeared equal parts confused and enthusiastic.

Before kick off he was allowed to walk on the MCG turf, meet the umpires, and pose for a photo holding a Sherrin football. He was schooled on the finer points of the game by Collingwood's Mason Cox, who is originally from Texas. Today the Veep will meet with Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney. They'll have something in common to talk about, at least: the PM doesn't understand much about AFL, either.

Turnbull's reshuffled ministry will be unveiled in Canberra today. The general consensus is that the front bench will drift further to the right with a boosted number of Nationals and young conservatives, while several MPs will be noticeably absent.

Those who lost seats include 26-year-old former Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy, and MP Peter Hendy, who lost his bellwether seat of Eden Monaro. It's likely many will be happy to see the back of Hendy as he played a leading role in dethroning Tony Abbott.

Topics for discussion will include changes to superannuation unveiled in the May Budget, as well as some likely reflection on the party's election performance. As will be made clear when parliament resumes, the LNP will return with a reduced majority, as well as reduced ability to pass legislation.