STORY: Labor returns to energy after 9 years in opposition as a wave of unprecedented help for the Greens and climate-focused independents, largely ladies, helped finish almost a decade of rule by the conservative coalition in Saturday’s (Might 21) common election.
Whereas votes are nonetheless being counted and the make-up of presidency has but to be finalised, Albanese was sworn in so he might attend a key assembly of the Quadrilateral Safety Dialogue in Tokyo on Tuesday (Might 24).
Albanese, raised in public housing by a single mom on a incapacity pension, was sworn in by Governor-Basic David Hurley at a ceremony within the nationwide capital, Canberra.
Deputy Labor chief Richard Marles and three key ministers – Penny Wong in international affairs, Jim Chalmers as treasurer and Katherine Ruth (Katy) Gallagher in finance – have been additionally sworn in, with Wong to hitch Albanese on the Quad journey.
