Essay: He’s Australia’s 31st Prime Minister. So who is Anthony Albanese?
In an article first published on The Conversation which was written before Saturday’s election, PAUL STRANGLO, professor of politics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, looks at the life of the man today sworn-in as Australia’s next leader…
Australia swears in new Labor PM ahead of Quad meeting
Sydney, Australia Reuters Australia’s Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese was sworn in as the country’s 31st Prime Minister on Monday, promising a “journey of change” as he vowed to tackle climate change, rising living costs and inequality. Labor returns to power after nine years in opposition as a wave of unprecedented support for the Greens […]
Analysis – Australian women unleash new political force on climate, integrity
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Professional women and voters concerned about climate change unleashed a third force in Australia’s election, taking a swath of seats that ended nine years of conservative rule even as votes for the winning Labor Party fell. Women who left successful careers in business, medicine and media to enter politics as independents were on […]
Australia’s Labor to retake power after nine years, independents may hold sway
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s Labor Party will form the country’s next government on Monday, as unprecedented support for the Greens and climate-focussed independents ended nearly a decade of rule by the conservative coalition. Centre-left Labor remains four to five seats short of a majority of 76 in the 151 seat lower house with about a dozen […]
Aid advocates welcome Labor’s proposed increase to Australia’s foreign aid budget
Advocates for increasing Australia’s international aid budget welcomed a promise from Labor to lift the level of foreign aid funding should they win government at the next federal election. Labor passed a resolution at its national conference in Adelaide on Tuesday to lift the level of the country’s foreign aid every year if it wins […]
Micah Australia welcomes Labor promise to commit $500 million to UNHCR over five years
Micah Australia has welcomed an announcement from Opposition Leader Bill Shorten that if elected, a Labor Government would commit $500 million in funding to the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees over a five year period. A funding increase for UNHCR – from $25 million to $100 million a year – had been one […]