US EditionStarmer congratulates Albanese on re-election and hails UK-Australia friendship
- The UK’s Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, extended his congratulations to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on securing a second term, highlighting the strong friendship between the two nations.
- Albanese secured a historic second consecutive three-year term by a center-left government after a Labor landslide that defeated the Liberals and unseated Peter Dutton.
- Albanese emphasized a disciplined, orderly government focused on productivity and inflation, pledging to resolve key issues like universal childcare, gambling advertising reforms, and nature-positive laws.
- The Labor agenda includes a $10 billion housing package, new economic reform laws to ease job mobility, and a bill to prevent penalty rate cuts, which has drawn business opposition but proceeds on the voter mandate.
- Starmer and Albanese committed to strengthening defense cooperation, with a focus on advancing the AUKUS submarine initiative and continuing their joint support for Ukraine, underscoring their ongoing partnership and aligned security objectives.
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UK's Starmer talks defence cooperation with Australia's re-elected Albanese
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has congratulated Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese's election win in a phone call and the two agreed to bolster defence and security cooperation, Starmer's office said on Sunday. Read full story
Australian prime minister re-elected
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday won re-election. Albanese’s Labor Party defeated the Liberal Party that Peter Dutton led. Dutton, who lost his seat in parliament, quickly conceded to Albanese, who is the first Australian prime minister to win re-election in 21 years. Foreign Minister Penny Wong, a lesbian who represents South Australia in the Australian Senate, on Saturday introduced Albanese at his victory party. “Today t…
Sydney Morning Herald
‘Never more powerful than he is now’: Albanese faces tough calls on his new frontbench
Labor figures played down the prospect of sweeping changes to cabinet, but they expect more than a dozen new MPs to change the factional structure that decides the ministry.
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