CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new authorities sworn in Wednesday features a report 13 ladies, together with the primary feminine Muslim to serve within the function and the second Indigenous particular person named Indigenous Affairs minister.
The ceremony performed by Governor-Common David Hurley within the capital, Canberra, got here 11 days after new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led the center-left Labor Social gathering to an election victory over the incumbent conservatives.
“Proud to steer an inclusive authorities that's as various as Australia itself,” Albanese wrote on Twitter. “Welcome to all these new Labor members.”
Youth Minister Anne Aly is Australia’s first feminine Muslim minister, whereas Trade and Science Minister Ed Husic is the primary Muslim to serve in Cupboard.
Linda Burney grew to become the primary lady, and solely the second Indigenous particular person, to function Indigenous Affairs minister.
Albanese and Overseas Minister Penny Wong have been sworn in early final week so they may fly to Tokyo for a summit with President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Of the 30 ministers appointed to the brand new authorities, almost half are ladies. Ladies additionally maintain a report 10 spots out of 23 in core Cupboard roles.
With some votes nonetheless to be counted from final month’s election, the Labor Social gathering has secured sufficient seats to carry an outright majority within the 150-seat Home.
Albanese’s Cupboard consists of some new faces in addition to some lawmakers who served within the earlier Labor authorities that final held energy 9 years in the past.
“We've an overflow of expertise on our facet of the parliament,” Albanese mentioned, including that “it’s probably the most skilled incoming Labor authorities in our historical past since federation.”
Albanese has been getting help from an uncommon supply: British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg.
Bragg wrote on Twitter that he’d awoken to search out that “the brand new prime minister of Australia had quoted my lyrics in his first press convention.”
Bragg went on to say he wasn’t stunned as he’s been associates with Albanese for greater than 20 years after they met at a theater in Sydney and bonded over a shared love of music and compassionate politics.
“The challenges he faces are daunting and I don’t envy him his success,” Bragg wrote. “A few of us simply sing about making the world a greater place — he now has the duty of delivering on that promise.”
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