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Tag: AU-Federal

New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese sworn in as thirty-first prime minister of Australia

May 22nd, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

The Commonwealth of Australia has a new leader: Anthony Albanese. Following Labor’s victory in the 2022 Australian federal election, Albanese has assumed office along with several top ministers. Watch the swearing-in ceremony and the press conference that followed.

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Anthony Albanese makes a point

Australian voters deliver strong message on climate, ending conservative government’s 9-year rule

May 22nd, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

“Australian voters have delivered a sharp rebuke to the center-right government, ending nine years of conservative rule, in favor of the center-left opposition that promised stronger action on climate change,” Hilary Whiteman writes in CNN’s assessment of the 2022 Australian federal election.

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We are burning, stop fiddling!

Australia’s right wing Liberals will take a generation to recover from loss, polling expert says

May 22nd, 2022 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

A former Labor strategist Kos Samaras offers up some analysis of the initial results to the Australian Financial Review after Labor’s victory in the 2022 Australian election.

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Anthony Albanese makes a point

Australian Labor frontbencher: It’s not business as usual in wake of leadership spill

September 14th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Public Service

This is a government where many of the senior members of that government can’t stand the person that has been elected to lead that political

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Tony Abbott discovers Australians don’t like his right wing policies

February 2nd, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Tony Abbott discovers Australians don’t like his right wing policies Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s popularity has dropped like a rock since his not-liberal Liberal

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