Some say the “base” gained’t allow us to do extra on local weather or gender fairness however let’s be clear: conventional Liberals watch extra ABC than Sky After Darkish, writes treasurer of NSW, Matt Kean.
NSW and Victoria file 5 Covid deaths every
NSW has recorded 5 Covid deaths and seven,178 new instances within the final 24 hours. There are 1,236 folks in hospital with the virus and of these, 35 are in ICU.
In Victoria, there was additionally been 5 deaths recorded within the final 24 hours.
There have been 8,971 new instances recorded within the final 24 hours and there are 555 folks in hospital with the virus. Of these, 29 are in ICU and eight are ventilated.
Josh Butler
Anthony Albanese joked “is my tie straight?” for photographers as he posed for his first official {photograph} along with his ministry, moments after being sworn in as prime minister at Authorities Home.
In entrance of his associate Jodie Haydon, son Nathan and a choose group of employees, the Labor chief as a result of Australia’s thirty first PM.
Labor employees milled across the drawing room of Authorities Home, black fits and recent haircuts in opposition to the white partitions of the austere constructing. A line of black Comcars snaked down the drive, as Albanese’s senior crew – his “gang of 4” interim ministry of Richard Marles, Penny Wong, Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher – popped out with their households in tow.
A snap-snapping of digicam lenses from the ropeline of photographers restrained behind a velvet twine on the sting of the room, because the incoming ministers entered: Marles, to be appearing PM throughout Albanese’s go to to Tokyo for the Quad assembly, in a pink tie; Chalmers, the proud Queenslander, in a pink tie and clutching a big pink Bible.
A slight stumble over Albanese’s title from the MC of the occasion – “Anthony Albany”, earlier than rapidly correcting himself – because the incoming PM entered the room, beaming as he shook fingers with the governor normal, David Hurley.
“Congratulations,” Hurley whispered to every minister as they signed their official paperwork.
An interim ministry of 5: PM Albanese, Marles as minister for employment, Wong as minister for overseas affairs, Chalmers as treasurer, and Gallagher as minister for finance, girls and lawyer normal.
Strolling out for an official picture on the entrance steps of Authorities Home, Albanese hugged his ministers in a good embrace.
“Hey Mike, is my tie straight?” Albanese joked, as a line of photographers snapped their portrait.
To a photographer kneeling on the bottom for a shot from under, Albanese quipped: “We would like you to go excessive, not low.
“I’ve misplaced 20 kilos however nonetheless,” he stated, gesturing to his abdomen.
From AAP:
Care sector leaders need the incoming Albanese authorities to do extra to bolster the struggle in opposition to Covid-19.
Supplier Catholic Well being Australia says its services want assist in assembly the additional prices of stopping virus infections, which aren’t reimbursed by the commonwealth until there may be an outbreak.
“Our members congratulate Anthony Albanese on his election and thank the coalition authorities and Scott Morrison for his or her public service,” chief government, Pat Garcia, says.
“There may be all the time an extended checklist of urgent points that confront any incoming authorities however delivering high quality compassionate care to our aged should be proper on the prime.”
The Australian Aged Care Collaboration needs the brand new prime minister to appoint reform of the Covid-ravaged sector as a precedence for his first 100 days in workplace.
The height collective says its issues also needs to function in any crossbench negotiations in coming days and weeks.
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has additionally moved to enlist Labor’s assist for the function neighborhood chemists have performed within the pandemic response.
From AAP:
Tasmanian Liberal Bridget Archer may put her hand up as deputy chief to maintain the social gathering from shifting additional to the precise, amid discuss Peter Dutton could run for chief.
Archer, who seems to have retained her extremely marginal seat of Bass on the federal election, stated she backed conventional “Liberal values”.
Requested if she would contemplate working for the deputy chief spot, Archer stated “I really feel like that might be pretty presumptuous”.
Requested once more, given the danger that the social gathering may transfer additional to the precise, she stated “probably”.
“I’ve seen some early commentary round some concept that the social gathering ought to transfer additional to the precise and I’ll definitely resist all efforts for that to happen,” she advised ABC radio on Monday.
“We have to carry the social gathering again to the centre.”
However Archer stated she would “wait till the mud settles” from the election when it got here to backing Dutton.
Anthony Albanese says:
That concludes the presentation of the interim ministry.
And with that, his authorities kicks off.
They’re shifting in direction of the second of this swearing-in the place the brand new cupboard is photographed on the steps of Authorities Home.
It’s going to clearly be so much smaller than regular – as the federal government has 4 ministers proper now. There shall be one other ceremony after we know the entire make-up of the parliament.
Penny Wong, Richard Marles, Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher sworn in as ministers
Senator Penny Wong has been sworn in as minister for overseas affairs and Richard Marles has been sworn in as minister for employment and deputy prime minister.
Jim Chalmers has been sworn in as treasurer and Senator Katy Gallagher has turn into minister for finance, minister for girls and lawyer normal.
Albanese is now presenting the primary members of his new ministry.
Right now is just a little bit uncommon in the truth that it’s not the entire Albanese ministry that’s being sworn in – as a substitute it’s a choose group of individuals, as Albanese must fly to Tokyo at present to attend a vital assembly of the Quad.
Anthony Albanese sworn in as prime minister
I, Anthony Norman Albanese, do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I’ll properly and really serve the commonwealth of Australia, her land and her folks within the workplace of prime minister.
Paul Singer, the governor normal’s official secretary, has simply launched Linda Hurley.
Everybody sings the nationwide anthem.
Albanese has arrived at Authorities Home and Penny Wong, Katy Gallagher and Richard Marles are taking their seats, able to be sworn in.
The ceremony will formally begin in 5 minutes.
Anthony Albanese to be sworn in at 9am this morning
Labor chief Anthony Albanese is now arriving at Authorities Home in Canberra and shall be sworn in as Australia’s thirty first prime minister at 9am.
He shall be sworn in alongside deputy prime minister Richard Marles, incoming overseas minister Penny Wong, new treasurer Jim Chalmers and new finance minister Katy Gallagher.
Labor is inching in entrance in 78 seats, which might give it a majority within the Home of Reps.
Leaving his home at round 7am, Albanese advised reporters:
It’s an enormous day in my life. However an enormous day for the nation, after we change the federal government. I wish to lead a authorities that has the identical sentiment of optimism and hope that I believe defines the Australian folks. I wish to be optimistic.
Le says she may be very completely different from the teal independents – she funded her personal marketing campaign.
My citizens right here has a distinct must the electorates that the teal independents are representing. However I’ve little doubt, you already know, there can be another points that we are going to, you already know, have some dialog over.
She says her neighborhood is prepared for change and events want to grasp they will’t take previously protected seats as a right.
I’ve to thank the numerous culturally various communities out right here who backed me and, being of Vietnamese refugee background, significantly the Vietnamese Australian neighborhood out right here who actually got here out in power as you already know they’re one of many largest populations right here in Fowler to assist me.
However I believe that, you already know, our neighborhood right here is prepared for change and this can ship a message to the main events that they want to take a look at candidates that truly are linked – linked – to the neighborhood that they’re requested to characterize.
Fowler native unbiased Dai Le is talking on the ABC. Le fought off Labor’s Kristina Keneally, who was parachuted into the formally protected seat.
A day in the past, yesterday, I sat in my lounge room and simply, you already know, was considering again to the second when my household escaped communist Vietnam on a rickety boat within the ocean. I didn’t know whether or not we’d reside or die, and so – I simply can’t imagine it. Look, it’s surreal.
Le says Labor voters have been “insulted” by the social gathering sending Keneally to run within the seat.
Plenty of voters have been so offended with the truth that the Labor social gathering was conceited sufficient to assume that they will parachute someone from the northern seashores to come back and characterize the south-west, one of the vital socially deprived communities right here in south-west Sydney, in Fairfield and the Liverpool space, to characterize us.
She has no roots right here. She’s not linked to this space. So how can we belief that she will be able to ship for us? She’s by no means lived via the challenges that we’ve lived via.
Ardern and Albanese to speak deportations
From AAP:
New Zealand is eyeing an improved relationship with Australia after the election of Anthony Albanese.
Jacinda Ardern says she is going to use soon-to-be-arranged talks with the brand new Labor PM to progress New Zealand’s greatest problem with its most necessary relationship: deportations.
Labor’s rise to energy in Australia means the centre-left is in authorities on either side of the Tasman.
The alignment is uncommon, occurring for only one yr up to now 32 – in 2008, the primary yr of Kevin Rudd’s authorities and the final of Helen Clark’s.
Already Ms Ardern and Mr Albanese have chatted twice; as soon as because the incoming PM went to provide his victory speech, and once more on Sunday.
In breakfast tv and radio interviews on Monday, Ms Ardern stated their focus was on worldwide points.
“The prime minister-elect is heading to a Quad assembly. I’m off to america,” she stated.
“We talked in regards to the potential to satisfy someday quickly in order that we will discuss face-to-face about these points.”
The pair may meet formally as quickly as subsequent month, when the Pacific Islands Discussion board is predicted to be held in Fiji.
Lower than an hour away …
Amanda Meade
When the Coalition misplaced authorities on Saturday night time, Sky’s Paul Murray admitted he was “overly emotional” and wanted to sleep on the end result earlier than analysing what went unsuitable.
Stuart Robert says Dutton would make ‘wonderful’ Liberal chief
From AAP:
Peter Dutton would make an “wonderful” Liberal chief within the wake of the federal Coalition’s election defeat, an outgoing minister says.
However fellow Queensland MP Stuart Robert rejected options Mr Dutton, the previous defence minister, may take the Liberal social gathering additional to the precise.
“The important thing factor for the Liberal-Nationals events is to characterize aspiration,” he advised 9 Community on Monday.
“We’ve got all the time been a smart centre-right social gathering and that’s the place which we must always keep.
“Peter Dutton would make a superb chief by way of bringing everybody collectively.”
Mr Robert additionally addressed the Liberal social gathering’s “girl downside” within the wake of an nearly all-female slate of independents profitable their seats and knocking off primarily average Liberal MPs.
“Every part is on the desk … to make sure that we will correctly characterize each single a part of Australia,” he stated.
Ex-prime minister Scott Morrison will formally step down from the Liberal management when the highest job is spilled on the subsequent social gathering room assembly.