SYDNEY: Australia's conservative Liberal Party elected Sussan Ley (pic), a former outback pilot with three finance degrees, as its first woman leader on Tuesday (May 13), after an election loss partly due to comparisons with US President Donald Trump's policies.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday after his Labor Party rode a voter backlash against global instability caused by Trump's policies to a come-from-behind victory in the May 3 national election.
