Malaysian-born duo making headway in Aussie politics

Rising in the ranks: Wong is slated to take office as the Foreign Affairs Minister while Lim has won the MP’s seat of Tangney.

PETALING JAYA: Two Malaysian-born people have made headway in the Australian federal election.

Veteran senior politician Penny Wong, who was born in Kota Kinabalu, is slated to take office today as Foreign Affairs Minister under the Labour government of Anthony Albanese.