Australia’s 59-year-old centre-left Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was sworn in during a brief televised ceremony at Government House in Canberra Monday and immediately flew to a Tokyo summit with a “message to the world” that his country is ready to engage on climate change. The AFP news agency reports that Albanese has vowed to adopt more ambitious emissions reduction targets and make the sun-kissed continent-nation a renewable energy superpower. He’s also set out a string of other goals, including setting up a national anti-corruption commission, giving indigenous people a constitutional right to be consulted about policies that affect them, and offering affordable childcare to allow more women to work. For more on this story visit the News Blog page on the Future Media website
