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Climate won Australia’s election; wielding power will be harder

Voters have identified their issue. Whether incoming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can deliver is an open question.

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Published Mon, May 23, 2022 · 04:38 PM
    • FILE PHOTO: Anthony Albanese, leader of Australia's Labor Party is accompanied by his partner Jodie Haydon and son Nathan Albanese while he addresses his supporters after incumbent Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Scott Morrison conceded defeat in the country's general election, in Sydney, Australia May 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo
    • FILE PHOTO: Anthony Albanese, leader of Australia's Labor Party is accompanied by his partner Jodie Haydon and son Nathan Albanese while he addresses his supporters after incumbent Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Scott Morrison conceded defeat in the country's general election, in Sydney, Australia May 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo REUTERS

    David Fickling

    WINNING power is the easy part of politics. It’s what you do with it that counts.

    That’s going to be the challenge for Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, after a striking election victory Saturday that has swept the right-of-centre Liberal-National Coalition from power after nine years.

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