Joe Biden praises energetic new PM Anthony Albanese for jumping on a plane to Tokyo immediately after winning the election: 'If you fall asleep while you're here, it's OK'       

NEW Joe Biden has praised Anthony Albanese 's energy after the new Prime Minister flew to Tokyo for a Quad leaders' summit on his first day in the job. The US President, who famously fell asleep during the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow last year, told Mr Albanese: 'If you fall asleep while you're here, it's OK'.

Nice one, leaves us here in the flood rain while he flits off to summer weather in Tokyo... typical politician

On the topic of Australia and our Prime Ministers not particularly this one in question but all of them over the at least 20 years.

The Plane that they fly out on and represent Australia is pretty terrible.

I would like to see at Least a BIG name of AUSTRALIA painted on it and a map of our country.

But all I see is a dull grey thing!

The plane could have come from anywhere.

I must say I was disgusted by the way the Media treated Anthony Albanese during the campaign. When he held press conferences he was continually shouted down, he wasn't able to give a fair answer and I don't blame him for walking away in disgust. These so called reporters should go back to University and learn the art of interviewing. Even when people are going to court, these bad mannered reporters are seen shoving microphones into their faces demanding "Did you kill your Father?" 

They did this story on the ABC a couple of years ago on Australian Story.  I thought it was very brave of him talking about it.. The same thing happened to a friend of mine in the 60's. Traveling to England on a steam ship, my friend met and fell in love with one of the passengers. Needless to same she became pregnant and had the baby in England and had the baby adopted out. Neither the Father of the child or her parents ever knew anything about it. It goes on all the time. 

Anthony Albanese leaves the park and Toto for a theatre date with girlfriend Jodie Haydon as they wait for 'Squat Morrison' to move out of Kirribilli House a WEEK after election loss 'while he renovates his family home' 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pictured left) was spotted taking a stroll near his Marrickville home, in Sydney's inner west, on Sunday morning after arriving back from the Quad Summit in Tokyo earlier this week. Opting for a casual jersey and jeans for the walk, the PM then went home and changed into a dapper suit to take Ms Haydon to the Belvoir Street Theatre to watch Wayside Bride. Meanwhile, Scott Morrison was seen getting into his car at Kirribilli House (right) - the second official residence of the prime minister after the lodge in Canberra - to head to his church in the Sutherland Shire for the 9.30am service. Despite being dethroned more than a week ago, the Morrisons have remained at the harbourside mansion and are yet to hand the keys over to Mr Albanese, who is now the rightful tenant. Nikki Durant, the Morrisons' onetime-pool cleaner, told Daily Mail Australia the family may not be moving back to their modest-three bedroom home in Port Hacking for a while as they have renovation plans.

pretty much every economist agrees the tax system needs reform and yet the majority of the population is content for the economy to tread water at best, but more likely deteriorate. So we kick the tin down the road for future us to deal with and all because we are afraid to have an adult conversation that will result in change. Good start will be to dust off the 2010 Henry Review and update it. Question is whether the new government has the appetite for it as it will almost certainly be opposed by the coalition.

Record number of women, a shake-up to national security and the first EVER Muslim ministers: Anthony Albanese unveils his new ministry with a few surprising decisions... here's the full list 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his full ministry a day after Labor claimed the final 76th seat needed to form a majority government. The new frontbench features the largest number of women ever represented in an Australian federal cabinet. The Cabinet is a mix of familiar and new faces following the first post-election caucus meeting in Canberra.

Could Anthony Albanese be about to DITCH the Queen? New Prime Minister's major move that could see Australia become a republic

Anthony Albanese has raised eyebrows by appointing an 'assistant minister for the republic', raising the prospect of Australia ditching the Queen as head of state.

China is so bxxxy rude.

The China Daily encouraged Australia's new Prime Minister not to make the same mistakes as Scott Morrison and look to heal the relationship between the two countries.

[The seem to have the same manners as Putin has!]

Penny Wong defends Richard Marles - Bing video

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Government ministers have engaged Woodside in discussions about supplying LNG to Australia’s east coast as market prices spike.

Woodside has undertaken a $63 billion merger with BHP Petroleum, doubling its production and granting it a 50 per cent stake in the Bass Strait oil and pipeline gas which supplies natural gas to Tasmania.

The company is also planning on increasing gas supplies through a new import deal with Viva Energy.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government is engaging with the sector to see how it can alleviate pressure in the short term.

“(Resources Minister) Madeline King herself has been in contact with the big providers as well as Chris Bowen, the energy minister, was talking through with the sector (about) how we can alleviate the immediate real pressure on businesses and households,” he told the ABC.

Australians would be able to benefit from the export dollars from Woodside’s Scarborough gas project off the West Australian coast despite constrained domestic supply on the east coast, Mr Albanese says.

“We will continue to benefit from the export of our resources, the revenue of which goes in part to fund education and health and other services in our national economy.

“At the same time, Australia will of course change the energy mix we (and) can see that happening right now.”

The WA and federal government remain under pressure from the Greens, who are using their record showing at the federal election to push for an embargo on new gas and coal projects.

But Mr Albanese says while the cheapest form of new energy is renewables backed up by battery storage, gas will continue to play a role in the domestic energy mix as a “firming fuel”.

Further approvals of fossil fuel projects will be considered on their economic impact and a commercial analysis of the projects, Mr Albanese says.

“They’ll all be be judged on their merits,” he said.

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