Australian Labor Party member Anthony Albanese speaks to the media in Sydney, Monday, May 27, 2019. Veteran lawmaker Albanese will become Australia’s new opposition leader this week, after being made head of the Labor Party. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP) (Associated Press)SYDNEY — Veteran Sydney lawmaker Anthony Albanese will become Australia’s new opposition leader this week, after being made head of the Labor Party on Monday. Albanese took control of the country’s main opposition party when he stood unopposed to replace Bill Shorten, who resigned as opposition leader after Labor’s unexpected loss to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative government in the May 18 general election. Albanese, 56, told a news conference Monday that he would hold Prime Minister Morrison’s newly reelected government to account, but would not be an opposition leader who routinely opposes all government initiatives.

Source: Washington Post May 27, 2019 04:23 UTC