Labor leader Anthony Albanese, who will be sworn in today as Australia’s 31st prime minister, has pledged to “end the climate wars” in the country and boost the share of renewables in the National Electricity Market (NEM) as part of the party’s pledge to combat global warming.With nearly 71% of the vote counted on Sunday night, the Australian Electoral Commission had Labor ahead in 75 seats, just one short of the 76 needed to secure a majority in the 151-member lower house of parliament. The counting of postal and pre-poll votes over the coming days will determine the final numbers but Labor appears likely to form a slim majority government, providing an opportunity for the party to turn its climate policy platform into reality.Albanese, who is due to fly to Tokyo today for a summit with the leaders of Japan, India and the United States, used his victory speech in Sydney on…
Albanese vows to transform Australia into clean energy ‘superpower’ – pv magazine Australia
