Labor Party leader Bill Shorten pays tribute to former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke on Friday at a memorial at the Sydney Opera House. Australia’s government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, has placed restrictions on some Chinese investments and effectively banned Huawei from Australia’s 5G telecommunications network. The Labor Party wants Australia to generate half of its electricity from solar, wind and other renewable sources by 2030, a huge shift for a nation with the world’s fourth-largest coal reserves and the eighth-biggest natural-gas industry. [Australia’s new political star once faced scorn as a gay immigrant]The Labor Party has promised more free health care, greater spending on education and tax cuts for the middle and working classes. The election comes just days after the death of one of Australia’s transformative political figures, former prime minister Bob Hawke.

Source: Washington Post May 18, 2019 03:56 UTC