Turnbull sworn in as Australia’s PMCANBERRA: Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in for another term as Australia’s prime minister Tuesday after a narrow election victory with budget repair and a public vote on same sex marriage among his top priorities. Four different leaders have served since 2013 as parties removed sitting prime ministers. Turnbull was sworn in at Government House in Canberra by Governor General Peter Cosgrove, Queen Elizabeth II’s representative in Australia, and has broadly stuck with the same team of ministers he took to the election. “Budget repair is absolutely critical,” Turnbull said in laying out his top priority. Standard & Poor’s revised Australia’s triple-A rating outlook to negative following the vote, concerned the tight result and more crossbench politicians in the Senate could hamper a return to surplus.

Source: Manila Times July 18, 2016 23:48 UTC