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Australia’s New Foreign Minister: Out Lesbian Senator Penny Wong
Around two decades after she entered Parliament, Senator Penny Wong was on Monday sworn in as Australia’s new foreign minister, making her one of the most powerful LGBTQI women political leaders and Asian-Australian in the country today.
Australia elected its 31st Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday as Labor cruised to a historic win. Soon after the swearing-in ceremony on Monday morning, Penny Wong and Albanese flew to Tokyo for the meeting with Quad leaders from the U.S, Japan and India, starobserver.com.au reports.