Australia’s Prime Minister says he loves to fight conservatives, helped end trade war with China

Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Albanese was born a blue-collar man and worked his way up to the highest office in the land. He has claimed that he likes to ‘fight conservatives’ and has helped to end the trade war with China.

AFP reports that Albanese’s left-of-centre Labour Party won a second term in office this evening, handing its conservative rivals a crushing defeat.

Albanese has been in parliament for nearly 30 years, since he was first elected in 1996 at the age of 33. I like to take on conservatives, and that’s what I do,” he said in 2012.

Raised in a modest government-subsidised flat in central Sydney, Albanese, 62, has become a political legend for his blue-collar origins.

The only son of a single mother who worked as a cleaner, he began working for Labor in 1984, shortly after graduating from the University of Sydney with a degree in economics.

In his first term, Albanese focused on family issues such as childcare costs and health funding.

He promised to develop renewable energy, tackle the worsening housing crisis and invest in the faltering healthcare system. But he has also approved new mining plans and subsidised the fossil fuel industry, which causes serious pollution.

He also recently criticised US President Donald Trump’s 10% tariff as ‘not the behaviour of a friend’, winning the support of many Australian voters.

Meanwhile, Albanese has been praised for trying to stabilise relations with Australia’s biggest trading partner, China.

He was the first Australian prime minister to visit China in seven years and helped end a trade war with China during his tenure.

(Consolidated report)