Lord Fakafanua, educated at O.P. Jindal Global University in India, becomes one of the youngest prime ministers in Tonga’s history and only the second noble to hold the office since the country’s 2010 constitutional reforms.
She said turning waste into valuable materials for remanufacturing could help address finite resource supplies and strengthen Australia’s sovereign manufacturing capability.
The US sanctions waiver marks a shift in policy towards Russian energy exports, following years of restrictions imposed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.