Australia’s new PM flags ‘difficult’ China ties as he heads to Tokyo for Quad meeting

Ahead of meeting with Biden, Kishida and Modi in Tokyo, Anthony Albanese warned Australia would always stand up for its values against China

Anthony Albanese will fly to Tokyo on Monday to take part in the Quad leaders' meeting, just hours after being sworn in as the new Australian prime minister and warning that relations with China would remain difficult".

The Labor party defeated the Coalition government, led by Scott Morrison, on Saturday. It is not yet known whether the Labor party, which Albanese leads, will reach the 76-seat majority needed to govern in its own right.