Days before the start of Parliament, Penny Wong hurt her shoulder while surfing with her family.
As she met with the Cabinet and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday, the foreign minister had a sling on her right arm.
According to her office, she suffered an injury last week while vacationing with her partner Sophie Allouache and their two girls and surfing.
After pictures of Senator Wong, 53, in Cabinet started circulating, she received a barrage of worried messages from supporters and reassured them that she was well.
Thank you to everyone who has voiced their concern.
In essence, Penny lost to the surfboard, which triumphed, she posted on Twitter.
The South Australian senator does not have a well-known history of surfing, unlike former prime minister Tony Abbott.
After weeks of foreign diplomacy, Senator Wong received some much-needed family time as the Labor administration gave her portfolio first priority.
She traveled extensively with “Airbus Albo” to improve Australia’s connections in the area, most notably to Fiji for the Pacific Islands Forum from July 11 to 14.
She addressed settling the two-year trade war with her Chinese colleague Wang Yi during their meeting a week earlier that followed the G20 meeting of foreign ministers.
Senator Wong was back at work when Mr. Albanese promised the Labor caucus that his administration would “hit the ground running.”
“Labor governments don’t just occupy the space; we are here to make a difference,” he said.
“We will have legislation this week,” he added, referring to at least 18 pieces of legislation.
Setting an emissions reduction goal, granting Australians 10 days of domestic violence leave, and reforming the aged care system are all priorities.
The Morrison Government had only committed to a 26% decrease in emissions, but Labor upped the game by pledging to legislate a 43% reduction target for 2030.
Additionally, new child care legislation will be introduced in the upcoming weeks.
We will implement our urgent care centers and set them up.
We will have laws pertaining to the anti-corruption commission by the end of the year, according to Mr. Albanese.
The [Indigenous] Voice to Parliament, which is inscribed in our Constitution, will be strengthened.
“In all of this, the what is vital, but the how is also crucial.
As a result, we want to alter the nation’s political climate. We want to include more people.
Less screaming and more delivering is what we want to make sure of.
Mr. Albanese spoke for several minutes about what Labour had accomplished in its first two months in power, including raising the minimum wage by 5.2%.
He recalled saying, “I said during the election campaign that individuals on $20.33 deserve an extra $1 an hour, which is what we’re talking about.”
Indeed, the fair work commission gave them $1, and now that they have received an increase, there is no question that this would not have happened if the May 21 change in administration had not taken place.
The PM also did not miss the opportunity to criticize the Coalition for forcing the public service to disclose an arrival of an asylum seeker boat on election day and for racking up a $1 trillion debt from Covid relief.
Tuesday will mark the first time that Parliament has met since before the May 21 federal election that propelled Labor to power.