New Australian PM joins Quad talks ------------------------------------------ Within hours of taking office, Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese headed to Tokyo for the “Quad” summit – an informal security alliance between Australia, India, Japan and the United States ------------------------------------------ Anthony Albanese Narendra Modi Fumio Kishida Joe Biden Albanese is sworn into office on May 23 following Labor Party’s election victory, and immediately jets off to Tokyo for Quad meeting ------------------------------------------ RUSSIA CHINA INDIA INDIAN OCEAN U.S. PACIFIC OCEAN AUSTRALIA Dec 26, 2004: Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami kills 228,000 people in 14 countries and leads to formation in 2007 of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) Discussions likely to include war in Ukraine and shared vision for free and open Indo-Pacific, to counter Chinese maritime claims Tokyo, JAPAN Hosting 2022 Quad summit ------------------------------------------ Sources: BBC, ABC, USA Today Illustration sources: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS