23 May 2022

Australian election: who is new PM Anthony Albanese?

From First Up, 5:44 am on 23 May 2022

Anthony Albanese is the new Prime Minister of Australia, with Labor seizing power from the Scott Morrison-led coalition and bringing Labor out of the political wilderness to government in Australia. Mr Albanese is to be sworn in as PM later today, but it is not yet clear whether his party will have a majority in parliament. Labor needs to win 76 seats to be able to claim a majority in the federal Parliament. Scott Morrison has announced he'll be standing down as leader of the Liberal Party after a disastourous night in which a number of formerly safe Liberal seats were taken by independent candidates. Nick Trubridge discussed the results with the ABC's Gavin Coote and began by asking: who is Anthony Albanese and what sort of Prime Minister will he be?