AUSTRALIA’S ALBANESE LABOR GOVERNMENT SWORN IN FOR SECOND TERM – Labor has claimed at least 92 seats out of the 150-seat House of Representatives
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday (May 13), alongside his ministers, after a landslide win at a national election he said had returned the largest centre-left Labor government since federation in 1901.
Albanese and his ministers were sworn in at a ceremony at Government House in Canberra, conducted by Governor-General Sam Mostyn, with the key roles of treasurer, foreign affairs, defence and trade unchanged.
Albanese’s Labor Party rode a voter backlash against global instability caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies to a come-from-behind victory on May 3.
The Australian Electoral Commission is yet to finalise vote counting in several seats, although Labor has claimed at least 92 seats out of the 150-seat House of Representatives.
