Australian election 2022: Anthony Albanese ‘humbled’ to be next PM as voters abandon Coalition

Labor leader pledges to implement Uluru statement and to end climate wars, while Scott Morrison says he will stand down as Liberal leader after defeat

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Anthony Albanese will be Australia's next prime minister, leaving the Coalition in disarray after it lost more than a dozen seats to Labor and independents in an election that has transformed the country's political landscape.

Declaring victory shortly before midnight on Saturday, Albanese thanked voters for the extraordinary honour" of becoming the nation's 31st prime minister, and said he would work in government to bring Australians together.