Good morning. Anthony Albanese will today be sworn in as Australia’s new PM after he declaring he wants to “change the country”. And there’s joy in the swimming pool as Ariarne Titmus breaks the women’s 400 metres freestyle world record.
The prime minister-elect, Anthony Albanese, looks increasingly likely to form a majority government, with his party inching ahead in 78 seats across the country. With a national two-party swing towards the party of almost 4%, counting yesterday showed that Labor was on track to increase its gains across metropolitan Australia. The result has meant a shellshocked Liberal party is planning a leadership change to Peter Dutton, despite Scott Morrison’s loss of heartland seats sparking concern the party was punished for abandoning its socially liberal roots. David Marr has written a postmortem on the Coalition’s defeat, Katharine Murphy analyses the Greens’ surge and Guardian Australia has compiled a handy guide for what to expect next after the historic weekend.
