Australia's Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as the country's 31st prime minister, promising a "journey of change" as he vowed to tackle climate change, rising living costs and inequality.
The centre-left Labor Party is retaking power after nine years in opposition as a wave of unprecedented support for the Greens and climate-focused independents helped end nearly a decade of rule by the conservative Liberal-National coalition in Saturday's general election.
While votes are still being counted and the make-up of government has yet to be finalised, Mr Albanese was sworn in so he could attend the Quad leaders summit in Tokyo on Tuesday, with US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Quad summit is aimed at enhancing cooperation among the four member nations of the group and discussing not...
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