Albanese elected Australia’s leader in complex poll result

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA
Associated Press

SYDNEY (AP) — Australians awoke to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the center-left Labor Party leader whose ascension to the nation’s top job from being raised in social housing by a single mother on a disability pension was said to reflect the country’s changed fabric. It’s unclear whether Albanese’s party could form a majority government or will have to rely on an increased number of independents and minor party candidates who won seats in Saturday’s election. With counting set to continue for many days as postal votes are tallied, one prospect is for Albanese to be sworn in as acting prime minister to attend Tuesday’s Quad summit in Tokyo with U.S., Japanese and Indian leaders. President Joe Biden congratulated Albanese in a phone call Sunday.