Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks set to form a majority Labor government, with the ABC projecting victory for sitting member Josh Burns in the Melbourne seat of Macnamara.
The ABC election computer is projecting that Labor will hold at least 76 seats — the minimum required to form a majority government.
He was able to assure the Governor-General that Labor was the only major party able to form a stable government, allowing him to head to Tokyo for a meeting with world leaders. It is likely, sources have suggested, that the new government will strike deals with the teals, independents and Greens to strengthen the passage of its legislation.
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