It is still unclear whether the Labor Party will be able to form a majority government or have to rely on the support of smaller parties and independents who picked up seats
It means the makeup of the new parliament looks set to be much less climate-sceptic than the one that supported Mr Morrison's pro-coal mining administration.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerOf these, three have been secured by the Green Party and 12 by non-aligned candidates, with up to nine of those so-called teal independents, who campaigned on policies of integrity, equality and tackling climate change.
Speaking to reporters while walking his dog on Sunday morning, Mr Albanese referred to a more cooperative approach to parliamentary business and described his victory as"a really big moment". But on the day Australians went to the polls, many people were thinking about climate change and voted accordingly.
Australia had become a pariah on the international stage for its climate policies – or lack of them. It was shunned at COP26 conference in Glasgow last year. On the foreign policy front, the party proposed to establish a Pacific defence school to train neighbouring armies in response to China's potential military presence on the Solomon Islands, which are on Australia's doorstep.
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