Australia ousts conservatives after nine years, Prime Minister Morrison concedes

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Anthony Albanese sworn in as Australia’s prime minister ahead of Tokyo Quad meeting 

• Anthony Albanese, the first Labor prime minister since 2013, is heading to Tokyo for a Quad meeting
  
• Joining him will be Malaysia-born Penny Wong, the first Australian foreign minister to be born abroad
  

Australia’s Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese was sworn in as the country’s 31st prime minister on Monday, promising a “journey of change” as he vowed to tackle climate change, rising living costs and inequality.

Labor returns to power after nine years in opposition as a wave of unprecedented support for the Greens and climate-focused independents, mostly women, helped end nearly a decade of rule by the conservative coalition in Saturday’s general election.

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