Australia Election

Dissatisfaction with housing in Australia reached an all-time high last year and it is an issue that is expected to dominate a general election due by May

Albanese claimed the victory on Saturday night in the election, ending his wait for power after nine years and with this Anthony Albanese became the country's 31st Prime Minister

Australia's Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese is no stranger to India, Australian High Commissioner Barry O'Farrell said after incumbent Scott Morrison conceded defeat in the election on Saturday.

At the upcoming Quad Summit in Japan on May 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with his new Australian counterpart, as Australia went to polls on Saturday.

Partial results showed Morrison's Liberal-National coalition had been punished by voters in Western Australia and affluent urban seats in particular

The opposition Labour Party appeared more likely than Prime Minister Scott Morrison's coalition to form government after Australia's election on Saturday that could result in a rare hung parliament.

Opinion polls have shown Labor leading, but the gap has narrowed in the final weeks of campaigning

Morrison and Labor Opposition leader Anthony Albanese targeted marginal seats in the final 48 hours of the six-week campaign as data showed wages growth being outstripped by inflation

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's coalition trails the centre-left Labour Party opposition in most opinion polls as the administration seeks a rare fourth three-year term in elections on Saturday

The impersonator, who later identified himself by the stage name Howard X, started talking to gathered media

Australia's next federal election is likely to cost the country about an additional 30 million Australian dollars ($22.9 million) due to Covid-19 measures

Tasmanian electoral analyst Kevin Bonham also described the events as a "massive polling failure"

The poll showed the Labor winning as many as 82 seats, beating the ruling Coalition

Morrison had wooed voters by saying if re-elected Coalition would deliver a stable economy, more jobs and tax cuts

Michel was born in India, moved to Australia 27 years ago and to the Pilbara in 2001

Turnbull wrote to the governor general saying Opposition leader Bill Shorten had conceded defeat and the coalition had at least 74 seats

Turnbull said there would likely be "many new and younger faces" in the new-look coalition government

Turnbull lost the government's comfortable majority in the House of Representatives in Saturday's election

However, to secure his hold on the next government, Malcolm Turnbull has already begun negotiations with other players

The uncertainty surrounding the election prompted rating agency S&P to downgrade Australia's coveted AAA credit rating from "stable" to "negative"