
Brisbane and Sydney, Australia
CNN
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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks set to secure a second term in office, media networks project, with voters choosing stability over change against a backdrop of global turmoil inflicted by a returning US President Donald Trump.
Albanese’s Labor Party needs at least 76 of 150 lower-house seats to win a majority, and while votes were still being counted, early swings towards Labor suggested the party would retain government, according to projections from national broadcaster the ABC.
CNN affiliate Sky News reported that there was no path to a majority for the Coalition, made up of Peter Dutton’s Liberal Party…