Albanese elected Australia's leader in complex poll result
NPRAlbanese elected Australia's leader in complex poll result Enlarge this image toggle caption Rick Rycroft/AP Rick Rycroft/AP SYDNEY, Australia — Australians awoke on Sunday to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the center-left Labor Party leader whose ascension to the nation's top job from being raised in social housing by a single mother on a disability pension was said to reflect the changed fabric of the country today. Sponsor Message "It says a lot about our great country that a son of a single mom who was a disability pensioner, who grew up in public housing down the road in Camperdown, can stand before you tonight as Australia's prime minister," Albanese told jubilant supporters after tipping Scott Morrison out of office to end nine years of conservative rule. Sponsor Message The election delivered a clear rebuke to Australia's traditional two-party system, both to Labor and the heavily defeated conservative coalition led by the Liberal party's outgoing Prime Minister Morrison. Greens leader Adam Bandt concurred, saying his party wanted to work with the next government to "tackle the climate crisis" and an "inequality crisis" he said was threatening Australia.