Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as Australia’s 31st prime minister in a short ceremony in Canberra on Monday, taking office with a promise of swift action on climate change, greater gender equality and improved wage growth.

• Anthony Albanese was sworn in as Australia's 31st Prime Minister in a short ceremony in Canberra.
• He took oath of the office with a promise of swift action on climate change, greater gender equality and improved wage growth.
• Anthony Albanese's Labor Party defeated the ruling coalition led by Scott Morrison in Australia federal elections 2022.
• Anthony Albanese is a pragmatic leader from a working-class background who has pledged to end divisions in the country. To form a majority government, a party needs to win more than half of the 151 seats in the House of Representatives.