Labor has seen swings towards them right across the country – a rare feat for a second-term government in Australia - and Albanese becomes the first prime minister to win back-to-back elections in over 20 years.

Anthony Albanese has claimed an emphatic win in the federal election with Labor forging a bigger majority for its second term.

Anthony Albanese’s Labor has won the election and will form government, either as a majority or minority. Vote counting is still in its early stages across the country, but Labor has already been declared the winner,