The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Unions say they're ready to work with the incoming Labor federal government on workers' issues that have been left "festering" under the coalition.

Labor picked up at least four seats from the Liberals in Western Australia with a massive state-wide swing of more than 10 per cent, and ousted MP Ben Morton says Mark McGowan had a lot to do with it.

The Liberal Party is battling to hold onto key seats in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, while Labor is edging ahead in a tough contest with the Greens for the inner-city electorate of Macnamara.

The Liberal Party is almost 400 votes ahead on a two-party preferred basis in what had been the safe seat of Sturt, in Adelaide's eastern suburbs.

Mr Barr said he looked forward to working closely with the federal Labor government.

Public concern over climate change was a clear factor in the election of Australia’s new Labor government. Incoming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has committed to action on the issue, declaring on Saturday night: “Together we can take advantage of the opportunity for Australia to be a renewable energy superpower”.

Liberal politicians begin jostling to replace outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison as party leader after Labor seizes government from the Coalition, with Peter Dutton the frontrunner.

The latest figures from the Australian Electoral Commission have Labor on 75 seats in the House of Representatives - one short of a majority.

Australia's Labor Party will form the country's next government on Monday, as unprecedented support for the Greens and climate-focussed independents ended nearly a decade of rule by the conservative coalition.