Australia's Albanese rides voters' anti-Trump sentiment to election win

PM's Labor Party projected to secure majority in stinging defeat for opposition Coalition

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Supporters of Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese react at a Labor party election night event, after local media projected a Labor Party's victory, on the day of the Australian federal election, in Sydney, May 3 © Reuters

SHAUN TURTON

SYDNEY -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared victory on Saturday as his center-left Labor Party scored a landslide in the country's federal election, a triumph apparently driven in part by voter distaste for U.S. President Donald Trump.

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