AUSTRALIA’S re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was greeted by well-wishers at a Sydney cafe today and said the country had voted for unity over division.

Mr Albanese’s Labour Party won an emphatic victory in elections on Saturday. As vote counting continued, the government was on track to win at least 85 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives.

The victory makes Mr Albanese the first Australian prime minister to lead a party to consecutive election victories since rightwinger John Howard in 2004.