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Australian government sworn in after landslide election. The new Australian Cabinet was sworn into office on May 13 after the center-left Labor Party was reelected in a landslide May 3. Labor expects to hold between 92 and 95 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, up from 78 seats in the previous Parliament. The conservative opposition alliance is on track to win 41 seats in one of its worst election results. On May 13, the conservative opposition Liberal Party elected former minister Sussan Ley as their new leader, the first woman to lead the party that was founded in 1944.