By Kirsty Needham and Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left Labor Party was projected to win over the conservative opposition, Sky News Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said as early vote counting showed Labor in a strong position.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he accepts 'full responsibility' for the Coalition loss, as Australian PM Anthony Albanese hails the result as a vote 'for Australian values'.

Labor has secured a federal election victory in Australia, in what was widely seen as a major domestic backlash against Donald Trump-style politics and the country’s rightward drift under the conservative coalition.