Morrison sworn in as Australia's prime minister

Melbourne: Scott Morrison was sworn in as Australia's prime minister on Wednesday along with a "hungry, committed and united" team of ministers after the ruling Conservative Coalition led by him staged a surprise victory defying exit polls in the general elections.

The new Coalition ministry for the 46th Australian parliament was sworn in at the Government House in Canberra with Morrison taking the oath as a new Prime Minister and Michael McCormack as the Deputy Prime Minister.

Morrison promted New South Wales MP Sussan Ley, Linda Reynolds and Anne Ruston to the Cabinet and inducted Jane Hume, Ben Morton, Alan Tudge Stuart Robert on the government frontbench.

A record number of seven women were sworn into the new Cabinet with Nationals deputy leader Bridget McKenzie becoming Australia's first female agriculture minister. The Cabinet includes Australia's first Aboriginal federal cabinet minister, West Australian MP Ken Wyatt, will take indigenous affairs charge.