US President Donald Trump has weighed in on the Australian election result praising Anthony Albanese and ducking questions over whether he was responsible for the Coalition’s catastrophic result.

"We have had a very good relationship," Trump told the Sydney Morning Herald at the White House on Sunday, in his first remarks about the Australian election. But the US president

Sky News host Chris Kenny says there was a third person in the federal election race and he “isn’t even an Australian citizen”.