Sidney: Outgoing Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has broken down in tears as he read Bible passages to churchgoers in Sydney following his landmark election loss. The soon-to-be-former Liberal leader conceded defeat to Labor's Anthony Albanese on Saturday night - marking the end of his party's nine-year reign.

On Sunday morning, Mr. Morrison struggled to maintain composure while addressing the audience at Horizon Church, a Pentecostal church in the Sutherland Shire, in the city's south.

'Whether you're a prime minister, a pastor, running a business, teaching in schools, working in the police force, it doesn't matter,' he told the crowd. 'We're each called to trust and obey. And that's the life of faith He calls us to. That's how we live our faith each and every day, regardless of what your job is, and to express it in how you do that.'

To his fellow churchgoers, he said: 'You've given us a great foundation from which we could walk what has been a very difficult walk, I've got to tell you, over the last four years. 'I'm very pleased that the last thing I say as PM is here. So I'm not going to rely on my own words.'

Mr. Morrison added: 'May God bless Australia. May God bless our community. And may God continue to show his favor on this wonderful church family.' The crowd applauded as he left the stage.

The soon-to-be-former leader of Australia famously said following his 2019 victory against Bill Shorten: 'I have always believed in miracles.'

Morrison gave thanks to “our church family” on behalf of himself, his wife, Jenny, and their two daughters.