Toto Albanese steals the post-election show as News Corp front pages do an about-face

'For News Corp, Monday’s post-election front pages were markedly different in tone to those that had dominated the election campaign.’ Photograph: Composite/The Guardian

Toto Albanese was the undisputed star of the newspaper front pages on Monday morning after her master Anthony Albanese won the election. The headline writers were inspired by the little white dog – who now has her own unofficial Twitter account. “Albanese Unleashed”, said the Courier Mail; “I’m Top Dog, Toto”, said the Advertiser; “Ruff and Ready”, said the Daily Telegraph; and “Top Dog Flies High”, said the Herald Sun, throwing in a reference to the PM’s trip to Tokyo. The Australian featured Toto too, but was a little more sober with a simple headline “Albanese Does It”. Nine’s two city mastheads, the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, which both backed Labor in editorials last week, chose photographs from a coffee morning Albanese had with Sally Sitou, who won Reid for the ALP, and the Marrickville community on Sunday morning.

Hello Australia! 🐾🇦🇺 Dad thought it’d be a furry good idea to get me a Twitter account so here I am! 💞 Woof! 🐾 pic.twitter.com/VNSM6YXwA2

— Toto Albanese, Australia’s 1st Dog 🐾🇦🇺 (@TotoAlbanese) May 24, 2022