The Latest Breaking News from Anthony Albanese

Greens leaderless as Adam Bandt concedes defeat

Greens leader Adam Bandt has conceded defeat to Labor's Sarah Witty in his lower house seat of Melbourne, opening up a leadership race for the minor party.

AAP · May 7, 2025

Two ministers face the axe from Albanese's top team

Senior ministers are on the chopping block as Labor's factional powerbrokers carve up cabinet positions following a dominant federal election victory.

AAP · May 7, 2025

Trump’s low/Albanese’s high: inside the 9 May Guardian Weekly

Political gravity catches up with the US president. Plus: Australia turns away from the fringes

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025

Greens refuse to concede Bandt has lost seat – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · May 6, 2025

Leftwing values will defeat the right. That’s what Keir Starmer can learn from Australia

Anthony Albanese’s Labor party rejected divisive far-right rhetoric and won with a message of fairness, equality and respect, says Marc Stears, the director of the UCL Policy Lab

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025

Liberal premier distances himself from Peter Dutton

A Liberal premier has responded "I'm no Peter Dutton" after being asked if he shoulders any blame for the coalition's cataclysmic election defeat.

AAP · May 6, 2025

After Canada and Australia, could Donald Trump really be the saviour of centre-left politics?

The picture is complex, experts say, despite two resounding wins for liberal parties in national elections, after polls had put them on track for defeat

The Guardian - AU · May 6, 2025

Labor settled the ‘funding wars’ just before the election. Here are 4 big issues schools still face

Days before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the federal election, the Labor government settled a long-running argument with the states over school funding.

The Conversation · May 6, 2025

The ‘feminisation’ of Labor is a key reason Australians embraced it – and Anthony Albanese

Watching elections over the decades, one thing that has struck me is that results are invariably hyperbolised in the first blush of the people’s verdict. The achievement of the winners is over-egged in the commentary, as is the scale of the calamity suffered by the losers.

The Conversation · May 6, 2025

Labor push 'bold agenda' as cabinet speculation mounts

Frontbenchers are playing down expectations that Labor could expand its policies from those put to voters, after gaining a large majority in the election.

AAP · May 6, 2025