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Labor says its second term will be about productivity reform. These ideas could help shift the dial

In his victory speech, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese highlighted social policy as a major factor in Labor’s electoral success, particularly Medicare, housing and cost of living relief. He was justified in doing so.

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Loser Peter Dutton Soft-Launches ‘Graceful Exit’ From Politics After Historic Defeat

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Coalition alliance rethink as city, rural divide opens

Nationals MPs are openly questioning the coalition agreement with the Liberal Party, including one senator who was voted out after the election.

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Liberal seizes seat in teal rematch, Greens leader gone

A former Liberal frontbencher has not ruled out a leadership tilt after reclaiming his seat from a teal independent, while the Greens leader has lost his seat.

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In an election that played out on social media as much as TV, do leaders’ debates still matter?

With the election campaign now fading into the rear-view mirror, the parties, particularly the Liberals, will be reviewing their campaign strategies. A part of this will likely be the use of televised debates.

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Australia-Pacific ties enhanced by Labor's election win

Improved relations with Solomon Islands and Vanuatu could be a goal of Labor's second term, with a huge step-up with Papua New Guinea already assured.

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Labor has promised fast action to cut student debt, but arts students will have to wait for lower fees

Labor’s federal election win means university fees and costs are set to change. But some of these changes will not be immediate.

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Too close to call: follow the federal election results in the undecided seats here

Things are looking rocky in Bullwinkel for Labor but it’s likely the party will hold Richmond against the Greens

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Greens leader Adam Bandt and Teal Zoe Daniel likely to lose their seats

With 80% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is giving Labor 87 of the 150 House of Representatives seats, the Coalition 40, the Greens zero and all Others ten, with 13 seats remaining undecided.

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Morning Mail: teals under pressure, the mastermind behind Labor’s win, Carney meets Trump

Monique Ryan could share fate of Zoe Daniel in losing her seat to Liberal fightback; Trump and Carney agree to disagree in White House meeting

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Independent zest also poses test for 'complacent' Labor

Despite a landslide election victory, Labor could soon lose its grip on historic heartlands as analysts suggest Australian voters are feeling taken for granted.

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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

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Paul Erickson: unmasking the mastermind behind Labor’s winning election strategy

Sources say it was the young political strategist’s experience fighting the Greens, almost 15 years ago, that caught Anthony Albanese’s attention

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Who is Anthony Pratt, the Australian recycling billionaire who turned heads at the Met Gala?

The head of Pratt Holdings was called a friend by Donald Trump and hosted a victory party at Mar-a-Lago after the 2024 election

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Morning Mail: Israel’s ‘intensified’ plan to seize Gaza, the voters that swung to Labor, Liberals in crisis

‘Intensified’ miltary operation will involve evacuation of ‘most of population’; Chinese Australians were key factor in marginal seats

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Analysts split on Bandt’s hopes of holding seat – as it happened

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Labor has the chance to do something big in its second term. What policy reforms should it take on?

Labor’s historic election victory means the Albanese government has a rare opportunity to pursue a big, bold reform agenda. The scale of the victory all but guarantees a third term in office after the next election in 2028, and entrenches Anthony Albanese’s authority as prime minister.

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We’ve heard the promises. Now it’s up to Labor to deliver its housing, wages and other economic policies

With a convincing win for a second term of government, the pressure is now on the new Labor government to deliver the economic policies central to its win.

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Silver lining for depleted Liberals in teal contests

Despite its emphatic election loss, the depleted coalition could still reclaim at least one inner-city seat from an incumbent teal independent.

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Huge swings to Labor from Chinese Australian voters in key seats show Liberals failed to rebuild trust, experts say

Community convincingly chooses Labor in Melbourne and Sydney seats, despite opposition efforts to engage after 2022 review

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