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PM stares down political rivals after landslide victory

Labor will move to cut student debt as its first re-election priority with the prime minister claiming a mandate to press forward with housing reform.

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Victorian Labor was bracing for a federal backlash – now Jacinta Allan sees vindication

Despite relentless commentary about the premier’s unpopularity, the state swung even harder to Labor than in 2022, while the Liberal party blame game has begun

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The Liberal party’s massive defeat leaves it in dire straits. Where to from here?

The party will need to think long and hard about their history if they are to find a way out of their current mess

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From tragedy to triumph: Ali France and the ‘remarkable women’ who delivered a slew of Labor wins in Queensland

Seven female Labor candidates, ‘enough for an entire netball team’, have won seats in the sunshine state, with Anika Wells praising the party for ‘empowering women’

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Blaming Donald Trump for conservative losses in both Canada and Australia is being too kind to Peter Dutton

Australia’s federal election, held less than a week after Canada’s, has produced a shockingly similar outcome. Commentators all over the world have pointed out the parallels.

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Second-term Albanese will face policy pressure, devastated Liberals have only bad options

On February 1, on The Conversation’s podcast, Anthony Albanese not only declared that Labor would retain majority government, but held out the prospect it could win the Victorian Liberal seats of Menzies and Deakin.

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Election flops – a night to forget for minor parties on the left and the right

Minor parties were all the rage at the last election when, along with independent candidates, they secured almost a third of votes.

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Australian federal election in four charts: Labor’s lower-house lead and the Senate state of play

Albanese’s party is on track for at least 85 seats and the final tally could well be more. Plus: the major party vote continues to shrink

The Guardian - AU

Independents will not help form government – but they will be vital in holding it to account

When the newspapers delivered their standard election-eve editorials, there were few surprises. Former Fairfax papers and smaller outlets offered qualified support for Labor, while the News Corp papers unashamedly championed the Coalition. In Adelaide, The Advertiser ran a curious line recommending a majority government of whatever persuasion, “lest our futures…

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State of the states: 6 experts on how the election unfolded across the country

While counting continues nationally, the federal election result is definitive: a pro-Labor landslide and an opposition leader voted out.

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Labor to increase Senate numbers after landslide win

Labor is set to pick up three more seats in the Senate, paving the way for an easier path to passing laws through the upper house.

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Liberal vote decimated in major cities – with Coalition now dominated by regional MPs and Nationals

Party wiped off the map in Adelaide and Tasmania and fails to win back any seats from teal independents

The Guardian - AU

Who Is Ali France AKA The Labor Candidate Who Just Booted Dutton Out Of Dickson?

Ali France has just become the first person to unseat an opposition leader at a federal election, after her stunning victory this election.

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Labor makes Senate gains, and left-wing parties will hold a Senate majority

On Saturday, Labor won a thumping victory in the House of Representatives, and this has carried over to the Senate results.

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Here We Bloody Go: Andrew Bolt Says That Voters ‘Are Wrong’ After Labor Victory

Conservative commentator Andrew Bolt has decried the results of the 2025 federal election, says that voters "were wrong".

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Coalition power plan 'nuked' at poll: climate groups

The coalition's nuclear power plan "bombed at the ballot" and is now off the table, climate action and renewable energy groups say.

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World Leaders Congratulate PM Albanese On Election Results & Massive Labor Win

Various world leaders have sent their congratulations to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over his Labor victory.

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Simon Birmingham calls out ‘broken’ Liberal party model as Sussan Ley says Coalition reflecting on results ‘with humility’ – as it happened

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World leaders congratulate 'Albo' on Labor's victory

World leaders have sent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese messages of congratulations after Labor's re-election.

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Albanese takes victory lap after Labor landslide

Anthony Albanese has thanked supporters after the prime minister secured a second term in leading the nation with expanded ranks of Labor MPs.

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'Alban-easy', PM basks in afterglow of election victory

Scooping gelato and sipping coffee with locals: the prime minister has continued typical campaign tasks without the weight of an election on his shoulders.

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‘The chicken ain’t squawking’: the best quotes of Australian election night 2025

An unprecedented Labor win sparked stirring words of victory from the party, and dejected – and sometimes feisty – words from the defeated

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Victoria confounds Liberal hopes of election revival, swinging even further to Labor

The Coalition hoped its path to victory would lead through the southern state, but instead it has been left with a bare handful of seats

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Andrew Bolt says it was the voters who were wrong as Sky News commentators grieve Dutton election loss

News Corp commentator blames Liberal party for allegedly shying away from culture wars as Peta Credlin in furious agreement: ‘we didn’t do enough of a culture war’

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Albanese increases majority and Dutton loses seat in stunning election landslide

The Albanese government has been re-elected with a substantially increased majority, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has lost his seat, in a crushing defeat of the Coalition.

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