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Labor Party leader becomes the first Australian prime minister to win second consecutive three-year term in two decades.

The junior coalition partner has retained its seats and took large chunks out of Labor's margins in others, largely weathering a Liberal Party wipeout.

Donald Trump's stinging trade tariffs may have helped Australia's left-leaning prime minister snatch a resounding election victory Saturday, analysts say.

With 52% of enrolled voters counted, The Poll Bludger has Labor ahead in 92 of the 150 House of Representatives seats, the Coalition in 43, the Greens in two, independents in 11 and others in two. In called seats, Labor is on 76 (already a majority), the Coalition 32, independents…

Greens suffer setbacks as teal independents Allegra Spender, Zoe Daniel, Monique Ryan and Zali Steggall see off intense campaigns from Liberals, while Nicolette Boele leads in Bradfield

Liberal party supporters in shock as opposition leader forced to concede seat in Brisbane to Labor’s Ali France

The coalition could be left with as few as seven seats in the nation's second-largest state after voters swung further behind Labor.

In a dramatic parallel, what happened in Canada at the beginning of this week has now been replicated in Australia at the end of the week.

Superior campaigning by the Labor machine, a lift in the personal performance of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and a woeful campaign by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have seen Labor re-elected for a second term.

The Coalition’s election campaign of 2025 has a strong claim to be considered among the worst since federation. I know of none more shambolic. Barely a day passed without some new misstep or about-face, some embarrassing revelation about a candidate, some new policy condemned by experts as half-baked, uncosted or…

Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seat