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

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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.

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.

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

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

while middle-aged Australians targeted with a fuel cut and tax offset also abandoned the opposition

The declining power of the Murdoch press is part of the wider story of the waning influence of mainstream media

After a landslide election win, there will never be a better chance to shake off old policy impasses and deliver a more ambitious plan for the environment

With 78% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is calling 85 of the 150 House of Representatives seats for Labor, 39 for the Coalition, zero for the Greens and 10 for all Others, with 16 still undecided. The Poll Bludger has Labor ahead in 94 seats, the Coalition in 41,…

Anthony Albanese is first Australian prime minister in decades to win a second straight term