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Right-leaning Australian Opposition Leader Loses Election, And Seat

Australia's right-leaning opposition leader Peter Dutton lost his parliamentary seat Saturday, adding humiliation to a night of crushing defeat for his conservative coalition.

International Business Times

State pulls rug out from Liberals as Labor gain swing

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

AAP

Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win

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

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It's not easy being Greens: two MPs set to lose seats

Two first-term Australian Greens MPs are set to lose their seats, but the losses could be offset elsewhere with a number of contests too close to call.

AAP

Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson?

The 49-year-old disability advocate is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election

The Guardian - AU

Uber Eats offers delivery democracy sausages – but is it ‘unAustralian’?

Unlike the traditional snags sold to raise funds for schools and churches that host polling booths, these are prepared at ‘democracy sausage stores’

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s re-elected government says ‘dark shadow’ of US-China trade war top priority

Albanese claims victory as first Australian prime minister to clinch a second consecutive term in 21 years

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'Happy voting': country bake sales warm up rural voters

Country voters have been rewarded with bake sale classics like sponge cakes with lashings of fresh whipped cream, caramel fudge and piping hot pumpkin soup.

AAP

Five Things To Know About The Australian Election

Australians are voting in a general election Saturday, a hard-fought contest between party leaders with sharply contrasting visions for the country.

International Business Times

How the democracy sausage, a polling day snack, became Australia's election symbol

Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty with a democracy sausage

The Independent UK

Labor on track for huge majority after landslide win – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Polls close on election day as Australians await winner

Millions of Australians have cast their votes in the federal election, with polls closed in the eastern states and counting soon under way.

AAP

Australians Vote In Election Swayed By Inflation, Trump

Australians will cram voting booths on Saturday to pick their next government, deciding a hard-fought election shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and Trump tariffs.

International Business Times

The polls point to a Labor win, but its primary vote is barely moving – can both things be true?

Labor’s confidence going into Saturday’s election is tempered by gnawing anxiety about the underlying polling data

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The great Australian election campaign quiz – week five

We made it! YOU made it. But did you follow the hate media closely enough all the way to the end?

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Australia election 2025: Results, what polls say and what’s at stake?

Here are the issues dominating the federal elections and which party is leading in the polls.

The Independent UK

Who is Anthony Albanese? First Australian prime minister in 21 years to win re-election

Albanese’s election pledge has been that his government would hold no Australian back and leave none behind

AAP

Teen's murder trial jury retires to deliberate verdicts

After 12 weeks of evidence from dozens of witnesses, the jury at a trial for four people accused of murdering an Indigenous teen has started deliberating.

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update Election 2025: PM back on Dutton’s turf; Assange enters the fray; and a voting view to die for

Anthony Albanese begins day in Dickson, where Labor is hoping to unseat the opposition leader

AAP

Federal election fate in hands of 'battleground state'

Peter Dutton's narrowing path to victory must travel through Victoria, with the coalition needing to add to its paltry tally of 10 seats in the state.

The Guardian - UK

As Australia heads to the polls, big parties brace for rise of independents

The soft, undecided and swinging voters are at an all-time high in Australia, while support for the centre-left Labor and conservative-leaning Coalition is low

AAP

The humble corflute causes flutters in the electorate

Political operatives and angry punters are routinely crossing the picket line to deface and steal candidates' corflutes.

AAP

Battleground seats hit by 'false' Labor election ads

Social media advertisements targeting battleground election seats are falsely suggesting that Peter Dutton will cut $350 billion if he wins power.

The Guardian - AU

Snap result: Speckles the psychic crocodile predicts who will win Australian election

On the eve of the federal poll, the famed 36-year-old Darwin saltwater croc tips a Peter Dutton victory

AAP

Disinformation bots targeting Dutton, boosting Albanese

A concerted influence campaign targeting senior coalition figures including the opposition leader has been uncovered days before the federal election.

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