The Latest Breaking News from Anthony Albanese

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.

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

Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win consecutive terms in two decades.

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.

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