The Latest Breaking News from Peter Dutton

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.

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.

The former federal director of the Liberal Party, Brian Loughnane, used to tell media companies that their practice of commissioning expensive opinion polls right through a parliamentary term was a waste of money.

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

It comes days after Canada’s centrist Liberal Party stormed to victory in what will be seen as part of an international voter backlash against the Trump administration

It's projected that Peter Dutton has lost his QLD seat of Dickson to Labor’s Ali France.

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

The mood was dire in Liberal HQ as Peter Dutton became the first opposition leader to lose his seat in a federal election.