The Latest Breaking News from Anthony Albanese

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…

Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win consecutive terms 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

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

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