Supporters cheer during Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s victory speech at the Labor Party’s election night event in Sydney, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. - Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images ...

Australian election result reminiscent of Canada In an election result reminiscent of Canada’s recent contest, conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton lost his parliamentary seat.

Australia’s centre-left Labor government claimed victory on Saturday after a tense election shaped by concerns over housing, the cost of living and the shadow of Donald Trump.

The 2025 Australian federal election delivered a decisive mandate to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Australian Labor Party, which secured at least 85 seats in the House of Representatives.

A1: The landslide victory for Labor and wipe out for the Liberal Party of Australia will affect both parties—and the direction of the Australian government. The Liberal Party is heading into the ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after his re-election on May 3, 2025. [AP Photo/Rick Rycroft] The election resulted in a victory for the incumbent Labor Party and a wipeout of the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Anthony Albanese claimed victory as the first Australian prime minister to clinch a second consecutive term in 21 years Saturday and suggested his government had increased ...

The Australian election result “masks a more sobering political reality: that Albanese and Labor were increasingly unpopular not all that long ago.” By Shannon Tiezzi June 01, 2025 ...

While Australia has not faced the same affront to its sovereignty as Canada, the similar election results show Trump’s influence in the domestic politics of longtime US allies.