23 m. ago Victoria hot seats LIVE results: AEC vote count updates for Goldstein, Kooyong, Wills and all key Melbourne electorates after Labor secures huge federal election victory

Follow all the results from the crunch Victorian seats that could decide the election.

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77 m. ago Victoria hot seats LIVE results: Kooyong back in play as Monique Ryan admits she could lose seat; Tight races in Wills and Goldstein, Labor holds Bruce

Follow all the results from the crunch Victorian seats that could decide the election.

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3 h. ago Every seat that’s still too close to call – and those that changed hands

Here’s everything you need to know about the seats changing hands across the country – including more than a dozen for Labor.

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7 h. ago This thumping election result shows how Australians do not like division

Anthony Albanese’s landslide victory and the self-destruction of the Liberal Party is a political watershed.

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7 h. ago On election night, we finally saw Dutton’s armour crack. It was too little, too late

Despite describing himself as pragmatic, the former opposition leader allowed himself to return too often to an ideological bunker.

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7 h. ago Forget cost of living. Australians showed there’s another thing they care about

The Coalition and minor parties neglected the golden rule of Australian politics.

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7 h. ago The truth in the booths: The results that reveal the swings behind Labor’s big win

In almost every demographic and ethnic group, Peter Dutton lost voters. He had lost his own seat before polling even started on Saturday.

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16 h. ago ‘Never more powerful than he is now’: Albanese faces tough calls on his new frontbench

Labor figures played down the prospect of sweeping changes to federal cabinet, but they expect more than a dozen new MPs to change the factional structure that decides the ministry.

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16 h. ago The trip was the wrong call, but the umpires didn’t cost the Pies victory

Patrick Dangerfield had a bigger say on Geelong beating Collingwood than the umpires did. So did the uppity Bailey Smith.

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16 h. ago South Australia at epicentre of Liberal party's election disaster

Labor conquered Adelaide by claiming every single metropolitan seat including one it hadn't held for more than half a century.

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17 h. ago No love for nuclear or Dutton as Liberals’ last suburban seats go red

The Liberal Party’s eastern suburban heartland is gone in Melbourne, after voters rejected former leader Peter Dutton and unpopular policies such as nuclear power.

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17 h. ago World leaders congratulate Albanese following landslide election victory

The White House has described Australia as a valued friend of the US as world leaders congratulate re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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17 h. ago Dutton critics are vindicated, but strong opposition is needed

Leadership of the Liberal and National parties is now more important than ever. The Westminster system of government requires a strong opposition

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17 h. ago Labor boosts Senate seats, but will still need crossbench to pass laws

Labor could have a clearer path to pass its agenda through the Senate after a nationwide swing to the party, but will still need to work with crossbenchers.

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18 h. ago Late Coalition ad splurge ineffectual; Clive’s millions count for nothing

Labor focused on video advertising on television and via streaming platforms and YouTube consistently over the five-week campaign.

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18 h. ago Months before election day, the Coalition was soaring. In truth, a catastrophe was already unfolding

Peter Dutton was full of bravado at the final question time before the election. But hiding in plain sight was a campaign about to go off the rails.

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18 h. ago NSW Liberals vow to stick to ‘sensible centre’ as Labor celebrates crushing victory

As his party sifted through the rubble of Saturday’s devastating defeat, NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman issued a rallying cry to appeal to women and multicultural voters and end “wild fluctuations” in energy policy. 

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18 h. ago Federal election results 2025 as it happened: Albanese says he feels for Dutton as Ali France hails win ‘that took my breath away’

Follow our live coverage of the aftermath of Labor’s landslide victory at the federal election.

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19 h. ago Andrew Hastie is ‘leadership material’ but there’s still votes to be counted: Cash

As the dust settles on the Coalition’s extraordinary election defeat, the party will need to elect a new leader following its former leader Peter Dutton’s defeat in his own seat of Dickson.

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19 h. ago Here’s everything Albanese and Labor promised you – and when you can expect it

Here’s everything we know about the major policies unveiled by Anthony Albanese and Labor – and what you can expect from them in government.

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