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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-03/federal-election-anthony-albanese-wins/105247712
>Voters have delivered Labor a landslide election win, giving the government a second term that has defied early polls and offered a punishing repudiation of the Coalition.
>The ABC is forecasting that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government will add seats to its majority in the House of Representatives.
>Fighting back tears when he addressed supporters, Mr Albanese flashed his often displayed Medicare card and vowed he would be back at work tomorrow.
>"We take out this task with new hope, new confidence and new determination," he said.
>The biggest political victim of the result was Liberal leader Peter Dutton, who lost his seat to three-time Labor challenger Ali France, with the Coalition's primary vote slumping to record lows.
>In an election centred on the cost of living, Labor has not just held but gained seats at the expense of Liberals, some of whom were regarded as possible future leaders.
>The government has not only retained mortgage-belt seats, but claimed Coalition electorates in the outer metropolitan suburbs.
>Nationally, Labor's primary vote increased and there were historic highs for minor parties and independents, with the possibility of new additions in the next parliament.
>The Greens face a nervous few days in three seats, having already lost one.
>But the party will remain a key crossbench force in the Senate, where despite the Coalition likely going backwards, Labor will need support to pass legislation.
>Voters have delivered Labor a landslide election win, giving the government a second term that has defied early polls and offered a punishing repudiation of the Coalition.
>The ABC is forecasting that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government will add seats to its majority in the House of Representatives.
>Fighting back tears when he addressed supporters, Mr Albanese flashed his often displayed Medicare card and vowed he would be back at work tomorrow.
>"We take out this task with new hope, new confidence and new determination," he said.
>The biggest political victim of the result was Liberal leader Peter Dutton, who lost his seat to three-time Labor challenger Ali France, with the Coalition's primary vote slumping to record lows.
>In an election centred on the cost of living, Labor has not just held but gained seats at the expense of Liberals, some of whom were regarded as possible future leaders.
>The government has not only retained mortgage-belt seats, but claimed Coalition electorates in the outer metropolitan suburbs.
>Nationally, Labor's primary vote increased and there were historic highs for minor parties and independents, with the possibility of new additions in the next parliament.
>The Greens face a nervous few days in three seats, having already lost one.
>But the party will remain a key crossbench force in the Senate, where despite the Coalition likely going backwards, Labor will need support to pass legislation.
