Australia PM Anthony Albanese wins second three-year term

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Labor Party leader becomes the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in two decades.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the Labor Party election night event in Sydney, May 3, 2025 [Hollie Adams/Reuters]

Published On 3 May 20253 May 2025

Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in two decades, in a dramatic comeback for his Labor Party in a general election dominated by the cost-of-living crisis.

The Labor Party was on track on Saturday for an unexpectedly large parliamentary majority, as Peter Dutton, leader of the conservative Liberal Party, conceded defeat, having lost his own seat.

In his victory speech, left-leaning Albanese pledged to steer the nation through a rough patch of global uncertainty.

“Australians have chosen to face global challenges the Australian way, looking after each other while building for the future,” he told supporters in Sydney.

“We do not need to beg or borrow or copy from anywhere else. We do not seek our inspiration overseas. We find it right here in our values and in our people.”

Australia’s public broadcaster ABC projected that Labor was on track to win 85 seats in the House of Representatives, easily surpassing the 76-seat threshold needed to reach a majority.

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