92
76 to win
92 Labor
Coalition 42
42

82.9%

votes counted

Federal Election 2025

Shemara Wikramanayake, chief executive of Macquarie Group.

‘Historic shock’: Top CEOs issue grim warning to government

A number of bosses used the Macquarie Australia Conference to call on the returned Labor Government to address the nation’s ongoing productivity issues.

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NSW Liberal senator Maria Kovacic says the coalition needs to implement gender quotas.

Liberals urged to modernise gender quotas after historic loss

As the Liberal Party grapples with its worst election result since the 1940s, senior members are pushing for gender quotas and broader diversity to rebuild trust and better reflect the electorate.

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Greens leader Adam Bandt has fallen behind his Labor challenger in the vote count. NewsWire / Ian Currie

The foster carer who is causing Greens grief

She is coming close to unseating Adam Bandt and leaving the Greens leaderless. So who is Labor’s Sarah Witty?

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Deputy Nationals Leader Perin Davey says the Liberals have cost her her senate seat. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Nationals’ deputy leader blasts Libs for loss of Senate seat

The Nationals’ imperilled deputy leader has blasted the Liberals after Labor’s landslide election win, putting tensions within the Coalition on full display.

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Penny Wong compared Mr Bandt to Peter Dutton on morning television.

Penny Wong’s brutal Greens take-down

The Foreign Affairs Minister has broken her silence on the current state of the Greens leadership, as the party suffered a major blow during the election.

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Donal Trump and Anthony Albanese.

Trump congratulates Albanese as PM gets back to business

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told his political opponents to ‘get out of the way’ as he moves on his second-term agenda starting with student debt and housing.

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The Coalition are expected to meeting early next week to decide who will take on leadership after the worst election loss in its history. 

Coalition on soul search for leader to lift Libs from ruin

The Coalition are expected to meet early next week to decide who will take on leadership after the worst election loss in its history. 

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As the dust settles, voters want to be seeing the promises made in the election put into action.

Albo’s back for act two, but no time for intermission

CAMERON MILNER: The real test of Anthony Albanese’s leadership begins after the celebrations fade, with voters expecting answers on housing, cost of living, and a long list of unfinished reforms.

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Adam Bandt speaks to media in the seat of Wills at Brunswick East Primary School on May 03, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia.

PM to negotiate with Greens to deliver ‘ambitious agenda’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will be forced to the negotiating table by the Greens in the Upper House if Labor hopes to deliver what he described as an ‘ambitious’ agenda ‘for all Australians’.

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Andrew Hastie, the only WA Liberal to increase his margin in his local electorate, has confirmed he won’t run for the Liberal leadership.

Andrew Hastie won’t throw hat in ring to replace Dutton

Andrew Hastie, the only WA Liberal to increase his primary vote, has confirmed he won’t run for the Liberal leadership.

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Anthony Albanese is in no hurry to announce his new ministry. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

'Slow the pace down': PM in no rush to select cabinet

Anthony Albanese will have a great array of MPs to choose from when he forms his next frontbench, but a decision on its makeup won't be made immediately.

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Labor’s landslide majority may mean it has to rely only on Greens support in the Senate to pass legislation, shifting the balance of power further from independent crossbenchers who were influential in the previous term. 

Labor landslide freezes out formerly powerful independents

Labor’s landslide majority may mean it has to rely only on Greens support in the Senate to pass legislation, shifting the balance of power further from independents who were influential in the previous term.

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Insiders have given a glimpse into how the Liberal Party’s polling got the numbers so wrong.

‘Numerical delusion’: Inside the Liberals’ flawed polling

Liberal insiders have revealed why the party’s polling missed the swing towards the Government.

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Independent senator Jacqui Lambie is in a tough contest to hold her spot in parliament.

Lambie in battle with Hanson to keep Senate spot

Fiery Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie's near-decade of serving on the cross bench may be coming to an end as she battles a familiar name for a final spot.

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Labor increased its representation of female candidates, with Queensland Labor welcoming Emma Comer, Madonna Jarrett, Kara Cook, Ali France, Renee Coffey and Julie-Ann Campbell.

Parliament to include record-breaking number of women

The 48th parliament of Australia will be represented by a record-breaking number of women; however, one side of politics has failed to increase its numbers.

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