Australian Federal election 2025 recap: Anthony Albanese wins landslide, hails ‘profound opportunity’
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Key events
03 May 2025 - 09:21 PM
Ali France thanks the people of Dickson
03 May 2025 - 09:15 PM
Abbott says Liberal party will rebuild
03 May 2025 - 09:13 PM
Sarah Henderson: Peter Dutton is a great loss
03 May 2025 - 09:01 PM
Tom White tells supporters the count is not over
03 May 2025 - 08:21 PM
PM: Tomorrow the work begins
03 May 2025 - 08:20 PM
PM pays tribute to son and fiancee
03 May 2025 - 08:14 PM
Albo whips out the Medicare card
03 May 2025 - 08:13 PM
State of play: Victoria
03 May 2025 - 08:12 PM
PM: Govt will tackle climate change and close the gap
03 May 2025 - 08:10 PM
PM: This is time of ‘profound opportunity’
03 May 2025 - 08:07 PM
PM makes pledge to Australians
03 May 2025 - 08:07 PM
PM makes pledge to Australians
03 May 2025 - 08:05 PM
PM pays tribute to Peter Dutton
03 May 2025 - 08:03 PM
PM addresses global challenges
03 May 2025 - 08:02 PM
PM: Australia voted for Australian values
03 May 2025 - 08:00 PM
Albanese: Serving as PM ‘greatest honour’
03 May 2025 - 07:58 PM
Wong: Tonight a ‘new chapter’ for Australia
03 May 2025 - 07:55 PM
Penny Wong introducing the PM
03 May 2025 - 07:51 PM
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about to take stage for victory speech
03 May 2025 - 07:46 PM
Jubilant scenes at Labor HQ ahead of PM’s speech
03 May 2025 - 07:41 PM
Dutton signs off with a word about his love for Australia
03 May 2025 - 07:40 PM
Dutton pays tribute to family
03 May 2025 - 07:37 PM
Dutton: ‘It’s been a great honour to lead’
03 May 2025 - 07:35 PM
Dutton: ‘We didn’t do well enough during the campaign’
03 May 2025 - 07:34 PM
Peter Dutton begins concession speech
03 May 2025 - 07:28 PM
Labor re-elected for a second term with a majority
03 May 2025 - 07:25 PM
Joyce defends Dutton after he loses Dickson
03 May 2025 - 07:17 PM
Chalmers, McGrath comment on Dutton loss
03 May 2025 - 07:10 PM
Price: Labor campaign built on lies
03 May 2025 - 07:10 PM
Labor gains two in Queensland from the Greens
03 May 2025 - 07:05 PM
Chalmers: Albanese to serve full term and run for third
03 May 2025 - 06:58 PM
Labor ahead in early counting in Bullwinkel
03 May 2025 - 06:47 PM
Murray Watt: Liberal party will need to front up
03 May 2025 - 06:46 PM
Hanson says voters ‘not happy’ with Dutton
03 May 2025 - 06:46 PM
Peter Dutton loses seat: 7NEWS
03 May 2025 - 06:45 PM
Jason Clare says its been a bitter battle for Blaxland
03 May 2025 - 06:45 PM
Kate Chaney arrives at count party
03 May 2025 - 06:28 PM
South Australia swings towards Labor
03 May 2025 - 06:25 PM
Labor picks up three seats from Liberals
03 May 2025 - 06:18 PM
Anthony Albanese wins second term as Prime Minister
03 May 2025 - 06:14 PM
Guests slow to filter in at Dutton HQ
03 May 2025 - 06:02 PM
No path to Government for the Coalition: 7NEWS
03 May 2025 - 06:00 PM
Polls close in WA
03 May 2025 - 05:49 PM
Victoria holds steady, but Nationals challenge Labor MP in Bendigo
03 May 2025 - 05:37 PM
Peter Dutton faces challenge in his own seat
03 May 2025 - 05:22 PM
Liberals under threat in blue-ribbon Bradfield, and independent challenges minister
03 May 2025 - 05:17 PM
Queensland Greens fading
03 May 2025 - 05:13 PM
Early trend favours Labor in Tassie
03 May 2025 - 05:09 PM
NSW - An hour in to counting
03 May 2025 - 04:57 PM
Labor under threat in Canberra seat
03 May 2025 - 04:48 PM
Adam Bandt labels election ‘battle of the band-aid’
03 May 2025 - 04:32 PM
McGrath: Result tonight unlikely
03 May 2025 - 04:21 PM
First seats called
03 May 2025 - 04:09 PM
Where are Albanese and Dutton?
03 May 2025 - 04:00 PM
Polls close
03 May 2025 - 03:52 PM
Early voting proves popular
03 May 2025 - 03:48 PM
What to watch for: Tasmania, NT and … Canberra
03 May 2025 - 03:44 PM
What to watch for: Western Australia
03 May 2025 - 03:37 PM
What to watch for: Queensland
03 May 2025 - 03:32 PM
What to watch for: Victoria
03 May 2025 - 03:28 PM
What to watch for: New South Wales
03 May 2025 - 03:24 PM
What to watch for: South Australia
03 May 2025 - 03:03 PM
Labor volunteer ’hip and shoulders’ Liberal volunteer
03 May 2025 - 02:43 PM
Ex-WA Labor premier Mark McGowan handing out flyers
03 May 2025 - 02:40 PM
Democracy sausages in short supply
03 May 2025 - 01:43 PM
The moments that have shaped the election campaign
03 May 2025 - 01:18 PM
Tight contest: Curtin may come down to just a few hundred votes
03 May 2025 - 01:11 PM
Ultimate election guide: How it works, key seats to watch and what it all means
03 May 2025 - 12:41 PM
‘Albo, Albo’: Chants greet PM as he makes third polling booth stop
03 May 2025 - 12:10 PM
Dutton banking on ‘quiet Australians’ as he casts ballot Dickson
03 May 2025 - 11:59 AM
Anthony Albanese casts his vote in Federal election
03 May 2025 - 11:50 AM
How is voting go around Australia? Let’s take a look
03 May 2025 - 11:34 AM
Gaza conflict an issue among some voters in PM’s Grayndler seat
03 May 2025 - 11:18 AM
What voters are saying in the PM’s electorate
03 May 2025 - 11:17 AM
Voters in PM’s Grayndler seat cite housing, climate crisis as major issues
03 May 2025 - 11:10 AM
Wilkie highlights Australia’s voting system
03 May 2025 - 11:03 AM
Where is Hanson during the WA how-to-vote debacle?
03 May 2025 - 10:50 AM
One Nation how to vote error in WA
03 May 2025 - 10:48 AM
Sunny skies in Brisbane as Watt supports local Labor
03 May 2025 - 10:33 AM
Steggall votes, pleads for voters to keep seat Independent
03 May 2025 - 10:23 AM
Ben Small’s final push for Forrest
03 May 2025 - 10:16 AM
Tom White arrives to vote in Curtin’s close race
03 May 2025 - 10:14 AM
Coalition divide denied as Bullwinkel race goes down to the wire
03 May 2025 - 09:59 AM
Forrest’s independent cast her vote, says attacks on her have no truth
03 May 2025 - 09:56 AM
Sage sausage advice from Madeleine King
03 May 2025 - 09:49 AM
Roger Cook, Madeleine King enjoy a democracy sausage variant
03 May 2025 - 09:33 AM
Madeleine King's royal entrance with the Premier
03 May 2025 - 09:31 AM
Albany voters heading to the polls at Mt Lockyer Primary School
03 May 2025 - 09:30 AM
Queensland premier throws support behind Dutton as he heads home
03 May 2025 - 09:17 AM
Albo, Dutton wrap up campaigning in key state
03 May 2025 - 08:45 AM
‘See you in caucus’: PM eyes Labor win in Liberal founder named seat
03 May 2025 - 08:40 AM
Dutton shares very long handshake at Melbourne petrol station
03 May 2025 - 08:37 AM
Dutton stops off at 17th petrol station
03 May 2025 - 08:05 AM
Polling booths now open across all of Australia
03 May 2025 - 07:58 AM
WATCH: Albanese, Dutton make final pitch to voters
03 May 2025 - 07:42 AM
‘No way in the world that Labor can form a majority’: Dutton
03 May 2025 - 07:36 AM
Dutton admits politics ‘comes at price’ personally
03 May 2025 - 07:19 AM
Everything you need to know about the democracy sausage
03 May 2025 - 07:11 AM
Dutton’s campaign completes 1.5 laps of Earth’s equator
03 May 2025 - 06:54 AM
Albo and Dutton break it down on social media
03 May 2025 - 06:28 AM
Dutton warns of disaster while making case to become PM
03 May 2025 - 06:14 AM
Voting booths open on Federal election day
03 May 2025 - 06:08 AM
Dutton’s election day morning in photos
03 May 2025 - 06:04 AM
Albanese’s election day morning in photos
03 May 2025 - 05:55 AM
Final poll points to historic election outcome
03 May 2025 - 05:40 AM
Dutton tells Melbourne he ‘can reduce crime’
03 May 2025 - 05:35 AM
Albanese reveals his secret election weapon
03 May 2025 - 05:30 AM
What nice thing Albanese has to say about Dutton
03 May 2025 - 05:27 AM
What nice thing Dutton has to say about Albanese.
03 May 2025 - 05:23 AM
Albanese says he has been ‘working very hard’ and wants to do ‘better’
03 May 2025 - 05:19 AM
Albanese says he has left ‘nothing on the field’
03 May 2025 - 05:09 AM
‘I want to win today’, says Dutton
03 May 2025 - 05:05 AM
Dutton ‘humble’ after ‘hectic’ campaign
03 May 2025 - 04:59 AM
‘You should never give up’, says Dutton on election day
03 May 2025 - 04:56 AM
Where is Anthony Albanese of election day?
03 May 2025 - 04:44 AM
How to win the Federal election
03 May 2025 - 04:41 AM
Where is Peter Dutton on election day?
03 May 2025 - 04:31 AM
The one Aussie state that could hold the keys to the entire election
03 May 2025 - 04:20 AM
Final poll shows Labor on track for Federal election win
Good night
Thank you for joining us for our coverage of the 2025 Federal election results, and the landslide Labor re-election.
You can scroll through the live blog to see how the day played out across Australia.
Join us tomorrow for all the latest in the seats not yet counted, and the fallout from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s historic second term.
Good night.
We need to check Liberal brand: Basil Zempilas
WA Liberal leader Basil Zempilas said tonight “the Liberal brand needs every aspect of it closely examined.”
“It (Liberal brand) is not resonating,” Mr Zempilas said.
“And not enough people are connecting with the Liberal Party brand for us to form government nationally, and in our case, Western Australia.”
Mr Zempilas spoke to The Sunday Times’ at Tom White’s Curtin event.
State of play: Western Australia
Labor will win the seat of Moore from the Liberals, electing Tom French, who defeated former Liberal MP Vince Connelly.
Bullwinkel is set to go down to the wire, with Labor’s Trish Cook narrowly ahead of Matt Moran, with the Government leading on prepoll figures.
But the news is not all positive for Labor, with sitting Fremantle MP Josh Wilson under threat from independent Kate Hulett, and facing a tight race to hang onto the portside seat.
Seats too close to call
With counting wrapping up for the evening across the country, let’s take a look at the seats where the result is not yet known.
In Melbourne, Greens leader Adam Bandt was facing a tight challenge from Labor in his own seat, after it was hit with losses in Brisbane.
Labor’s David Smith has been under threat all night in Canberra’s seat of Bean from a Teal independent, and was facing an uphill battle to win preferences from other parties.
Labor is also narrowly leading in the Victorian seat of Wills, up against the Greens’ Sam Ratnam, as well as the NSW seat of Richmond.
State of play: Queensland
Labor’s landslide election result came off the back of a sweeping result through Queensland, which once proved difficult hunting ground for the Government.
The Government looks to have picked up as many as seven seats in the sunshine state, including Peter Dutton’s own seat of Dickson, with the Opposition Leader baten by Labor’s Ali France.
The Government also won two seats held by the Greens after 2022, with Renee Coffey unseating Max Chandler-Mather in Griffith, and Labor winning back Brisbane.
Labor also won Bonner, Forde, Leichhardt and Petrie, and is also currently ahead in Bowman and Longman as counting continues.
Ali France thanks the people of Dickson
Labor candidate Ali France knocked Peter Dutton from his seat as the member for Dickson.
“I feel incredibly grateful and proud of all of the people who have campaigned in this seat for such a long time,” she told Sky News.
“It’s been seven years of really hard work.
“I thank the people of Dickson whether you voted for me or not, or whether you voted Labor for the first time, I’m actually so grateful.”
Abbott says Liberal party will rebuild
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has credited Peter Dutton for his gruelling campaign and more than two decades in Parliament.
Speaking at Mr Dutton’s election night event in Brisbane, Mr Abbott said the Liberal party can be a party of government.
“To reassure people who voted Liberal today and people who usually vote for Coalition, not to lose hope,” he said.
Sarah Henderson: Peter Dutton is a great loss
In response to Dutton’s speech Liberal senator Sarah Henderson said he was a great loss to the party.
“It was very dignified and it just goes to show what a great man he is,” she said.
“He bought us together after a pretty gruelling loss in 2022.
“In terms of the unity he built I don’t think we have had a more unified party than the last couple of years.
“So this is a great shock to have lost Peter.”
Tom White tells supporters the count is not over
Liberal Curtin candidate Tom White is refusing to concede in a speech to supporters.
Addressing the Liberal Party faithful at 8.40pm, he said there was still too many votes to be counted.
“The path to victory may be difficult,” he said.
“There are tens of thousands of votes still to be counted.
“There are 10,000 postal votes to be counted.
“And we are not seeing swings in Curtin that we are seeing elsewhere.
“We won’t be calling this election any time soon: at least not on these current numbers.”
Although the seat of Curtin has not yet been called, Independent MP Kate Chaney is feeling confident.
“We’re not calling it yet, but I’m so proud of the campaign that we’ve run and the incredible volunteer energy that has driven this community movement.,” she told Sky News.
“No matter what the government looks like, I will do what I’ve done for the last three years, and that is assess every piece of legislation and act in accordance with the values of Curtin.”
State of play: Western Australia
The Liberals night of woe has hit WA, with the party going backwards in all Labor held seats.
In Bullwinkel, Labor’s Trish Cook and Liberal Matt Moran are in a tight race for Australia’s newest electorate, and the result will likely not be known tonight. Former Nationals leader Mia Davies came in third with 15.9 per cent of the vote. The split of her preferences will likely be decisive.
While Andrew Hastie was set to keep Canning, the party’s sole metropolitan seat - Moore - was set to fall to Labor’s Tom French.
The Liberals were also set to fail in their bid to take back the blue-ribbon seat of Curtin, with Kate Chaney set to be re-elected.
Despite a well-funded Teal challenge in Forrest, Liberal Ben Small looks set to hold the seat, but with a narrow lead.
