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
Dutton’s election day morning in photos
Perhaps trying to suggest he is more a man of the people, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton fuelled up at a Melbourne cafe of election day.
Albanese’s election day morning in photos
Taking to the MCG, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has posed for photos on election day.
With Victoria poised to potentially decide the fate of the Federal election, could his heavy heady Melbourne photo opp win over footy loving voters?
Final poll points to historic election outcome
After five weeks of campaigning, billions of dollars in promises and countless marginal-seat visits by leaders, Australians head to the polls to decide the nation’s political future.
Millions of voters will cast a ballot on Saturday, as challenger Peter Dutton and his coalition camp face a battle pollsters again say is too great for the opposition.
A final YouGov poll released on Saturday puts Labor in the box seat to form majority government.
It will make Anthony Albanese the first prime minister since 2004 to win back-to-back elections.
Labor is ahead 52.2 per cent to 47.8 per cent on a two-party preferred basis, the poll provided to AAP shows.
The survey of more than 3000 people means Labor would increase its vote from the 2022 election by 0.07 per cent.
The coalition would receive 31.4 per cent of the primary vote, followed by Labor on 31.1 per cent, with the Greens on 14.6 per cent.
One Nation would get 8.5 per cent of the primary vote, with 6.7 per cent voting for an independent, while 2.5 per cent would opt for Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots party.
Dutton tells Melbourne he ‘can reduce crime’
Peter Dutton has started a Melbourne blitz this morning, pulling into a cafe in Goldstein after a Macnamara pit stop.
The Opposition Leader grabbed a tea with his local candidate Tim Wilson and supporters at Little Sister cafe along Bay Street in Brighton.
The pair talked about issues that voters have raised throughout the campaign at pre-polling stations, including crime and businesses going bust.
“I think you can reduce crime in the suburbs, if you take it seriously,” he said.
Mr Dutton is now up to 21 seats in the last week after announcing an ambitious goal to reach up to 28 since last Sunday.
Albanese reveals his secret election weapon
Anthony Albanese listened to Peter Dutton’s interview play out on Sunrise before he was on live.
He joked about the Opposition Leader’s use of footy analogies, saying he was about to be trumped when the shots of the MCG came up.
The PM leaned heavily into the footy analogies in his interview with Sunrise.
Every measure of the government’s achievements was distilled into how many MCGs worth of people had benefited.
He went further in a subsequent interview: “It’s no good kicking goals after the siren. You’ve got to do it when the game’s on,” Mr Albanese said.
“And we were ready. We were ready … when that siren sounded from the beginning of the game, and worked, played hard for the last five weeks but we’ve also gone hard for the last three years and we’ll go hard for the next three.”
He revealed he will spend the evening watching the results come in with partner Jodie Haydon, son Nathan, dog Toto and key members of staff before heading to a Labor function “once the result is known”.
He also talked about a secret weapon in his seat of Grayndler: the 200-strong “puppies for Albo” bandanna-wearing dogs in his local neighbourhood.
What nice thing Albanese has to say about Dutton
“I think he (Mr Dutton) is a good family man,” Mr Albanese told Sunrise.
“I get on very well with Kirilly.
“Kirilly has been by his side during the campaign as well. It’s tough on families. Peter is quite clearly very close to his, and that’s a good thing.
“We can have a chat on a personal basis. We don’t take this personally, but we have very different views about the country. We have different values and that comes out in an election campaign.
“But isn’t it good that in a democracy, tonight, whoever wins, the person conceding will make a phone call and we’ll have a peaceful transition? That doesn’t happen in every country in the world, sadly.”
What nice thing Dutton has to say about Albanese.
In a refreshing change of pace, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have been asked to say something nice about their opponent.
What Peter Dutton had to say about Anthony Albanese.
“He (Mr Albanese) is leading one of the major parties in our country, which is no easy feat,” Mr Dutton told Sunrise.
“He’s a great dad to his son Nathan as well.
“At a personal level, I have no animosity at all. We’ve spoken about the fact that we’re able to speak with each other cordially and deal with issues that are in the country’s best interests.
“But obviously, we’re fierce competitors on the field, and that’s where we’re at the moment.”
Albanese says he has been ‘working very hard’ and wants to do ‘better’
Mr Albanese says he feels more confident this election in himself.
“I do, because I know that I lead a fantastic team,” the Prime Minister said.
“I’m captain of the team, but I’m not playing full forward, centre half, forward and half back.
“We are a team where my entire Cabinet have been out there campaigning very strongly, and I think that’s a big distinction here.
“This campaign has been a long one, but I’ve been working really hard each and every day that I’ve had the privilege to be Prime Minister.
“I’ve got a fantastic team around me, and we’re really confident that we can be even better in the future in the way that we deliver for the Australian people.”
Albanese says he has left ‘nothing on the field’
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the work Australia has done over the last four years is “at stake” today.
“Today is grand final day. We’re into time on and I’ve left nothing on the field,” Mr Albanese said from the MCG.
“I’ll leave nothing on the field over the next three years If I’m re-elected as Australia’s Prime Minister.
“It’s a great privilege to serve Australians. We are the best country on the planet, but we can be even stronger in the future.
“We have a really positive offering to ‘Building Australia’s Future’ at this election. I’m hopeful that we receive a majority government today so that we can build on the foundations that we’ve laid.
“Australia has turned the corner. We’re resilient people and we’ve got inflation down and interest rates are starting to come down.
“Employment is strong, real wages are growing and I want to continue that strong economic work.
“But also the strong social policy foundations we’ve laid. The aged care reform is the biggest in a generation, making sure that every school gets better funding.
“All of that work is at stake.”
‘I want to win today’, says Dutton
“I always wanted to be a policeman,” Mr Dutton told Sunrise.
“As a young kid, my mum was desperate to talk me out of it.
“I’d had an interest in politics. It was obviously sort of in a state of flux in Queensland as we were growing up with the end of the Bjelke-Petersen era, and it was on the front pages.
“But it was also sort of that period of high interest rates.
“So politics was always spoken about at the kitchen table, and that’s probably where the interest generated.
“I came into politics in 2001. So it’s been a long journey. But, you know, I’ve had a great career and I’ve enjoyed it very much.
“But I want to win today so that we can get, you know, the implementation of our policies, which I think are really important for a lot of Australians who, you know, who are really hurting at the moment.”
