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Liberal premier distances himself from Peter Dutton

A Liberal premier has responded "I'm no Peter Dutton" after being asked if he shoulders any blame for the coalition's cataclysmic election defeat.

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After Canada and Australia, could Donald Trump really be the saviour of centre-left politics?

The picture is complex, experts say, despite two resounding wins for liberal parties in national elections, after polls had put them on track for defeat

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Labor settled the ‘funding wars’ just before the election. Here are 4 big issues schools still face

Days before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the federal election, the Labor government settled a long-running argument with the states over school funding.

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The ‘feminisation’ of Labor is a key reason Australians embraced it – and Anthony Albanese

Watching elections over the decades, one thing that has struck me is that results are invariably hyperbolised in the first blush of the people’s verdict. The achievement of the winners is over-egged in the commentary, as is the scale of the calamity suffered by the losers.

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Labor push 'bold agenda' as cabinet speculation mounts

Frontbenchers are playing down expectations that Labor could expand its policies from those put to voters, after gaining a large majority in the election.

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Morning Mail: Israel’s ‘intensified’ plan to seize Gaza, the voters that swung to Labor, Liberals in crisis

‘Intensified’ miltary operation will involve evacuation of ‘most of population’; Chinese Australians were key factor in marginal seats

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Analysts split on Bandt’s hopes of holding seat – as it happened

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Labor has the chance to do something big in its second term. What policy reforms should it take on?

Labor’s historic election victory means the Albanese government has a rare opportunity to pursue a big, bold reform agenda. The scale of the victory all but guarantees a third term in office after the next election in 2028, and entrenches Anthony Albanese’s authority as prime minister.

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We’ve heard the promises. Now it’s up to Labor to deliver its housing, wages and other economic policies

With a convincing win for a second term of government, the pressure is now on the new Labor government to deliver the economic policies central to its win.

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Silver lining for depleted Liberals in teal contests

Despite its emphatic election loss, the depleted coalition could still reclaim at least one inner-city seat from an incumbent teal independent.

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Huge swings to Labor from Chinese Australian voters in key seats show Liberals failed to rebuild trust, experts say

Community convincingly chooses Labor in Melbourne and Sydney seats, despite opposition efforts to engage after 2022 review

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‘Far worse than Morrison’: where did the Coalition lose the election?

while middle-aged Australians targeted with a fuel cut and tax offset also abandoned the opposition

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As Australia’s election result reminds us, News Corp no longer has the power to sway voters

The declining power of the Murdoch press is part of the wider story of the waning influence of mainstream media

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Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy – and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act?

After a landslide election win, there will never be a better chance to shake off old policy impasses and deliver a more ambitious plan for the environment

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Late counting continues in several seats, with Goldstein and Melbourne among those too close to call

With 78% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is calling 85 of the 150 House of Representatives seats for Labor, 39 for the Coalition, zero for the Greens and 10 for all Others, with 16 still undecided. The Poll Bludger has Labor ahead in 94 seats, the Coalition in 41,…

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Albanese holds ‘warm’ talks with Trump on Aukus and tariffs after election win

Anthony Albanese is first Australian prime minister in decades to win a second straight term

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'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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View from The Hill: a budding Trump-Albanese bromance?

It took an election win, but Anthony Albanese on Monday finally received that much-awaited phone call from US President Donald Trump.

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Jacqui 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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‘Alban-easy’ and ‘red, red, whine’: how the papers saw Labor’s ‘thumping’ win in Australia’s election

Local and international news outlets captured the PM’s ‘mega-victory’, while his opponent was ‘Duttonated’ and Liberals already blaming each other

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Reality check for state Liberals but brand 'not toxic'

An election reckoning for the Liberal Party has tempered hopes it can return to power in a state run by Labor for all but four of the past 25 years.

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Monday briefing: How Australia became the second nation in a week to reject the Trumpist right

In today’s newsletter: The Australian election saw a remarkable comeback for Anthony Albanese’s Labor party – and a crushing defeat for Peter Dutton and the Liberal-led Coalition

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5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament – and it has the numbers to deliver

Australians have returned an expanded Labor Party to government alongside a suite of climate-progressive independents. Meanwhile, the Coalition – which promoted nuclear energy and a slower renewables transition – suffered a historic defeat.

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Pie in the sky? After the Coalition’s stinging loss, nuclear should be dead. Here’s why it might live on

When the Coalition launched its nuclear plan last year, Labor was on the nose and early polls showed some support for the policy. But then the wheels fell off.

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A 'David and Goliath battle' ends in Nationals upset

The National Party has suffered a symbolic defeat in a key rural seat, with a party defector claiming victory after a hard-fought grassroots campaign.

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