Federal Election 2025: Labor wins second term

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Federal Election 2025: Labor wins second term

Anthony Albanese has won a second term of government.

Sky News election analyst Tom Connell says Labor will win, after securing a swing of 2.4 per cent while the Coalition cannot win.

The Prime Minister on Saturday night has a clear path for a second term, making him the first Labor leader to secure consecutive electoral wins since 2004.

“There’s positivity within Labor, it could be majority, but Anthony Albanese will again be Prime Minister of Australia,” Connell said about 8.20pm.

Chief anchor Kieran Gilbert said it was “a major moment for Labor and for Anthony Albanese”

“… the first prime minister since 2004 to serve the full term and be re-elected,” he said.

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Rate the politiciansCamera IconAustralia has voted to keep Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the helm of the country after giving Labor enough seats to form a majority government. NewsWire / Martin Ollman Credit: News Corp Australia

The victory comes after an election campaign fought fiercely on cost-of-living pressures.

Labor spruiked its economic credentials throughout the campaign, with Mr Albanese and his cabinet pointing to wages growth and downward pressure on inflation.

They pushed a last minute downturn in underlying inflation this week as “proof” the Albanese government’s economic plan was working.

With mortgage holders hopeful of another rates cut on the horizon, the latest inflation figures poured cold water on Peter Dutton’s claims the economy was worse-off under the man he hoped to oust.

The Opposition Leader was also forced to abandon and walk back several policies, including his plan to scrap work from home arrangements for hundreds of thousands of public servants.

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Mr Dutton’s flagship savings plan to slash 41,000 public servants in Canberra also came under fire, with experts saying it was impossible without carving into national security and other essential services the Coalition had promised not to touch.

Over the 35-day campaign, Mr Albanese promised to pump billions into Medicare to boost bulk-billing rates and get more Australians onto the property ladder while building more homes.

Voter turnout was robust, with long queues reported at polling stations — particularly in Melbourne — despite a high rate of early voting.

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