Peter Dutton, leader of the conservative Liberal party, conceded defeat and the loss of his own seat - echoing the fate of Canada's conservatives and their leader whose election loss days earlier was also attributed to a Trump backlash.
“This is a win for the ages,“ Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers told ABC. Albanese “has pulled off one of the great political victories since federation.”
Albanese would be the first Australian prime minister to win a consecutive term in two decades.
Dutton said he had phoned Albanese to congratulate him.
He also said he had spoken to Labor's candidate in the seat of Dickson he had held for two decades, and congratulated her on her success.
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“If you sling enough mud it will stick,“ said Liberal Senator for the Northern Territory Jacinta Price, whose comments that her party would “make Australia great again” had fuelled comparisons to Trump’s own “Make America Great Again” slogan.
“Losing Peter Dutton is a huge loss,“ she added.
“It was devastating in Canada for the conservatives ... I think it has been a factor here, just how big a factor will be determined in a few hours’ time,“ he told ABC.
As counting got under way, Labor’s Chalmers said the government had been “in all sorts of trouble” at the end of 2024 but got back into the contest because of Albanese’s strong campaign performance, policies that addressed concerns about the cost of living, and the Trump effect.
The central bank cut rates in February, on the eve of the election being called, reversing course after 13 interest rate rises that had ratcheted up home mortgage repayments for households.
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