Jubilant Anthony Albanese says ‘Labor will govern for each Australian’
Completely no shock right here, however Anthony Albanese has bought his Medicare card right here tonight.
This card will not be Labor purple or Liberal blue, it’s inexperienced and gold. It’s a declaration of our nationwide values in our nationwide colors. Medicare belongs to all Australians.
Albanese guarantees:
Labor will govern for each Australian.
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n It’s unclear how this may translate into seats given the increase in the number of electorates that are three-way contests, moderately than coming right down to a combat between Labor and the Coalition. Pollster Shaun Ratcliff told Guardian Australia that the newest polls present the Coalition “going backwards” in a number of key seats he has been monitoring, after preliminary polls in February had the Coalition forward.
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You will discover extra granular breakdowns of the polls, together with by demography, on our tracking page.
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Somewhat further afield, Australians have already voted, Emily Wind reports:
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In the leadup to election day, Australians have cast their ballots in a number of remote locations and even from overseas – but none as far south as the 100-odd expeditioners currently working in Antarctica.
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Expeditioners working at Australia’s Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations were able to cast their vote by telephone – a process typically reserved for voters who are blind or have low vision – with no physical ballot booth setup this year.
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Voting opened on 22 April, with expeditioners able to vote early or on election day. But, unlike others, they won’t be fined if they do not vote, according to the Australian Electoral Commission.
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The AEC says Australians travelling to work in Antarctica need to register as an Antarctic elector before leaving the country – with “Antarctic” including the Australian Antarctic Territory, the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Macquarie Island, and a ship at sea in transit to or from Antarctica.
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Arrangements were put in place for expeditioners on the RSV Nuyina in case it arrived back later than scheduled (on 2 May, the day before the election).
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It is just past 8am here in Sydney, and the polling booths are officially open!
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Voters can lodge their ballots between 8am to 6pm today.
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For a refresher on when, where and how to vote, here is our 2025 voting guide with everything you need to know.
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Key occasions
Andrew Messenger
Labor’s Ali France has claimed a historic victory over Peter Dutton, within the west Brisbane seat of Dickson.
It’s the primary time an opposition chief has been unseated in 125 years of federal elections.
A raucous crowd of Labor volunteers and MPs chanted her identify as they waited a number of minutes for her to enter.
Her 18 minute speech began with a acknowledgment to nation – which drew an enormous cheer. From there she spoke about her three makes an attempt on the voters, and paid tribute to mentors together with opposition chief Steven Miles, who was within the room.
She stated a few of these within the room had been campaigning in opposition to Dutton since he was elected in 2001.
She additionally paid tribute to her son, Henry, who died of leukemia final 12 months. Many Labor devoted audibly sobbed or cried out.
“I want you have been right here,” she stated.
He was so insistent that I don’t quit even to take care of him. He was trying ahead to being part of this marketing campaign, part of this celebration and I can let you know Henry you have been.
Each time it felt too exhausting or an excessive amount of I considered you, and your braveness and bravado and happiness and positivity to the very finish.
Luca Ittimani
We’ve heard quite a bit about the influence Donald Trump has had on this marketing campaign. So how a lot credit score do Labor figures give him for his or her win?
Labor’s housing minister Clare O’Neil has downplayed the position of the US president on the 2025 election, pointing to the primacy of cost-of-living issues. She informed Channel Seven:
I believe the Trump side has been within the background. However the greatest factor that has been happening on this election was the price of dwelling. That’s the overwhelming majority of the doorknock conversations you’d have the individuals. And the reality is that Labor got here to this election with a greater reply.
Peter Dutton did a superb job all through the time period exploiting grievances however when it truly got here to the second for him to elucidate how he was going to deal with the issues that he was elevating, he had nothing to say.
Former Labor frontbencher Invoice Shorten, although, stated the worldwide uncertainty that come out of the brand new American administration satisfied voters to show to the satan they know:
There are numerous Australians uneasy about President Trump’s insurance policies and there was a flight to certainty. Love him or hate him, Albo and the staff, they’re there, and so they have had the coverage. This is likely one of the first elections I’ve ever seen the place the shadow of international affairs has actually loomed massive over the home debate and the Libs turned a bit MAGA-esque in a few of their statements at precisely the fallacious time.
Nick Evershed
We’re predicting that Andrew Gee will win Calare. Gee initially received Calare for the Nationals in 2022, however left the social gathering over its stance on the Voice to Parliament.
Gee contested this election as an impartial, and is at the moment main by 7% on two-party-preferred.
There are a variety of different impartial challengers who’re trying very shut, and we’re maintaining a tally of Alex Dyson in Wannon, Nicolette Boele in Bradfield, and Caz Heise in Cowper.
Luca Ittimani
Invoice Shorten’s recommendation to Peter Dutton on how to reply to an election loss
What do you do after dropping an election as opposition chief?
In line with the previous Labor minister Invoice Shorten, “don’t take it personally”.
It’s a query Shorten has some expertise in answering, after main Labor to back-to-back defeats in 2016 and 2019, and he mirrored on Channel Seven earlier tonight:
I do know the place Peter Dutton goes to be tonight. To him and his household, it’s actually robust and he has given it his all.
Shorten supplied the outgoing Coalition chief some free recommendation:
I do assume the insurance policies have been dangerous, and I do assume the marketing campaign was dangerous, however one factor Peter Dutton shouldn’t do is, when he goes house and sees his household … and it’s exhausting to do that, however he shouldn’t take it personally. That’s straightforward to say at a distance, nevertheless it occurs to be true. When they’re piling on you, Peter, they’re piling in your nuclear coverage, or your work at home or no matter, however he and his household have simply bought to take a while simply to breathe, OK, and to not really feel it. It’s not about him.
McGrath says it’s a ‘brutal night time’ for LNP as Chalmers says he’s ‘grateful’
Giving his last ideas to the ABC panel, James McGrath says it’s been “a brutal night time” for the LNP, and the social gathering should take inventory of the losses, and determine what it does subsequent.
We have now been down earlier than, we’ll rebuild, we’ll come again and we’ll maintain the federal government to account … We have now bought to ensure we take inventory of why we misplaced this election and have a severe overview into these causes.
Jim Chalmers, in the meantime, says he’s “grateful” and guarantees to cope with the “substantial challenges” dealing with the nation.
We strategy the second time period with humility and we all know that we weren’t re-elected as a result of we had solved each problem, however as a result of Australians thought that we have been higher positioned to satisfy the second.
Labor on monitor for 90 seats, Guardian election analyst says
Kevin Bonham
Because the night time goes on, the election is trying increasingly more of a blowout, with Labor monitoring for about 90 seats. It is going to be a very long time earlier than the two-party-preferred vote settles down nevertheless it at the moment appears to be across the mid-50s.
Both it’s going to prove that Labor’s vote has been very effectively distributed to win Liberal seats, or it’s going to prove that the polls have been someplace close to as far off as in 2019 however in the wrong way.
Polls don’t get criticised as a lot after they miss on the margin however get the correct winner, however the last polls have been very clustered across the vary 52-53 two-party most popular, with a couple of even under that vary, and this isn’t at this stage trying like a superb night time for polling.
It stays the case that losses Labor may undergo in their very own seats appear to be being only a seat or two in freak crossbench situations, if something in any respect. In addition to all its losses to Labor, the Coalition continues to be in shut battles to carry Bradfield, and Flinders and Monash continues to be a multitude. (Plus opposite to an error in my feedback earlier, Andrew Gee has retained Calare after defecting from the Nationals.)
Significant figures are actually arriving from WA. First, the Liberals seem like dropping Moore the place the disendorsement of Ian Goodenough and him working as an impartial was by no means going to assist them.
The brand new notionally Labor seat of Bullwinkel seems very shut between Labor and Liberal.
In Forrest, indie Sue Chapman is working a reasonably shut third behind Labor, however the Greens how-to-vote card really useful Labor above Chapman, which makes issues more durable for Chapman.
In Fremantle, Kate Hulett is at the moment second and is a great distance behind Josh Wilson, however the Liberals did advocate preferences to her above Labor this time; I think that because the rely goes on Hulett will do much less effectively than within the day votes and the mountain could also be too steep, however we’ll see.
Labor has captured extra younger Australian voters, pollster says
The pollster Kos Samaras says Labor has efficiently captured extra younger Australian voters – the millennials and Gen Z – although not in first preferences.
Whereas many citizens in these generations strayed away from the most important events, he says they nonetheless preferenced Labor over the Coalition.
When you have a look at the 6 million-plus voters on the market, the vast majority of them belong to those generations. They don’t seem to be proud of the duopoly however after they desire they may desire the Labor social gathering.
Samaras additionally tells the ABC says the Coalition have crafted a “false” narrative that voters are fascinated by “tradition wars”.
This narrative that the Coalition has constructed of their heads round this legendary voter on the market, that votes for minor events that’s rightwing, that loves the tradition wars and will get into all these items, is fake.
Adam Bandt addresses supporters as Greens ponder Queensland losses
Henry Belot
The Greens chief, Adam Bandt, has informed a crowd in Melbourne that “we might not come out of tonight with all three of our Queensland seats”.
The social gathering is predicted to lose Brisbane and Griffith, however maintain on to Ryan. Bandt has additionally suffered a swing in opposition to him in his voters of Melbourne, which was not talked about in his speech. It stays tight.
Bandt says it’s nonetheless too tight to name the seat of Wills in Melbourne’s inside north, however says he would a lot moderately be within the footwear of the Greens candidate, Samantha Ratnam, than Labor’s Peter Khalil. Ratnam has additionally addressed the gang:
From the numbers we have now tonight, we have now had not less than a ten% swing in the direction of us. We nonetheless have numerous counting to go – watch this area. We may have your assist in the following couple of days for counting.
Nick Evershed
What we all know to date about Senate outcomes
It’s early within the night time for Senate outcomes, however right here’s what we all know to date based mostly on provisional quotas:
In NSW, Tony Sheldon and Tim Ayres are re-elected for the ALP, and Andrew Bragg for the Liberals.
In Queensland, Nita Inexperienced for the ALP and Paul Scarr for the LNP.
In South Australia, Marielle Smith and Karen Grogan for the ALP, and Alex Antic is returning for the Liberals.
In Tasmania, Carol Brown for the ALP, Claire Chandler for the Liberals and Nick McKim will likely be returning for the Greens.
In Victoria, Raff Ciccone and Jess Walsh for the ALP and James Paterson and Jane Hume for the Liberals.
Within the ACT, David Pocock will likely be returning (and with a swing at the moment at +20 proportion factors!).
Clive Palmer guarantees to finish spam texts
Luca Ittimani
Clive Palmer has stated “there will likely be no extra spam texts” after Channel Seven hosts berated the Trumpet of Patriots chair for his promoting marketing campaign.
Palmer, the particular visitor on Channel Seven’s election night time protection, was requested to vow Australia he would cease the messages, and his reply within the affirmative was met with cheers from the room.
The billionaire was trying happy with himself after appropriately calling the Liberal social gathering would lose not less than 10 seats, which is about what Guardian Australia is predicting for the time being.
Earlier in Seven’s protection, Palmer stated homelessness and meals insecurity have been main causes for his political push at this election.
Requested why he spent hundreds of thousands of his personal cash on the marketing campaign with little assured return, Palmer stated he needed to “stimulate debate”:
I believe we have now bought 130,000 Australians homeless for the time being. We have now 3.7 million Australians having hassle with meals for the time being …
I believe we put ahead numerous points by way of promoting … Having disagreements will not be a nasty factor for a democracy … In case your aim is to stimulate debate and to be right here tonight, for instance, to put money into the Seven Community with our ads … to maintain journalists employed. If that’s a nasty consequence, I don’t understand how you could possibly probably say [that].
Seven’s political editor, Mark Riley, grinned at that – “You’re a real altruist,” he says – although the previous Labor minister Invoice Shorten was much less impressed:
It’s an enormous billionaire’s self-importance undertaking and also you’re welcome to spend your cash on no matter you need … You’re the solely individual on the panel with a billion {dollars}. It’s good you’re giving some again. This nation helped you make you wealthy. I’m glad you’re giving some again.
Palmer replied, “God bless you, Invoice,” to which Shorten stated, “God bless you too.”
Greens face disappointment in Queensland
The Greens are dealing with a extra disappointing night time than they could have anticipated.
Having received three Queensland seats on the final election, they’re forward in only one tonight – Ryan, held by Elizabeth Watson-Brown.
The ABC says the Greens are additionally forward within the NSW seat of Richmond, which is held by Labor’s Justine Elliot.
How are the teal independents going?
One of many headline tales of the 2022 election, the east coast Local weather 200-backed independents look set to retain their seats.
The ABC’s Antony Inexperienced says Zali Steggall has been re-elected with “no problem” and has elevated her margin.
So has the Wentworth MP, Allegra Spender, with a 4% swing in her favour in opposition to her Liberal challenger, Ro Knox.
Sophie Scamps in Mackellar additionally has a swing in her favour, whereas Zoe Daniel is “up” in opposition to the previous Goldstein MP and challenger, Tim Wilson.
Inexperienced says:
Tim is forward on first preferences. However Zoe Daniel will get a powerful desire trying right here.
Over within the west, Inexperienced says Kate Chaney has elevated her vote, and “preferences counsel that she is going to go on to win that seat as effectively”.
Albanese says authorities will ‘assist reconciliation’
In 2022, as Anthony Albanese bought up on stage having received the election, he promised the Uluru assertion from the center in full, and a referendum on the voice to parliament.
Whereas the referendum failed, and there was no point out of the assertion in tonight’s speech, Albanese talked about First Nations Australians a couple of instances, and stated his authorities would “assist reconciliation”.
We will likely be a authorities that helps reconciliation with First Nations individuals. As a result of we will likely be a stronger nation after we shut the hole between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
The difficulty of the voice kicked off within the last days of the marketing campaign, after Penny Wong made remarks to the Betoota Advocate podcast that reflecting on the voice debate sooner or later could be much like how we see the wedding equality debate now. “It’ll grow to be one thing, it’ll be like, individuals go, ‘Did we even have an argument about that?’”, she informed the podcast.
The Coalition used that to accuse the federal government of planning to carry again the voice, and whereas there had been some concern of how that may play out, it looks like that hasn’t had a long-lasting influence.
Benita Kolovos
‘I truthfully didn’t assume this night time would occur,’ Labor’s Josh Burns says
The Labor MP Josh Burns is talking at Port Melbourne Bowling Membership, in his seat of Macnamara, which he’s anticipated to retain. He begins his speech with an acknowledgment of nation:
I achieve this as somebody who respects our nation and somebody who respects the oldest dwelling civilisation identified to mankind … We don’t want tradition wars on this nation. We’d like respect for each other, respect for knowledge, connection and dignity and humility. , I go searching this room and I truthfully didn’t assume this night time would occur. We had blue to the correct and inexperienced to the left, however the purple military turned up.
He stated it’s been a hard-fought battle and thanked those that volunteered for his marketing campaign:
We have now had quite a bit thrown at us and the lesson is one the place it’s a must to be true to your self, and this social gathering and this group of individuals in right here have supported me by way of robust instances, and so I simply need to say that I actually, from the underside of my coronary heart, respect everybody turning up for me and turning up for our unimaginable political organisation.
Luca Ittimani
Michaelia Money sees Andrew Hastie as management materials
Michaelia Money has stated she sees Andrew Hastie as management materials, as Western Australian outcomes start to roll in and present the shadow defence minister re-elected with a swing in the direction of him.
Money informed Channel Seven “Andrew’s all the time been seen as management materials”, replying “sure” when requested to substantiate she personally noticed him as such:
I believe Andrew Hastie is an impressive member … I’m an excellent good friend of his. Andrew’s all the time been seen as management materials … Once you have a look at his background, former SAS, he’s somebody who comes with an excellent pedigree. He’s somebody that works, he doesn’t take one vote as a right in that seat.
The previous Labor frontbencher Invoice Shorten, fast with a joke on Channel Seven’s protection tonight, stated Money had moved rapidly:
The king is lifeless. Lengthy dwell the king. Appears like you’ve anointed Andrew Hastie. You might be one of many hardest operators.
Money didn’t fairly say no:
Invoice, it’s best to by no means put phrases into somebody’s mouth.
Chalmers says Senate consequence will determine how bold Labor may be
It’s going to nonetheless take some extra time for the Senate outcomes to return in, and Jim Chalmers says that can have an effect on how bold his social gathering is.
However Chalmers does say he nonetheless believes Labor has been an “bold authorities”.
It’s exhausting to dramatically improve our illustration within the Senate, so I believe that’s a part of the story. I believe this authorities is loads bold, however I do know there’s an urge for food in the neighborhood for us in actually unsure instances not simply to elucidate to individuals how we’ll batten down the hatches when the worldwide economic system goes mad, however to construct the higher future.
Chalmers describes Anthony Albanese’s speech as “unifying”. Like many people, Chalmers watched the handle on TV, as he’s nonetheless within the ABC studio.
It was a speech that recognised we have now had this political barney, the world may be very unsure and now’s the time to remain collectively. I pay tribute to him for that speech. However I needed to say about Peter Dutton’s speech, I believe it was exceptionally gracious, Peter Dutton’s speech.
