The Liberal Party has been reduced to a right-wing populist party. Peter Dutton gave a gracious concession speech. But his Coalition did not suffer an honourable failure.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton lost the seat he has held for 24 years on Saturday, as Labor swept to a landslide victory.

Last night was a big one in Australian news, so here's a quick recap of what happened.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seat

The Australian prime minister is the first to be re-elected since John Howard – and becomes one of Labor’s biggest heroesElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email,free app ordaily news podcastIt might have been the surprise packet of the night, but Labor picked up as early as January that it had a sniff in Dickson.Early in the evening – hours before Anthony Albanese raised workers’ rights, housing, gender equality, childcare, the NDIS and Indigenous reconciliation as the priorities of his second-term Labor government – the hundreds-strong crowd at his election night party grew round-eyed as results from Dickson started pouring in on the television screens.

Lagging behind in the polls at the start of the year, Anthony Albanese came charging out of the blocks. Peter Dutton was asleep, and has spent the entire campaign falling over his own feet to catch up.

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