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. The Conversation · May 5, 2025
Gina Rinehart urges Liberals to stick with Trump-like policies in the wake of election loss Billionaire tells Daily Mail ‘left media’ frightened party away from ‘anything Trump’ and calls on Liberals to adopt ‘commonsense and truth’ principles The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2025
‘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 The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2025
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. AAP · May 5, 2025
Liberals mull over scars as path forward remains vague A post-election blame game is in full swing as the federal Liberals face the challenge of pulling themselves off the mat and selecting a new leader. AAP · May 5, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025
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. The Conversation · May 5, 2025
Victorious Australian PM Holds 'Warm' Chat With Trump Australia's prime minister said Monday he held a "warm" conversation with Donald Trump, days after storming to an election victory partly shaped by voters' distrust of the US president. International Business Times · May 5, 2025
Albanese, Trump in 'very warm' election triumph chat Tariffs and AUKUS were among issues discussed between the prime minister and US President Donald Trump following Labor's big election victory. AAP · May 5, 2025
'I miss him so deeply': Labor MP reveals inspiration Labor MP Ali France has paid tribute to her son who lost his battle with leukaemia after she toppled Peter Dutton and claimed the Queensland seat of Dickson. AAP · May 5, 2025
A ‘Trump slump’ has lifted the left in Canada and now Australia – what are the lessons for NZ? Trying to capitalise on the electoral success of US President Donald Trump, now that his policies are having real-world effects, is proving to be a big mistake for conservative leaders. The Conversation · May 5, 2025
PM stares down political rivals after landslide victory Labor will move to cut student debt as its first re-election priority with the prime minister claiming a mandate to press forward with housing reform. AAP · May 4, 2025
The Liberal party’s massive defeat leaves it in dire straits. Where to from here? The party will need to think long and hard about their history if they are to find a way out of their current mess The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2025
Victorian Labor was bracing for a federal backlash – now Jacinta Allan sees vindication Despite relentless commentary about the premier’s unpopularity, the state swung even harder to Labor than in 2022, while the Liberal party blame game has begun The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2025
Evening Standard · May 4, 2025 Starmer speaks to Australian counterpart after ‘historic election win’ The Prime Minister and Anthony Albanese discussed defence and security, including shared support for Ukraine and the continuing Aukus alliance.
Salon · May 4, 2025 MAGA foreign policy: So much losing! From the Great White North to Down Under and beyond, Trump's chaos is an unexpected boon for normie democracy
The Conversation · May 4, 2025 Blaming Donald Trump for conservative losses in both Canada and Australia is being too kind to Peter Dutton Australia’s federal election, held less than a week after Canada’s, has produced a shockingly similar outcome. Commentators all over the world have pointed out the parallels.
The Conversation · May 4, 2025 In its soul-searching, the Coalition should examine its relationship with the media Among the many lessons to be learnt by the Liberal-National Coalition parties from the election is that they should stop getting into bed with News Corporation Australia.
The Conversation · May 4, 2025 Second-term Albanese will face policy pressure, devastated Liberals have only bad options On February 1, on The Conversation’s podcast, Anthony Albanese not only declared that Labor would retain majority government, but held out the prospect it could win the Victorian Liberal seats of Menzies and Deakin.
International Business Times · May 4, 2025 Australian PM Basks In Win, Vows 'Orderly' Government Australia's left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese basked Sunday in his landslide election win, promising a "disciplined, orderly" government to confront cost-of-living pain and tariff turmoil.
Pedestrian.tv · May 4, 2025 With Dutton Out, Who Is Next In Line For Liberal Leadership? We Investigate Petition for a Coalition conclave?
The Conversation · May 4, 2025 State of the states: 6 experts on how the election unfolded across the country While counting continues nationally, the federal election result is definitive: a pro-Labor landslide and an opposition leader voted out.
Pedestrian.tv · May 4, 2025 Who Is Ali France AKA The Labor Candidate Who Just Booted Dutton Out Of Dickson? Ali France has just become the first person to unseat an opposition leader at a federal election, after her stunning victory this election.
Pedestrian.tv · May 4, 2025 Here We Bloody Go: Andrew Bolt Says That Voters ‘Are Wrong’ After Labor Victory Conservative commentator Andrew Bolt has decried the results of the 2025 federal election, says that voters "were wrong".
AAP · May 4, 2025 Coalition power plan 'nuked' at poll: climate groups The coalition's nuclear power plan "bombed at the ballot" and is now off the table, climate action and renewable energy groups say.