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Center-Left Retakes Australia [1]

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Date: 2025-05-03

I didn’t see here yet, so I figured I would post this.

Labor's Anthony Albanese has defied the so-called "incumbency curse" to be re-elected Australia's prime minister in a landslide. Official vote counting won't finish for days, but Albanese's centre-left government will dramatically increase its majority after the conservative Liberal-National coalition suffered a thumping defeat nationwide. "Today, the Australian people have voted for Australian values: for fairness, aspiration and opportunity for all; for the strength to show courage in adversity and kindness to those in need," Albanese said. Coalition leader Peter Dutton, who lost his own seat of 24 years, said he accepted "full responsibility" for his party's loss and apologised to his MPs.

How “coincidental” — Coalition leader Peter Dutton lost his seat which he held for 24 years just like Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost the seat he held since 2004 (only 20 years).

I guess the rest of the world is capable of seeing the vicious and vindictive (non)leadership from Trump and MAGA and don’t want to play. They simultaneously swept their conservative party leaders out of office along with their majorities. At least the rest of the Western world doesn’t want to follow.

Best of luck to them and let them shine a light on the way forward.

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