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Sat 3 May

Australia Institute Live: Election 2025 results. As it happened.

Amy Remeikis – Chief Political Analyst

This blog, much like the 2025 election, is now closed.

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The Day's News

21.58 AEST

Anthony Albanese addresses Labor HQ

Penny Wong is introducing Albanese:

We love this country and representing it to the world is the honour of my life. Because of who we are and what we strive to be, a nation that stands on its own two feet, that invests in the aspirations of all of its people, a nation of courage and of kindness.

I saw this purpose and these principles in our campaign across the country. Our hard working candidates, the thousands of Labor volunteers in every state and territory, in every community, working for a better future.

Friends, three years ago, the Australian people made a collective decision, to turn the page and ride a new future for ourselves. Tonight together we start the new chapter.

We will write this next chapter so all Australians are part of our nation’s story.

21.45 AEST

LNP senator James McGrath says it would be “very dangerous” for the LNP to swing towards being more Trumpian in the wake of this:

It would be dangerous for my party, and I speak as Ronald Reagan Republican and a George Bush Republican, speaking to Donald Trump’s positions, we are a free-trade party and pro- Ukraine and we should continue to be centre-right.

We must resist that path and focus on where middle Australia is. If Luke Howarth is in trouble and Petrie, and I don’t want to mention prepoll because people are now drinking every time I say prepoll, when the suburbs and Petrie have swung against us that we have not got back the suburbs in Ryan and Brisbane.

What are we doing to make sure that we get back at centre-right vote, the middle Australia vote?

21.42 AEST

Peter Dutton runs through his thank yous and then gets to the end of his speech after saying that the highlight of his career was being defence minister.

Ultimately we live in the best country in the world and I have always believed that and I always will. I love this country and have fought hard for it, we have been defined by our opponents in this election which is not a true story of who we are but we will rebuild from here and we will do that because we know our values, we know our beliefs, and we will always stick to them. I want to say thank you to the Australian people for the faith that they have placed in me, and thank them for the great honour of having been the member for Dickson, and the Leader of the Opposition.

Supporters watch the count on big screens at the function centre for the 2025 Federal Election,(AAP)
Former Liberal minister Christian Porter at the function centre for the 2025 Federal Election (AAP)
Farewell Dutts (AAP)

21.36 AEST

Peter Dutton says he has conceded to both Anthony Albanese and Ali France.

It is still unclear if James McGrath has conceded that Dutton has lost.

It is an historic occasion for the Labor Party and we recognise that. I congratulated the Prime Minister and wished he Jodie and Nathan all the very best and I said to the Prime Minister that his mother would be incredibly proud of his achievement tonight and he should be proud of what he has achieved.

I also had the pleasure of speaking with Ali France, Ali and I have been combatants for a number of elections but she was successful in Dickson tonight, and she will do a good job as a local member. She lost her son Henry which is a tragic circumstances and no parent should ever go through that, equally I said to Ali that her son Henry would be incredibly proud of her tonight and she will do a good job as a local member for Dickson and I wish her all the very best.

21.33 AEST

Peter Dutton arrives at Liberal HQ

And it sounds like there are some boos?

They are very quickly drowned out by people screaming ‘we love you Peter’.

Dutton:

Well, tonight is not the night we wanted for he Liberal Party and for the Coalition and what we need for our country, we work hard every day over the course of the last three years to do our best for our amazing country. One of the great honours of being the leader of this party is that we have met people from every side and every corner, the length and breadth of this country, and there are many amazing stories, people have sacrificed and the people who are doing it hard at the moment and I have always wanted, in public life, for our country and the best for every Australian.

21.28 AEST

Over on Sky, the overwhelming view of the commentators is that there was not enough Jacinta Price in the campaign, and not enough of Peter Dutton being himself.

Not sure how many more seats they wanted the Coalition to lose, but there you have it.

21.22 AEST

One Nation beating Nationals in the Hunter

In the Hunter, One Nation has a higher vote than the Nationals with almost 17% of the vote in the count so far.

That would put them in number two and potentially a threat to Labor if the preference flow starts going their way

21.19 AEST

‘A win for the ages’

Jim Chalmers calls a “win for the ages”

Anthony wears his heart on his sleeve, as we he know. That is one of the most endearing of his qualities. He’s an emotional fellow and he will know just how important this is to the country – not just to Labor people but the whole place. Privately and publicly, he cares deeply about governing for the whole show. He goes to places that haven’t voted Labor forever and he does that deliberately and so he will feel the weight of responsibility, he will be emotional about it. We can expect that, but he should be very, very proud of what has happened here.

This is a win for the ages, if it happens as we’re expecting, given where Labor was six months ago, given what the expectations were for tonight, given what the expectations were before the Budget and so he has every right to feel proud. He has every right to feel emotional about it. He has pulled off one of the great political victories since federation. That is what we are seeing tonight.

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