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Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win
Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seat
* Anthony Albanese profile: the Australian PM who led Labor to victory
Australia’s centre-left prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has won a second term with a crushing victory over the opposition, whose rightwing leader, Peter Dutton, failed to brush off comparisons with Donald Trump and ended up losing his own seat.
Albanese’s Labor party scored an unexpectedly comfortable win on Saturday, after a five-week election campaign that was dominated by the cost of living and global economic uncertainty. Continue reading...
