On Saturday, May 3, 2025, a national election was held in Australia to elect members of the 48th national Parliament. There were 150 seats in the home of Representatives and 40 of 76 seats in the legislature to fill. The Labour Party's ruling government , led by Anthony Albanese , won re-election for a second word in a row, bringing a crushing triumph , expanding its parliamentary majority and gaining the largest number of seats earned by the organization at national level since 1987 . The opposition Liberal-National Coalition , led by Peter Dutton , noted large fluctuations in its disadvantage, especially in urban areas. After calculating 80% of the vote on Tuesday, 6 May the Labour organization is seen to have won 87 seats in the home of Representatives (a minimum of 76 seats are needed to manage independently) and the Liberal Coalition only 40. The consequence exceeded almost all published public opinion polls that predicted either a minimum majority for the Labour organization government or a suspended parliament.
The cost of surviving was an crucial subject throughout the campaign. another issues included atomic energy, housing and defence. The coalition campaigned to build 7 atomic plants in Australia over 20 years, while the Labour organization promised to build 1.2 million fresh homes. Both parties supported an increase in defence spending.
Anthony Albanese announced on Saturday that he was the first Prime Minister of Australia to hold office for the second time in a row in 21 years, and suggested that his government increased its support as he did not follow the U.S. president Donald Trump's administration.
"The Australians decided to face global challenges in an Australian way, taking care of each another and building the future," said Albanese supporters in a winning speech at RSL club Canterbury-Hurlstone Park in the west of Sydney. “We don’t gotta beg, borrow or copy from another places. We're not looking for inspiration abroad. We find it here, in our values and in our people," he added.
His centre-left Labour organization named Albanese's rival, Peter Dutton, the opposition leader, “DAGE-y Dutton” and accused his conservative Liberal organization of imitating Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency. Dutton had previously acknowledged that his alliance of conservative parties had failed in the election, and he himself lost his parliamentary mandate, which he held for 24 years. Analysts claim that Trump's imitation ceased to be a affirmative origin for Australian conservatives and became a negative origin after Trump introduced global duties.
In the election campaign, the main themes were energy policy and inflation, both competing parties agreed that the country was facing a crisis of surviving costs. According to Foodbank Australia, the largest food aid charity in the country, 3.4 million households in Australia of 27 million people experienced food insecurity last year.
In the election campaign, the Liberal organization blamed the government for wasting resources that drive inflation and rise interest rates. In order to reduce government spending, she undertook to liquidate more than 1 in 5 public service posts.
Although both Albanese and Dutton argue that the country should accomplish zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Coalition leader argues that the usage of atomic power alternatively of renewable energy sources specified as solar and wind turbines would supply cheaper electricity.
Marginal parties
From marginal parties, it is worth noting the disastrous consequence of the billionaire organization Clive Palmer, Trumpet of Patriots. she has not won a single seat in the home of Representatives, although there are certain hopes of winning it in the Senate. Only 2% of Australians voted for it. This organization spent $60 million on run ad, including over $24.1 million on tv commercials, video content on demand, and ads on YouTube. This is the largest amount spent by the organization for election advertising in these elections. It is followed by the Labour organization (24 million dollars), Coalition (20.7 million dollars) and Greens and another parties (4 million dollars).
The goal of the media run was to advance about 100 candidates from Trumpet of Patriot who applied for seats in the lower chamber and in all state in the Senate. Inspired by U.S. president Donald Trump, the organization ran a run based on an immigration simplification program, restrictions on property ownership by foreigners in Australia and removal of the "woke program (awakening)" from schools. Although Trumpet of Patriots did not win in the election, the results showed that there is inactive a request for right-wing policy.
The 1 Nation organization Pauline Hanson, which has a akin electoral base as Clive Palmer's party, achieved comparatively good results, scoring 6.24% of the vote on a national scale. 1 Nation has put out over 140 candidates across the country. Zareh Ghazarian, head of Monash University's political department, said that the election consequence is "a clear signal that the Australians are simply not convinced of what Trumpet of Patriots promotes". "Family First received about the same number of votes as Trumpet of Patriots," said Dr. Ghazarian. "I don't remember always seeing any ad or household first gadgets."
AEC data (Australian Electoral Commission) show that more than 830 000 Australians voted for the 1 Nation organization in the home of Representatives, which, according to Dr. Ghazarian, indicates "significant interest among the full community".
The Promises of Winners
Now that Australia has decided who is to regulation it for the next 3 years, here are any things the Australians can anticipate from the Labour Party's proposals.
Cuts in maintenance costs: As of June 1, 2025, the government will introduce a 20% simplification in all student loans debt, destruct about $16 billion of student debt, which will benefit 3 million Australians, and from taxation year 2025–2026 (July) the minimum income threshold for the compulsory repayment of student loans will increase from around $54,000 to $67,000.
Tax reductions : In the national budget for 2025, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced 2 fresh taxation reductions for the lowest range, with the rate to fall from 16 percent to 15 percent as of 1 July 2026.
Education: The Labour organization intends to permanently introduce free TAFE courses.
Support for emergency care clinics: The re-elected Labour Government undertook to allocate $644 million to increase Medicare ad hoc care clinics from 87 to 137. fresh clinics were planned for each state and territory.
Housing warrant strategy : All purchasers of the first home will be entitled to a 5% deposit, without the request to pay mortgage insurance.
Electricity bills : $75 for electricity bills for households and tiny businesses will be extended for another six months.
Solar batteries : Work will supply up to $4,000 savings per household on solar battery installations.
Medicare: The Labour organization has committed to earmarking $8.5 billion on Medicare to increase settlement rates for household doctors.
Extension of Telemedicine: The Labour organization will allocate $200 million to the creation of a 24-hour telemedicine service called "1800MEDICARE"
The Labour organization has pledged to allocate $100 million to the modernisation of energy utility facilities, including more efficient lighting on sports fields, social halls and libraries.
The Labour organization will aim to guarantee that by 2030 82% of the electricity grid comes from renewable sources. The government undertook to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 43 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. The Labour organization besides supports the Paris Agreement on Climate.
The Labour organization will grow its Homes for Australia plan to build an additional 100,000 homes specifically for people buying the home for the first time.
The government allocated another $800 million in the national budget for the year 2025 to abolish the limits of property and income prices under the acquisition Aid Scheme, which provides equity capital up to 40 percent to support eligible home buyers.
In turn, investors will receive taxation credits under the housing scheme, which is estimated to make an additional 80,000 units in the next 10 years.
The Labour organization has pledged to allocate at least $50.3 billion in defence over the next decade, and the Prime Minister has left an open door for further growth. Albanese besides said he was open to talks about the presence of Australian troops in Ukraine as part of peace missions.
Recognising the importance of protection* of food supply chains, the government announced an investment of AUD 3.5 million to make a "Feeding Australia" plan. This strategy aims to increase the safety, resilience and stableness of Australian farming and food production systems.
Krzysztof Bajkowski
