Article 6X1PN Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win

Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win

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Sarah Basford Canales in Sydney
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Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies - and loses his seat

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 dominated by the cost of living and global economic uncertainty.

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