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The 11 seat races still too close to call – and those that changed hands

A dozen seats across the nation remain too close to call as the margins in some high-profile electoral battles narrowed to double digits.

  • Millie Muroi, Matt Wade and Olivia Ireland

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Sussan Ley on the election campaign trail in April.

Federal election results LIVE updates: Ryan’s lead grows in latest Kooyong vote count; Greens leader Bandt expected to lose seat; Ley firming as favourite to replace Dutton; Albanese assembling new cabinet

Follow live as we bring you all the news from the election aftermath and vote counting around Australia.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Greens leader Adam Bandt is set to lose his seat.

Federal election results 2025 as it happened: Greens leader Bandt set to lose Melbourne; Dutton silent on Liberal leadership future; Kooyong race tightens

Follow all the updates on the election aftermath and vote counting around the nation.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Alexander Darling
Greens leader Adam Bandt with Senator Steph Hodgins-May in Melbourne’s Treasury Gardens on Monday.

Greens leader Adam Bandt set to lose seat of Melbourne

Labor claimed victory for its candidate Sarah Witty after gaining more than 53 per cent of the vote so far, but Bandt has not conceded. 

  • David Crowe and Olivia Ireland
Sussan Ley was elected deputy leader of the Liberal Party in 2022.

She went from punk rocker to pilot. Now Sussan Ley wants to be Liberal leader

There is no map to guide a shattered Liberal Party through its worst defeat, but Sussan Ley is game to try. Her upbringing and early life explain why.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Anthony Albanese enjoys the sweet taste of victory in his electorate on Sunday.

Albanese to dole out an extra ministry to the Left after landslide win

The Labor Left will add more members to the caucus than the Right, shifting the balance of power and gaining another position in the ministry.

  • David Crowe and James Massola
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US President Donald Trump backed away from his pledge to strike new trade deals with America’s trading partners.

Trump sours on trade deals, says he’ll set a price to ‘shop’ in the US

The American president likened the US to a “super luxury store” – and said that if you want to buy, you’ll have to pay.

  • Michael Koziol
Niki Savva ahead of delivering the Speaker’s Lecture, at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 9 September 2024. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Niki Savva’s identity stolen with fake social media account

An account on X bearing the name of the prominent political pundit has been gaining big traction with its silly tweets. The real Niki Savva is not amused.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott votes in his electorate of Warringah in 2019.

The science that could explain the federal election result

Commentary tends to focus on the day-to-day campaign, but political researchers say there are long-term structural forces at play in how we vote.

  • Liam Mannix
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton attempted to make Welcome to Country ceremonies an election issue.

Dutton tried to make my people political footballs. Australians chose not to play

The opposition leader appeared to assume that because the country rejected the Voice to parliament, he had a green light to keep attacking Aboriginal people.

  • Jessa Rogers

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