The Australian prime minister is the first to be re-elected since John Howard – and becomes one of Labor’s biggest heroesAustralian federal election 2025 LIVE – latest Australia news and updatesElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt might have been the surprise packet of the night, but Labor picked up as early as January that it had a sniff in Dickson.Early in the evening – hours before Anthony Albanese raised workers’ rights, housing, gender equality, childcare, the NDIS and Indigenous reconciliation as the priorities of his second-term Labor government – the hundreds-strong crowd at his election night party grew round-eyed as results from Dickson started pouring in on the television screens.