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Incumbent Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won reelection on Saturday, with his center-left Labor Party securing a landslide 85 seats in Parliament, including the seat of conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton. It marks a stunning turnaround for Canberra’s liberal playbook.

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Incumbent Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won reelection on Saturday, with his center-left Labor Party securing a landslide 85 seats in Parliament, including the seat of conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton. It marks a stunning turnaround for Canberra’s liberal playbook.

“We do not need to beg or borrow or copy from anywhere else,” Albanese said in a victory speech. “We do not seek out our inspiration overseas. We find it right here in our values and in our people.”

Many Aussie voters appeared to view the opposition as too close to the White House, particularly after conservative Sen. Jacinta Price cheered “Make Australia Great Again” in April. Just a month ago, the conservative Liberal Party was on track to win the election. But U.S. President Donald Trump’s America First policies, including hefty tariffs on Australian steel, soured support for Dutton’s coalition. Like Trump, the Liberal Party wants to make cuts to the Education Department, implement tougher immigration restrictions, and defund diversity and inclusion programs.

“In Australia, voters weren’t merely expressing an aversion to Donald Trump,” wrote FP’s Amelia Lester, who is based in Australia. “They were also rejecting ideological extremism of all stripes.”

Australia’s election results mimicked another unexpected center-left victory. Last week, Liberal Party leader Mark Carney secured a landslide win in Canada, cementing Carney’s role as prime minister despite conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre long being the predicted........

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