Albanese says Australian election victory based on unity platform
發佈日期: 2025-05-04 18:37
TVB News
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won re-election on Saturday in an emphatic victory for his ruling centre-left Labor Party.
Albanese party was on track to win at least 85 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives, the lower chamber where parties need a majority to form a government. He said Australians voted for unity rather than division.
Fresh off a convincing election victory, Albanese, with his fiance Jodie Haydon, received cheers when he visited a cafe in Sydney.
Dressed casually in T-shirt and jacket, Albanese mingled with fellow customers less than a day after his Labor Party overwhelmed the opposition conservatives.
Labor's projection for 85 seats is a rare increase from the 78 they held in the previous parliament. A victory he attributed to his party's unity platform.
Said Albanese: "I was always pretty, pretty positive about an outcome, and I knew that we had a positive agenda. And the agenda we had, I won't rattle it off again, but I can if you like, heard it a few times, and I think that the other side had a plan for higher taxes, higher deficits for two years and just cuts. And the Australian people voted for unity rather than division."
Analysts liken the result to that of the recent Canadian elections, where the "Donald Trump effect" made voters lean towards stability rather than potential chaos from an opposition candidate who favoured an agenda similar to that of the U.S. president.
Like in Canada, Albanese's challenger, Peter Duttn, lost not only the election but also his seat in parliament.
Dutton said: "Now we didn't do well enough during this campaign, that much is obvious tonight, and I accept full responsibility for that."
Labor had warned that a Dutton government would slash public sector funding to pay for nuclear power plants, which Australia currently does not have.
Dutton was also accused of igniting culture wars. While Albanese would stand before the Australian flag and two Indigenous flags during media events, Dutton would only have the national flag.
Albanese, though, said it was a fairly fought campaign and he spoke to Dutton after the results were announced.
"Oh look, it was a warm conversation, I feel for Peter Dutton," he said. "He was generous in his comments, I wish him and (wife) Kirilly and his family all the best."
