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Australia’s Election Wasn’t About Trump. An Anti-Trump Wave Swept It Anyway.
The global turmoil wreaked by President Trump’s policies made him a factor in the election, bolstering the re-election of ...
He wanted to be Australia's PM. But a 'Trump effect' thwarted Peter Dutton
"It's not our night," Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton told a roomful of supporters in Brisbane after his rival, ...
Five takeaways from Australia’s general election after Anthony Albanese secures second term
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won a second term for his center-left Labor Party Saturday, defeating conservative challenger Peter Dutton in an election colored by US President Donald ...
Peter Dutton, a former police detective who’s hawkish on China, is leading Australia’s conservatives
Australia’s conservative opposition leader, Peter Dutton, is a former police detective who gained a reputation during his ...
Ali France: disability activist who overcame grief to oust Australia opposition chief Dutton
Disability advocate Ali France pulled off a shock defeat of Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton in his own seat on ...
First Canada, now Australia? Conservatives fear the Trump slump is spreading
The man vying to become Australia’s next prime minister has spent weeks trying to distance himself from comparisons to US ...
Polls open in Australian elections as centre-left Labor Party seeks second term
Polls opened in the Australian general election on Saturday morning as the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and ...
Australia's Albanese claim election victory, riding anti-Trump wave
Australia’s Anthony Albanese claimed a historic second term as Prime Minister on Saturday, in a dramatic comeback against ...