Australian Federal election 2025 live updates: Anthony Albanese and Labor win election

Labor looks set to win another seat, this time in South Australia with Liberal MP James Stevens losing to Claire Clutterham in Sturt.

Former Liberal MP Nicolle Flint has also failed in her bid to re-enter Parliament, with Labor’s Louise Miller-Frost earning a 11 per cent swing to her.

Labor has won three seats so far tonight from the Liberals, with two in Tasmania - Bass and Braddon falling to the Government, including Senator Anne Urquhart, who has moved to the lower house.

As part of a growing trend towards Labor in Queensland, the Government has also won the seat of Bonner from the LNP’s Ross Vasta.

7NEWS has called the election for Anthony Albanese, with no chance of Peter Dutton becoming Prime Minister.

What is unknown is the scale of his victory and whether he has won a majority for his second term, but the trend is in Labor’s favour.

Such a result would make Mr Albanese the first Prime Minister since John Howard in 2004 to be returned for a second term.

Shadow foreign affairs minister David Coleman is struggling Banks, where he has been hit by a 7 per cent swing to Labor, with candidate Zhi Soon narrowly ahead.

In Deakin, in Victoria, shadow housing minister Michael Sukkar has fallen being Labor’s Matt Gregg.

But what is emerging as a major story is the collapse in support for Peter Dutton in his own seat of Dickson, now trailing Labor’s Ali France by more than 100 votes with more than a fifth of all votes counted.

Liberal party faithful have been slow to filter into Peter Dutton’s election night headquarters at Brisbane’s W Hotel this evening.

As results start to filter in after polls closed, there are early swings against Coalition-held seats including his electorate of Dickson.

Media at the Brisbane venue to cover his election night outnumber the guests who have arrived to support Mr Dutton.

7NEWS’ Hugh Whitfield has said there is no clear path to Government for the Coalition.

We believe there is no path to victory for the Coalition at all tonight. It will either be a minority or majority Labor Government, with Anthony Albanese returned as Prime Minister.

We’ve had our first seat flip from the Liberal Party to the Labor Party. The seat of Bass in Tasmania is the first time tonight that we are seeing Labor gain ground.

It’s 6pm in the west, which means polls are officially closed across all Australia.

Labor is looking strong across the country and we now await the count in key WA seats, including Bullwinkel and Curtin.

In far north Queensland’s seat of Leichhardt, Matt Smith has recorded a 14 per cent swing to Labor to have a lead over the LNP, who currently hold the seat.

To Tasmania, where a 12 per cent swing to Labor has elected Jess Teesdale, and ended Liberal MP Bridget Archer’s time in Parliament.

In Braddon, Labor’s Anne Urquhart has a promising lead over Liberal Mal Kingston too, in a result which would see the Government win four out of five seats in Tasmania.

Aston, won by Labor at a mid-term by-election by the Government, has been held by Labor’s Mary Doyle.

But in Bendigo, Labor MP Lisa Chesters is facing a challenge from a strong Nationals showing, with an 8 per cent swing against her.