Left-leaning PM Albanese triumphs in Australian election and gets a second 3-year term

Anthony Albanese, Australia's prime minister, center, with his partner Jodie Haydon (right) and his son Nathan Albanese at the Labor Party election night event in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. Albanese was re-elected in Saturday's vote with an expanded majority, projections show, becoming the nation's first leader in 21 years to win back-to-back elections. -- Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

SYDNEY (AFP): Australia's left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese triumphed Saturday in national elections, crushing his conservative rival in a contest swayed by economic upheaval and US President Donald Trump.

Albanese's slow-but-steady leadership resonated at a time of global tumult, analysts said, with voters deserting hard-nosed opposition leader Peter Dutton in droves.