Australia PM Albanese on Track to Win Election, Final Poll Shows

Anthony Albanese and his partner Jodie Haydon.
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By Ben Westcott

May 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM UTC

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is on track to become the nation’s first leader since 2004 to win consecutive elections, according to opinion polls, with his center-left government extending its lead over the opposition ahead of Saturday’s vote.

Albanese’s Labor Party is now leading the Liberal-National Coalition by 52.5% to 47.5% in the final Newspoll survey of the campaign, published by The Australian newspaper on Friday night, a slight increase in the party’s lead by 0.5% since the last poll over the previous weekend.