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Labor’s victory in the 2025 federal election was so emphatic that Anthony Albanese could well be forgiven for exclaiming ‘Cowabunga, Dudes!’ Instead, in his victory speech on election night he said: ‘It is with a deep sense of humility and a profound sense of responsibility that the first thing that I do tonight is to say “thank you” to the people of Australia’. Humility was a theme for Albanese, and he chided audience members for booing outgoing Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.