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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanies (left) and Australian opposition leader Peter Datton (right) talking during a debate.
The 2025 Federal election votes are being cast in Australia today. In this election, the main contest is between the current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party and opposition leader Peter Datton’s Liberal-National Alliance.
There are two houses in Australia just like our country. The upper house is called the Senate and the Lower House called the House of Representatives. The leader of the party or coalition that gets a majority in the lower house becomes the Prime Minister.
Voting is to be held today for its 150 seats. Its result will come on the night of 3 May or by the morning of 4 May.
Along with this, voting is also to be done for 40 out of 76 seats of the House above. The tenure of the members selected in this House would have been 6 years and half the members change every 3 years.
Parliament was dissolved on 28 March 2025 in the country, after which the government went into caretaker mode. This was followed by postal voting from 22 to 30 April.
Mandatory voting in Australia
In Australia, all citizens aged 18 or older have to vote compulsorily and if they do not do so, they can be fined 20 Australian dollars.
Age is not fixed to become Prime Minister here. In other words, people who can vote 18 years or older can also contest elections and also become Prime Minister.
Major issues electoral issues
Dearness: Rising inflation and high interest rates are the main issue this time. Both the major party has promised financial relief to the people.
Expensive home: It has become difficult for Australian people to buy a house. Especially young people are facing a lot of difficulty in buying new houses.
Climate change: Climate is also a major issue due to the 2022 floods, 2023 Bushfire and Jasper Cyclone, 2025’s Alfred Cyclone. The Labor Party invested in renewable energy, while the Liberal Party has proposed nuclear energy.
Health Service: Women voters are especially demanding improvement in health service.
Labor party leads in election survey In the survey conducted before the election, the Labor Party has shown an edge. It is estimated that the labor party can win 84 seats, while the Liberal alliance may get 47 seats. If this happens, Albanese will become the Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
Although the Hung Parliament (hung parliament) is also being estimated, if this happens and no party can win 76 seats, then the government may have to be formed with small parties. In 2010, Julia Gillard formed a similar government.
Chief contenders for the post of Prime Minister
Anthony albanese: Australia is the 31st Prime Minister and is the leader of the Labor Party. He formed the government by defeating Scott Morrison in the 2022 election. His mother Maryne Elri was of Irish origin, while father Carlo was Albanese Italian.
Albanese has a degree in economics from Sydney University. He joined the labor party at the age of 16. After this, the student of Sydney University was active in politics. Since 1996, Sydney has a consecutive MP from Inner West seat, this seat is considered to be the stronghold of the Labor Party.
Peter Datton: This time Peter Datton is a prime ministerial contender from the Liberal-National Alliance. He has been handling the responsibility of opposition leader since 2022. Datton has a degree in Business Studies from Queensland University of Technology.
Datton worked in the Queensland Police from 1989 to 1999, where he worked in a drug squad and Sex Off a Squad. In 2001, Liberal Party MP was elected from Queensland seat. Datton has held responsibility like Health and Sports Minister. After the defeat in the 2022 election, Dont was elected the leader of the Liberal Party unopposed when Scott Morrison resigned.
