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An­tho­ny Al­banese claimed vic­to­ry as the first Aus­tralian prime min­is­ter to clinch a sec­ond con­sec­u­tive term in 21 years on Sat­ur­day and sug­gest­ed his gov­ern­ment had in­creased its ma­jor­i­ty by not mod­el­ling it­self on U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s ad­min­is­tra­tion.

“Aus­tralians have cho­sen to face glob­al chal­lenges the Aus­tralian way, look­ing af­ter each oth­er while build­ing for the fu­ture,” Al­banese told sup­port­ers in a vic­to­ry speech in Syd­ney.

“We do not need to beg or bor­row or copy from any­where else. We do not seek our in­spi­ra­tion over­seas. We find it right here in our val­ues and in our peo­ple,” he added.