Australians from our cities and regions want to keep building more wind, solar and storage – and made this clear at the ballot box. A steep swing towards Labor, delivering what is expected to be their largest majority since World War II, represents a resounding endorsement of Australia’s current plan for renewable power.
Key findings
1. This election, Australians made a resounding choice: keep powering on with renewables and storage.
- Already, 40% of our national electricity grid is powered by renewables and storage. At the 2025 election, Australians endorsed the progress that’s already been made by the first term Labor (ALP) government, and backed a renewable-powered future.
- Nuclear bombed at the ballot. It was politically toxic, especially with women and undecided voters.
- The ALP’s two-party preferred support increased in most seats with offshore wind debates, despite significant campaigns against the projects.
- By the next election, Australia’s main grid is expected to be more than two-thirds powered with renewables and storage – making this switch unstoppable.
2. There is a fundamental shift in Australian politics. Climate change is now a fixture of Australian elections, and a large voting block prioritises climate champions at the ballot box.
- Climate concern has remained persistently high across swathes of the Australian community, in spite of the cost-of-living crunch.
- Three-quarters of Millennials and Generation Z voters named climate change as a top tier voting issue for the 2025 election. This climate voting bloc is now the largest – and still growing – group of Australian voters.
- For ALP voters, climate change was a top 2 issue in this election.
- Pro-climate independents have won more votes than ever before, with a 3.8% increase in their primary vote across contested seats.
- The Australian Greens is likely to hold the balance of power in the Senate, providing a path to pass stronger climate laws through the upper house.
3. The Federal Coalition’s sweeping defeat points to the party being unelectable until it advances credible climate and energy policies.
- The ALP held a 17 percentage point lead over the Coalition as the party most trusted to “address climate change”.
- The Coalition’s inner-city heartland has been decimated as pro-climate independent incumbents retaining their seats from the 2022 Federal Election, signaling a lasting shift in voter priorities.
- New community independent challengers performed strongly in 10 traditionally safe Liberal and National seats. These are the next wave of seats at risk for the Coalition in 2028.
4. Australians have given the ALP its strongest mandate since World War II to roll out more renewable power and storage, better regulate polluters and set new, stronger climate targets.
