Peter Dutton concedes he has lost his seat of Dickson
www.abc.net.au
The leader of the Liberal Party, Peter Dutton, concedes he has lost his own seat of Dickson in Queensland. His loss leaves the Coalition without its leader in a defeat that represents a disaster for the party.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29061644

We’ve done it, we got rid of another soulless right wing politician!

Peter Dutton first made his party lose this election and now also lost his own seat much like Pierre Pullover

We’ve still got a government that green-lit new coal power plants in it’s last term, screwed over the Aboriginal community with a poorly run referendum, and still doesn’t give a shit about climate change, but baby steps hey.

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    5 days ago

    That seems unlikely based on last night’s outcome.

    Trumpism has a stink on it.

    Dutton was trotting out some Trump rhetoric in the last 2 weeks and Australian voters have issued an emphatic, resounding rejection.

    I expect a reformed liberal party will go back to their roots of fiscal and social conservatism, but do anything to avoid the culture war.

      • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        13 hours ago

        I’m not sure that’s the right message to take away from what’s happened.

        Rejecting Dutton because he was stoking the culture war from the conservative end, does not mean that the electorate will embrace a leader who stokes the culture war from the progressive end.

        For example, the voice to parliament was part of the culture war, and it failed spectacularly for Labor. They were lucky to recover really.

        That’s not to say the electorate doesn’t want trans rights, but voters do want someone who’s going to address the bread and butter problems they’re facing.