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The blame game is starting to erupt in the Liberal Party after Peter Dutton’s crushing election loss.
The blame game is starting to erupt in the Liberal Party after Peter Dutton’s crushing election loss.
The psychological shock of the scale of Peter Dutton’s loss should be profound. In fact, it should force a rethink of everything in Liberal world, writes James Campbell.
Politicians from all parties were bracing for Victoria to be the swing state in the federal election, with several seats expected to change hands, but Liberals said the result was a disaster, while Labor MPs said it locked-in Premier Jacinta Allan’s leadership.
There’s no time to lose. After Peter Dutton’s historic double loss — fumbling both the election and his seat — the Coalition will start the search for their new leader.
Peter Dutton attacks, China doesn’t play rugby league and Anthony Albanese admits he broke his word. These are the key moments from the final leaders’ debate.
The final leaders’ debate before the federal election was full of strange moments. Here is where our reporters saw Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton scored and squandered points.
While Anthony Albanese put up his Teflon act, Peter Dutton landed punches and undermined the Labor PM’s glib talking points, writes James Morrow.
As early voting topped a new milestone and a Liberal candidate with a familiar name is plagued by pranksters, former PM John Howard unleashed on his successor.
Remember the Voice campaign? First came anger, then denial, then the bargaining. Stop me if this is starting to sound familiar, writes Joe Hildebrand.
A senior Labor minister has slammed the Coalition’s $21bn defence spending pledge, saying the figure was “plucked out of air” by Peter Dutton.
Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese have unveiled massive initiatives to combat the housing and cost of living crisis, but undecided voters still have big questions. WATCH THEIR VIDEO VERDICT
Peter Dutton has defiantly declared he can win the election, calling it a ‘sliding doors moment’ for Australia, while taking aim at the PM’s claims he would not do a deal with the Greens to form government.
Coalition insiders are still clinging to hope the polls are wrong while Labor looks set to ramp up attack messages targeting Peter Dutton.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have returned to full on campaigning for the final week of the May 3 election with a new poll showing many voters are still undecided.
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