Peter Dutton

reactionWorld

Result was Trump’s doing, says US media

Both conservative and liberal media in the US interpret the size of Labor’s defeat of Peter Dutton as being at least partially driven by Donald Trump’s unpopularity.

Cameron Stewart

Politics NowPolitics

Libs’ women problem led to ‘catastrophic’ election ‘failure’

Retiring Liberal senator Linda Reynolds said ‘it is very clear where we’ve been going wrong’, as she urged the party to do more to attract both female candidates and voters, while endorsing Sussan Ley as the next leader to help rebuild their standing with women.

Paul Garvey, Rhiannon Down and Amanda Hodge

Election 2025Politics

History-making Albanese serves up promise of ‘steady’ mandate

Anthony Albanese will prioritise ­crucial visits to Jakarta and Washington amid global uncertainty after a thumping election victory gifted him powerful authority ­inside a second-term Labor government and decimated Peter Dutton’s Liberal Party.

Geoff Chambers and Greg Brown

Inside storyPolitics

Sleepwalking to disaster: how Coalition missed all the warnings

Peter Dutton and his tight inner circle entered the 2025 election year brimming with a fatal over-confidence – a self-belief that lasted right until the eve of the May 3 election.

Geoff Chambers and Greg Brown

COMMENTARYPolitics

Out of touch, out of time: Libs told nation had changed but didn’t listen

Of all the mistakes that led to this, one was fatal for Peter Dutton and the Coalition. The untested and superior assumption that Labor was out of touch.

Simon Benson

Critical momentPolitics

Missing in action as Cyclone Alfred turned tide on Dutton

As Cyclone Alfred barrelled towards his electorate of Dickson, Peter Dutton flew to Sydney for a ritzy harbourside political fundraiser.

Sarah Elks

Election 2025Nation

Victorian ‘double trouble’ for Liberals

Peter Dutton hoped Victoria would be his pathway to the prime ministership, but it’s turned into a giant black hole for Liberals.

Lily McCaffrey and Damon Johnston

WorkplaceBusiness

Labor’s win not a defeat for return to office mandates: Tim Gurner

Property developer Tim Gurner says work from home needs to end, despite public servants winning the ‘golden ticket’ to keep their flexible WFH lifestyles under Labor’s re-election.

Eli Greenblat and Perry Williams

Election 2025Nation

Union priority: a lift in worker living standards

Unions nominate Peter Dutton’s deep unpopularity and disastrous working from home backflip as key factors in the Coalition’s stunning defeat.

Ewin Hannan

UPDATEDNewsWire

‘Zero policy to sell’: Libs candidate roasted

One of the four people tipped to succeed Peter Dutton as Liberal leader has been slammed by a colleague as incapable.

Jessica Wang and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

AnalysisCommentary

How the Liberals lost the island state

How and why the Liberals lost an entire state in what could be called a perfect storm. Peter Dutton simply didn’t ‘speak Tasmanian’.

Matthew Denholm

NewsWire

Greens leader ousted, refuses to concede

A second party leader has been ousted in Labor’s landslide election victory.

Hannah Moore and Jessica Wang

POLITICS NOWPolitics

Buoyant unions to pressure Labor for increase in workers’ rights

Unions will press the Albanese government for policy action to lift workers’ living standards as they identified Peter Dutton’s unpopularity with voters and disastrous working from home policy backflip as key factors in the Coalition’s defeat.

Ewin Hannan, Noah Yim, Damon Johnston, Kyle Rode and Perry Williams

NEWSNewsWire

Dutton’s words for MP who unseated him

Peter Dutton’s first words to Labor candidate Ali Frances – who became the first Labor candidate to unseat an Opposition Leader in a race that shocked the nation – have been revealed.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

bloodletting beginsNation

Defeated Liberals now brace for leadership and policy war

Three frontrunners emerge as next leader of the Liberal Party, MPs prepare for an internal battle, after Peter Dutton led the Coalition to one of its biggest electoral drubbings.

Greg Brown and Geoff Chambers

newsNewsWire

Critical errors that led to Dutton’s demise

While Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton started the five week campaign on an equal footing, things quickly fell apart for the Coalition.

Jessica Wang

commentaryPolitics

Dutton is denied the ecstasy but at least he’s spared some of the agony

At least for Dutton there is no agonising over whether he should remain as leader or some dreadful fight among the Liberals as to who would take over. The Liberals must now regroup around a new leader.

Dennis Shanahan

Election 2025Politics

Victoria sticking with Labor after shock swings

Victorian voters have turned their backs on Peter Dutton after shock results in Aston and Chisholm.

Damon Johnston

COMMENTARYCommentary

A calamity for the Coalition and a stunning win for Anthony Albanese

Dutton’s defeat represents a complete collapse of the Coalition’s political operation. This is a complete reversal of the global dynamics that western governments faced 12 months ago.

Simon Benson

election 2025Politics

Labor breaches fortress Queensland as Dutton ousted

Ali France has stunned Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in his outer Brisbane seat of Dickson as Labor’s majority grows stronger.

Jamie Walker and Michael McKenna

UPDATEDNewsWire

Seatless Dutton concedes after shock vote

Peter Dutton has conceded the federal election after a shock nationwide swing toward Labor unseated him, saying it was not the result they wanted.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

UPDATEDBreaking News

‘Proud’: Dutton’s words for winner

Peter Dutton has fought hard to become Australia’s next Prime Minister – but another tight contest closer to home could render his efforts pointless.

Jessica Wang and Andrew Hedgman

NewsWire

Albo’s slap down you might have missed

Anthony Albanese has claimed victory in front ecstatic Labor supporters, after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton conceded defeat in Saturday’s historic election.

Jessica Wang, Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer and Joanne Williamson

NewsWire

Fresh blow to Dutton in latest poll

The first exit poll in a closely watched South Australian marginal electorate spells trouble for Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party.

Duncan Evans

CommentPolitics

Spectre of malcontents has spooked both sides

While the ‘ghosts of 2019’ scare ‘team captain’ Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton has been cursed by the ‘miserable ghost’ of his old leader.

Dennis Shanahan

Election 2025Politics

Labor to govern with ‘new hope, determination’: emotional PM claims landslide win

Anthony Albanese has achieved an historic majority victory becoming the first PM since John Howard to win back-to-back elections, after Peter Dutton and the Coalition suffered devastating swings in a nationwide wipeout which saw the Opposition leader lose his seat of Dickson.  

Geoff Chambers, Greg Brown and Noah Yim

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Gas warning puts leaders on notice

Australia’s energy operator and one of the country’s biggest industrial users have issued election-eve warnings on gas shortages, demanding more supply be brought online to keep the lights on and ease soaring price pressures.

Perry Williams and Geoff Chambers

South AustraliaPolitics

A tale of two seats Libs must win, but could lose both

Peter Dutton’s hopes of a Nicolle Flint comeback in the must-win South Australian seat of Boothby risk being cancelled out by a shock loss in Sturt, the former stronghold of moderate powerbroker Christopher Pyne.

David Penberthy

CommentaryPolitics

Unwanted result looms for major players

Australians are poised to send a blunt message to both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton on Saturday night if the final Newspoll on the eve of the election is any indication.

Simon Benson

Campaign trailPolitics

Albanese turns Dutton’s seat into a poll hot zone

Peter Dutton’s seat of Dickson has been one of Anthony Albanese’s top targets during the 2025 election campaign.

David Tanner

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