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.

    • dubyakay@lemmy.caEnglish
      8·
      1 day ago

      Almost the exact playbook as in Canada. Except it’s a close minority here. But the Maple Maggot, after losing his own seat, has decided to take over another MP’s seat in a by-election.

      • ibelieveinthehousehippo@lemmy.caEnglish
        8·
        1 day ago

        I know the chances are very, very slim, but I’d love to see the people of Battle-River-Crowfoot vote ABC and make that little weiner lose again.

        There are so many hilarious opportunities with this by-election.

        -91 candidates run and he comes in 91st

        -Trudeau also runs there and wins

        -He runs, loses, and repeats the process until the Liberals have a majority

        • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          15 hours ago

          He runs, loses, and repeats the process until the Liberals have a majority

          No repetition necessary. The Liberals are one seat away from a majority.

        • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          17 hours ago

          The riding he’s chosen to run in is one of the most conservative in the country. The guy who’s stepping down won something like 80% of the vote.

          But, the Liberals should run someone who actually lives in that riding and keeps reminding the voters there that Poilievre doesn’t live there and doesn’t know anything about his new riding. It won’t be enough to keep him from winning this time, but there’s a chance that over time it will start to matter to voters that their MP doesn’t live there and knows nothing about their riding.

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 day ago

          Trudeau might be the first candidate to ever achieve a negative number of votes if he ran in Crowfoot.

    • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      78·
      1 day ago

      Mot really, Labor did nothing over the last 3 years and get rewarded for that as well as Greens losing a few seats.

      Best case scenario was minority Labor gov shared with the Greens.

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        gee i guess the fact that we scored 2nd in the world on the IMF balanced budgets globally is nothing! if you don’t win you’re a loser

      • eureka@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        18 hours ago

        Yes, the Labor Party have demonstrated they’re inadequate to solve our ongoing crises. The Greens appear to have kept their strong crossbench position in the senate so I can’t be too disappointed.

      • Darkmoon_UK@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        20 hours ago

        The massive infrastructure project 5 minutes from my house is not nothing. I’m very happy Labour are putting my taxes towards constructing the nation.

      • redwattlebird@lemmings.worldEnglish
        21·
        24 hours ago

        Agreed but let’s be honest, that would’ve relied on people voting for their best interests and, as always, Australians generally vote governments out. The safest way to vote out Liberal is to vote Labor and, so, we have a majority.