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.

  • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
    79·
    3 days 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·
      2 days 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

    • Darkmoon_UK@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      2 days 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.

    • eureka@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      2 days 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.

    • redwattlebird@lemmings.worldEnglish
      21·
      2 days 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.