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.

  • SeeMarkFlyEnglish
    128•20 days ago

    This forward progress to the human race is brought to you by the color ORANGE.

    We proudly demonstrated to the world the proper direction to go.

    Our loss is your gain.

    • @kingofras@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      60•20 days ago

      It must be stated that the Labor party here are anything but progressive. They are centre-right by the most recent assessment of their values and support a variety of cunts in toxic industries who fund their campaigns.

      The libs (our very right wing major party) ran an exceptionally incompetent campaign, with Dutton as a key soulless idiot who can’t admit to mistakes when it hits him in the face. They had a bit of headwind from the global anti Trump sentiment, but it wasn’t like we were in the same situation like Canada.

      Regionally we already ARE the 51st state of the USA, because we provide them with much needed Southern Hemisphere intelligence bases which Australians have no right to visit, and they are our protector against any major military threat in the region.

      It’s a minor victory for any progressive minded person, as any mention of action on the climate emergency was stupifyingly absent from the entire campaign.

      • @AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
        18•20 days ago

        The ALP are hardly Whitlam-style socialists, but they’re somewhat more progressive than UK Labour, in that they at least purport to be progressive, rather than banking their capital, rewarding donors and distracting the public with culture wars inherited from the Tories.

        Mind you, they do most of that when the Greens hold their feet to the fire. With Labor having a lower house majority, it will depend on the Senate to force them to do the right thing.

      • @showmeyourkizinti@startrek.websiteEnglish
        11•20 days ago

        Ah yes that old chestnut. The ALP isn’t perfect so we shouldn’t vote at all. You do realise that we have to vote here in Australia so vibe based voter suppression techniques don’t really work here. The perfect shouldn’t be the enemy of the good.