Wow. Six weeks ago polls showed Voldemortian Liberal Peter Dutton romping it in, to the point where he was making quips about moving into Kirribilli house, the Prime Minister’s residence. Last night saw one of the most extraordinary election results in Australia’s history as the incumbent Labour government was returned to power with a huge majority and the Libs booted into oblivion. Even more satisfyingly, Dutton lost his own seat (Dickson, where I live).
Dutton’s campaign was bizarre, the Libs being so smug and self assured of victory that they seemingly couldn’t bother stringing any policies together. Dutton had also spent the early part of the year aligning himself with Trump, then rapidly back-pedalling once the tariff wars started. If we can thank Trump for anything, it is whisking away the curtain and revealing the insanity of neo-conservative politics.