Dutton lost Australia just like Pollievre lost Canada.
A miserable, uninspiring sourpuss like Peter Dutton is almost unsellable. it was obvious that he would lose the un-loseable election. I predicted it. But it isn’t only his personae, it is also the supporting apparatus that threw a monkey wrench in it.

Here is George Christensen’s take:
The Liberal Party didn’t just lose this election — they chose to lose it.
Peter Dutton didn’t fall short because voters rejected him. He was sabotaged from within by cowards, careerists and factional wreckers who feared what he represented: conviction, strength, and a return to conservative values.
There was a real plan. Momentum. Direction. Dutton was ahead in the polls. But the internal machine killed it — deliberately.
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They delayed. They leaked. They pulled ad funding. They whispered to the media. And they buried any hope of a clear, authentic campaign.
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The so-called “moderates,” the Photios operatives, and even parts of the NSW Right teamed up — not to beat Labor, but to destroy their own leader. Why? Because he wouldn’t play their game. Because he dared to put the base first.
This wasn’t incompetence.
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It was a hit job.
While Dutton held back to keep the party unified, they were sharpening knives.
They chased the Teal vote. They disendorsed loyal conservatives.
They undermined their own campaign from the inside.
And now they’re blaming him.
And the winner is:
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