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.

  • Grail (capitalised)@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    but voters do want someone who’s going to address the bread and butter problems they’re facing.

    Nah mate, common myth. The Greens had a way better plan for the bread and butter problems - create a government department for building housing, end negative gearing, cap rent increases, put dental in medicare, build free GP clinics, 50c transport fares, wipe all student debt, 800$ back to school payment, free school lunches, make supermarket price gouging illegal, increase wages.

    What voters want, is something comfortable and familiar that makes them feel like they’re opposing Trump, without having to actually think or learn anything. They want the status quo.

    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      20 hours ago

      Nonsense. Every party thinks they had “a way better plan”. Voters selected the plan they thought was the best.

      • Grail (capitalised)@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        19 hours ago

        Well, Labour are wrong about thinking voters liked their plan. Voters liked their familiarity. Voters didn’t read Labour’s plan.

        • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          17 hours ago

          Sorry mate, you seem to be blaming voters for the Greens loss.

          Every party faces the same paradigm, they need to promulgate their policies, and convince voters they are capable of implementing them.

          All parties have policies phrased in such a way as to be appealing, but there’s often a great disparity between the policy and the practice.