Peter Dutton was full of bravado at the final question time before the election,but hiding in plain sight was a campaign about to go off the rails.
Labor figures played down the prospect of sweeping changes to cabinet,but they expect more than a dozen new MPs to change the factional structure that decides the ministry.
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This election was shaped by two forces – Cyclone Alfred and Donald Trump – and neither spared the Liberal Party.
National correspondent
The Liberal Party has been reduced to a right-wing populist party. Peter Dutton gave a gracious concession speech. But his Coalition did not suffer an honourable failure.
Political and international editor
The Liberal Party knows how to win elections. It just needs to do the work.
Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general