Inside the campaigns that brought Peter Dutton undone.
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Months before election day,the Coalition was soaring. In truth,a catastrophe was already unfolding

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.

Albanese read the mood of the Australian electorate.

‘Never more powerful than he is now’:Albanese faces tough calls on his new frontbench

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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Dutton was never a Trump clone. But he fell for the trap of MAGA-style politics

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Matthew Knott

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This has exposed the true depth of the Liberals’ crisis – and all but exiled them from the cities

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.

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Peter Hartcher

Political and international editor

On Saturday night,the Liberal Party looked like a train wreck

The Liberal Party knows how to win elections. It just needs to do the work.

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George Brandis

Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general

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