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We have a basic rule that the headline must match the article. Current headline reads:
"Peter Dutton to leave Coalition leaderless, conceding he has lost his seat of Dickson"
I'll give you a fair shot to correct it before just removing it.
Damn, two conservative PM candidates in two former British colonies both losing their seats within days of each other. Things are picking up.
I felt anxious during this election, but since the votes got counted on the 3rd, it's such an amazing feeling, since we had Labor in last term and this term will just extend their efforts, especially with healthcare, energy and other policies, while the Liberals wanted to make an Aussie DoGE, which is an objectively shit idea.
While I’m extremely happy about the election results, let’s not forget that the Conservatives were on track to sweep before Trump shit the bed so badly that the entire world had to hold its nose.
This forward progress to the human race is brought to you by the color ORANGE.
We proudly demonstrated to the world the proper direction to go.
Our loss is your gain.
It must be stated that the Labor party here are anything but progressive. They are centre-right by the most recent assessment of their values and support a variety of cunts in toxic industries who fund their campaigns.
The libs (our very right wing major party) ran an exceptionally incompetent campaign, with Dutton as a key soulless idiot who can’t admit to mistakes when it hits him in the face. They had a bit of headwind from the global anti Trump sentiment, but it wasn’t like we were in the same situation like Canada.
Regionally we already ARE the 51st state of the USA, because we provide them with much needed Southern Hemisphere intelligence bases which Australians have no right to visit, and they are our protector against any major military threat in the region.
It’s a minor victory for any progressive minded person, as any mention of action on the climate emergency was stupifyingly absent from the entire campaign.
LOLLLLLLL
REST IN PISS YA WON'T BE MISSED LIB-TURD
A very nice change of recent trends across the world
The Trump effect is wild lmao
It's only partially responsible for this.
Significantly partially. In January Dutton started to style himself after Trump, even going so far as getting tips from the GOP, after Trump's win. However by mid-March Dutton was trying to backpedal rapidly but it was too late. Clearly not all his staff got the memo (esp Jacinta Price... oh dear) and everything he did or said could be met with a variation of "hold on, last week you were saying x".
Also I'd like to once again say thanks to the founders that gave us compulsory, preferential voting.
I'm glad our fuck up in the US is inspiring others to step back from the edge. It's at least a silver lining I can console myself with while everything crumbles around me.
As an American working on moving to Australia this was great news to wake up to!
I hate the fact that it had to be the US that fell to these fascists... but at least it put the rest of the world on notice.
🇨🇦🤝🇦🇺
Congratulations Australians!
Be sure to cauterize the wound or else two more heads will grow in its place
Bravo to the Australian voters. However, you should have purchased the submarines from the French.
That was done by the conservatives
Shouldn’t have bought any subs at all, but sure.
Labour in the UK is looking so fucking stupid right now
