Anthony Albanese said Labor’s upset victory in the Aston byelection showed Peter Dutton had been overly negative and too focused on internal party issues.
, held by the Liberals since 1990, was the first time in a century that a sitting government has won a seat from the opposition in a byelection.
program on Sunday, Dutton pointed to longstanding difficulties in the nation’s second most populous state, saying: “Our brand has suffered terribly in Victoria.”, Dutton said he expected to lead the party to the next election. Dutton said he was proud the Liberal Party had not gone through a “period of self-destruction” in opposition under his leadership as had occurred in the past.
“Maybe not right here in the inner-city areas of our country, but in the outer metropolitan areas, this is an issue in terms of women’s rights and the gender issue that has parents and others very worked up.”
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