Three months ago, the polls in Australia suggested the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was facing a humiliating defeat.
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The economy under his Labor Party was sluggish – the electorate worried about the cost of living. His right-wing challenger Peter Dutton echoed Donald Trump in promising to attack public spending and the " woke agenda". And then came Trump’s tariffs.
And today a Labor landslide with Peter Dutton even losing his seat.
A warning, there is some strong language in Frances Read’s report.
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