Published 5 months ago

View from The Hill: Dunkley byelection a poor result for Peter Dutton’s pitch for the outer suburbs

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The government's easy retention of the Melbourne seat of Dunkley is a poor result for Peter Dutton. Cost of living was the front-and-centre issue, and this outer suburban electorate is the sort of seat the opposition leader is targeting for the 2025 election. While the Liberals have regained many of their base voters they have not cut into Labor's primary vote.

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View from The Hill: Dunkley byelection a poor result for Peter Dutton’s pitch for the outer suburbs

The government’s easy retention of the Melbourne seat of Dunkley at Saturday’s byelection is a poor result for Peter Dutton. The two-party swing against the government is modest – 4% (soon after 10 pm). This swing is in the conventional range of byelection swings – although there are multiple measures of those swings, and each side has been promoting its preferred one. For all the media hype and some serious Labor fears beforehand, the story…

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