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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29061644

We’ve done it, we got rid of another soulless right wing politician!

Peter Dutton first made his party lose this election and now also lost his own seat much like Pierre Pullover

We’ve still got a government that green-lit new coal power plants in it’s last term, screwed over the Aboriginal community with a poorly run referendum, and still doesn’t give a shit about climate change, but baby steps hey.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (17 children)

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.

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[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago

LOLLLLLLL

REST IN PISS YA WON'T BE MISSED LIB-TURD

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Be sure to cauterize the wound or else two more heads will grow in its place

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Bravo to the Australian voters. However, you should have purchased the submarines from the French.

[–] fake@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 hours ago

That was done by the conservatives

[–] Outsider9042@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 7 hours ago

Shouldn’t have bought any subs at all, but sure.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

Love to see it.

[–] boughtmysoul@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

perhaps, but they also had an absolutely miserable campaign and labor was phenomenal… it wasn’t a single issue that they won on

[–] boughtmysoul@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Omg I posted this in the wrong thread! This was in reference to Canada’s election.

I guess most of that I said can still be salvaged 😂

[–] Outsider9042@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 6 hours ago

There was a definite trump effect, just not as bigly as it was in Canada.

The conservative leader did nominate a a grossly unqualified “efficiency” minister who claimed she would “make Australia great again”.

[–] SeattleStyleTeriyaki@lemm.ee 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As an American working on moving to Australia this was great news to wake up to!

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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Trump effect is wild lmao

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's only partially responsible for this.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] __dev@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

thanks to the founders that gave us compulsory, preferential voting

Not sure if sarcastic or not, but it made me look up when these things were introduced. Preferential voting was 1918 by Billy Hughes Nationalist Party. Compulsory voting was a state thing, starting with QLD in 1925 and ending with SA in 1942.

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[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Grail@aussie.zone 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nobody wants to let Dutton be another Trump

Trump is dismantling the US government so his billionaire friends can buy it. He's not building a global populist movement, he's siezed power and he's using it for petty, selfish ends. The whole world can see it plainly

The rise of fascism in the US may have heralded worldwide rises in conservativism for a time, but now that Trump has absolute power, he's not bothering to hide his intentions. It's swung back the other way, now the US is making the world less fascist

Fascism's win condition is always its own destruction. It's a death cult. It can't win worldwide because it promotes selfish leaders who sabotage the movement for personal enrichment

It's gonna be okay, everyone

[–] Zippygutterslug@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (10 children)

They're not going to stop trying just because they lost an election. Don't become complacent. Victory has not yet been accomplished, defeat has been postponed.

Fascism is an existential threat to all democratic countries.

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