Australia federal election: How Peter Dutton lost his heartland

Dutton’s six-figure post-politics pension

Unseated and ousted as opposition leader, Peter Dutton’s time in parliament is over. But taxpayers are set to keep paying him in retirement.

Australia federal election: How Peter Dutton lost his heartland

It was the opposition leader's home state that delivered Labor its win, with the red wave taking out his own seat.

The Peter principle: how Dutton’s election campaign in Dickson went horribly wrong

Labor considered the Brisbane seat ‘enemy territory’ at the start of the campaign. By the end, Ali France was the first person ever to unseat an opposition leader at a federal electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Anthony Albanese visited Dickson on the first day of the election campaign, Labor strategists were still not expecting to mount a serious challenge in the Brisbane commuter belt seat, held by Peter Dut…