Peter Dutton likely to lead the opposition, but will he go the way of Brendan Nelson? | jamesmassola
After the electorate’s comprehensive rejection of Scott Morrison’s government, it would seem the last thing the Liberal Party would want to do is move further to the right under Dutton.First of all, Dutton will be the first man not from New South Wales to lead the Liberal Party since Alexander Downer in 1995.
Second, with the exit of Josh Frydenberg, there is no one in the Liberal party room who has anything like the public profile and experience of Dutton, not to mention the numbers in what is now a more conservative party room following the loss of Liberal moderates. postal survey, and in his pitch to colleagues he has been promising a sensible approach to policy and that he won’t make a Trumpian lurch to the right.That matters because the Coalition has lost nine formerly blue-ribbon Liberal heartland seats – six to the teals , one to the Greens and two to Labor .
Either way, there is a very real prospect they could win a second term and if Rebekha Sharkie, Zali Steggall and Helen Haines are any guide, independents can be very difficult to remove after a term or two.
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