Former Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews confirmed that nobody else will take on Dutton for the role of opposition leader."He will be standing unopposed to take on the leadership and that means there's no-one else putting their hand up."The Liberal Party has lost many senior members in the election, including the previous heir apparent to the leadership, Josh Frydenberg.
Dutton ran in a leadership spill in 2018 as a conservative challenger to then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.Dutton was a policeman before entering Parliament in 2001 at the age of 30.Peter Dutton turns up to vote in his electorate of Dickson. Since last year he has served as Minister for Defence, after stints in the home affairs, immigration and health portfolios.Ley was also elected in 2001 for the seat of Farrer, which stretches along the southern border of New South Wales from Albury out to the South Australian border.
Nothing like replacing 1 knob with another.
He should have been PM . That Elmer FUDD they have in power now is clueless.
TWINS
Peter Dutton is opposition leader no one else wanted it 🤣😂
He looks like a jacket potato
What, nobody would stand up to him.
Left wing Right wing same bird. They are chosen puppets on strings. Our new prime minister wasn't even sworn in properly over the Bible and under the oath to the queen. Wake up Australia before its to late for everyone.
What a surprise lol🤣
They haven't learned ANYTHING ... I totally agree with you ...
Could it be any worse supporting LIB at the moment. What a low point in Australian politics.
I’d honestly rathar keep Scott in…
Great News for all of us ..Labor will find him a very hard opponent ..Great to see your Win Mr Dutton ..thank you
I wonder how long before do their own investigation into some of Dutton's questionable affiliations... You can start with the friendlyjordies videos for some cheat sheets
Oh the horror.
He is well-focused on condiscare campaign. Maybe that’s the reason why he was chosen
No one else was stupid enough?
Must be too afraid to run against Lord Voldemort for fear he'll eat their soul.
Are the Liberals tanking?
Long live voldemort.
Not sure you are the right person for the the job.
Yuck.
He is perfect for the role. LNP personified.
Guess that is because it is a bit of a poisoned chalice
LNP leader? Bag man and 'fixer' Peter Dutton a most dangerous right wing member of Liberal party implemented total public surveillance, war monger corrupt politician given final nail in a coffin of ALP never to recover.
I oppose it
They should change their name from the Liberal party to “climate denying, war mongering, devoid of empathy self serving grub party” - would more closely represent their core values
Women's Weekly already on the makeover of Peter Dutton ~ Tough Task ~ Be like trying to soften a house brick in a top loader washing machine
Gillette/Colgate/Shampoo/ShitSausageRollSaterdayNitetheMoviesMindfiddlers. Grow up. Gutenberg
Opposition will be Opposition as long as he's leader.
I thought Sussan Ley might put her hand up
🌝
HE the man to get us back to the liberals values witch is not left woke or gender taught in schools
With Peter Dutton as Party Leader, Requiscent in Pace,I say 2 d Liberal party as they will be wiped out ad infinitum here in Victoria, WA and NSW. Despite everything, Australians have voted with their feet to eschew racism , exclusion , manipulation , & heartlessness.
RIP LNP
Here’s to SIX years of a Labor govt! 😊
Hurrah!!! The Liberal Party will be out of power for decades. 👏👏
A decade. At least.
No thanks
I forecast at least 10 years in the political wilderness. Yeehah!
That’s less than Australians should expect.
Great, Labor needs people like Dexter Dutton.
They better turn more RIGHT.
This is what I feared, the man who singlehandedly pissed off China running opposition,
😂
The Liberal Party suffered the worst defeat in its history. Despite heavy and undemocratic support Murdoch and others... Dutton is to be the new leader. And barnaby heads up his coalition partner. auspol
Scared of losing their fingers?
The one on the left shows a little more compassion.
Big mistake 😆
Helps when you're an ex Queensland cop and know how to talk to people in your way
Like deciding a new captain for the Lusitania just after the torpedo struck.
That’s the end of their chances of forming government again 😂
People don’t often oppose autocrats and dictators. People don’t want to end up like witness K.
Best thing ever for the Liberal Party. I, for one, am very excited that Mr Dutton will now be able to prove his innocence in front of a Federal ICAC. Yay!
Because they bereft of any talent.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That definitely turned me right off Liberals now
Such the absolute dearth of talent in LiberalAus
Crist as bad as Morrison liberal party have lost it
LOL. Libs haven't learned a thing from their loss.
Great news. Bye bye Liberal Party. You were never any good anyway. “Just a party without any principles looking for a policy.”
His face really scares me. It’s like his skin is dripping off his face…😧
No one else wants the job
Perfect choice for the complete obliteration of the LNP. Morrison hads done half of the job, Spud will finish it off. LNP - still living in the 1950's. Well done!
Excellent idea 👏👏 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Terrible
Don’t bother
I will vote labour again next election if Dutton lead the party.
I'm out of here..........
Guaranteed labour win next election. When you take into consideration that when he was a cop his own work colleagues left dog food on his desk for leaving 2 people out in the desert. If he can do that to someone what destruction will he bring to this country if he's elected?
Good looks like the end of the Liberal party 🥳
Big mistake by Karen not standing for leadership of the liberals. Prepare to be in opposition for many many years.
Alternative Headline: Party that lost an election by ignoring the needs of the Australia public to give into the whims of corporations, double down to try again. Looking forward to see the next fear campaign.
We will forever remember that this man walked out during Kevin Rudd’s apology speech…! Don’t expect anything from this bald man
Nooooooo I can't look at that head any longer than 0.000000001 of a second Ugh
Tone deaf and lacking. auspol
Is it true the Liberals are renaming the party 'Monsters Inc' as part of the new makeover?
Liberals trying to defy political history. At least Albo might be able to get the unemployment rate correct after serving two terms as PM
That’s just sad
That’s great news 😂
I thought 'BREAKING' news was about important shit only.
Time to b conservative no more wokeleft policy's and we will flood back
🎶Mashed potato! 🎵Mashed potato! 🎶potato 🎶potato 🎵potato!🎵
MSMWatchdog2013 They haven’t learned a thing from the election. Sigh.
The big problem here is the lack of talent in the Liberal Party caucus. With Frydenberg’s defeat, I can’t think of anyone else who would be a viable candidate. They should be begging Mike Baird to run for Cook when Morrison leaves & there is a by-election.
MSMWatchdog2013 So . . . no soul-searching? No lessons learnt?
MSMWatchdog2013 So you haven't seen this?
I hear that he’s not a monster. Lots of people are saying this.
MSMWatchdog2013 Unnoppoosssssed, Shaun!
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Excellent news! A racist bigot at the LNP helm should finish them off nicely
Good luck with that, liberals.
sitdownboofhead
Good luck with that!
Lol - Of course they won’t. The immediate post wipe out leader will survive to the next election, lose, and then step aside of another right wing loser.
Great that will finally finish the liberals forever
Awesome news. 6 years of Labor guaranteed
Well that's the end of the liberal party 🙂
Good Labor will win the next election as well
Congratulations Teals on another term!
What he wants? Or wanted but Turnbull did a deal with the devil and now potatoes 🥔 is ready .
Good news for Labor.
Take a bow Colonel Walter E Kurtz......
Please remind me… is this the guy who sang with Midnight Oil? 😜
Never interrupt your opponent in the middle of a mistake. Well done Peter... Cheers
Very capable of doing the job but he's very unlikeable, they will have to pull a miracle PR job over the next 3 years.
The Liberal Party's first mistake was letting Morrison become the leader of the party now they are committing hari-kari by selecting Peter Dutton. 'Good-by Liberal Party'👏👏👏👏👏👏
What a shambles they are
Replace one LNP bully with another LNP bully. No lessons learnt.
Lol
Must have been Peter Dutton's turn! A very early call! I'll give Labor at least two terms of government! Unless the Liberals have an epiphany! Or Labor balls things up! Like they quite often do! Of course, there's always a chance of something, flying in from left field!😎
Haven’t learned anything have they ? They’re the gift that keeps on giving .
this bloke is the exact opposite of everything the electorate just said they want. it's almost like their party is blinded by a lack of diverse thoughts and view points.
Bucket.Bottom.Scrapped.
I can’t wait to see how Refugees are now friends of LNP, China is now a great trade partner and how $1 an hour is a great idea it’s going to be disgusting to watch let’s all move to Dickson with rainbows of love AlboMP vanOnselenP guardian friendlyjordies
Well their out in the wilderness now
That’s the liberals all over
Goes to show how bad the liberal party is if this is the best they can do. Or does no one just wanna be told what to do by the beetroot? 🤔
Just to listening that I filling vomiting
Should we start digging the liberal party grave now? Dutton may be their choice as leader but how the hell do they, as a party, see him improving their electoral standing? You can't sell sheets as new if everyone already knows they have stains on them. The Liberals deserve better
Should’ve gone with someone more moderate. This’ll just isolate more of the public, imo.
Excellent! Guaranteed at least another 2 terms!
I'll put my hand up
Great stuff, they can continue on their merry way to political oblivion, beautiful stuff
😂😂😂😂 ah - Australia just keeps getting better
😂😂😂😂 hilarious
Excellent choice
Yep. That'll fix it 🤣🥔
Mpg no one tide think it’s worth doing but bully Dutton thinks he’s king pin well his bubble is about to burst lol auspl
Liberal shifts over to the right in order to win the centre and centre left Truly a genius strategy
9NewsMelb Why don’t liberal actually put up a decent person
'MAD as HELL' must be writing the NEXT series already!! AA - BARNABY, Air Head - CASH & Alfred E. NUEMANN - BIRMY!!🤔🇦🇺😂🤣🇦🇺😂🤣
He is absolutely racist
Yippee this means labor govt for a long time to come thank god
And we thought after the election they were doomed!
TruthdriverOn 🎵🎶Dutton is coming to get you dear Labor dear Labor You have nowhere to hide dear Labor dear Labor Dutton is coming to get you soon dear Labor dear Labor 🎶🎵
Great news Australians need a strong leader.
Well thats the end of the liberal party 😭🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahha
D_LittleproudMP it’s understandable that Mr Dutton is unopposed to lead the liberal party however the party must realize that, according to the voters last Saturday, the only place he can lead the party is over the cliff 😂 If the Libs want to be relevant, they must change.
Good. He's just another Scummo disguised as a potato! We'll have another term of Albo, thanks! The LNP has their heads so far up their own backsides they don't get that Dutton represents Scummo's regime!
If Dutton is leader. Then im changing my support over to Labour
TruthdriverOn Good News.
Oh good, that’s the end of the libs - far right wasteland. labor is the middle now.
Talk about baked potatoe.
9NewsMelb
I would not consider voting Liberal with PeterDutton_MP at the Helm. Should be AngusTaylorMP
He will slytherin
9NewsMelb Anyone else thinks he looks like he who shall not be named?
Who else would want to be leader of a 'Loser' party?...
No one wanna take over the mess of the Lib right now.
Too scared to apply, Dutton has the elder wand.
9NewsMelb It’s Dan’s fault
Libs are doomed
No one wants to take charge of the sinking ship
9NewsMelb Says a lot about what they have to work with and where they want to go. Doesn't it?
I blame Labor and the media for this..... 🤣
9NewsMelb Once he starts running, he should be unopposed by everyone. Maybe then he’ll run so far away we can finally be rid of him.
Must not happen.
They have voted in three leaders in recent history. Abbott is gone . Turnbull is gone . Morrison well it seems they wanted him gone. Then they whinged about every single one of them. Forgetting they selected them . Now Dutton . How is that going to end up
The war munger get the top job. God help Australians
smandam He looks nice 👀
9NewsMelb excellent news. Libs will now be out of power for a decade
9NewsMelb There goes the Liberal party. Into the wilderness.
Optics appear to be “show of unity” (on the surface).
Omg I am stressing about ICAC already
Bahahaha Dutton will make Albo look silly.
Autocracy!
Liberals are done 😂
Liberals Just don't get it.
Honestly , no food for Liberals!! 🤨
Karen Andrews should have put her hand up. Terrible choice!
Slim pickings
Because thay are all useless
And so the last nail on the LiberalAus coffin is firmly hammered in. 💁
Good, Dutton will be an excellent leader
Will he still be there after the ICAC inquiry 🧐
Congratulations AlboMP for winning the next elections as well! 🎉🎉 🌝🌝
Australia looks forward to the liberals going back to the 1950’s
Off to the multiverse they go
The Liberal party is done with Dutton at the helm . .
Is that all they got left? 🥴
Bad people for bad party
And that's the End of Liberal support for me and many other immigrants like me.
Lord Voldemort
Well, goes to show the bare minimum that the Liberals have to pick from 😅 Then again, Labor isn't any better.. Guess Liberals will already lose the next election if Dutton is at the helm
Chris Uhlmann as deputy ? 🤔
No one else wants the job - I don't blame them
Replacing the no.1 least trusted with the no.2 least trusted.
Haha wow I guess we will be having a labour goverment for the next 6 years at least then.
Who is able to take over after ICAC get a hold of him?
Got my vote
Did he use one of the unforgiveable curses on the ones who tried to oppose him?
Dictator!
Yeah 'Boofhead' Dictator Dutton who will crack their skulls if they dare challenge him.. parliament is going to be grim with Dictator Dutton....
and still the Liberals go blindly into the night
He's the best choice for a Labor win. Thankyou myopic Liberal Party!
Just what we need an x qld farking cop, who votes for this shit
Dutton's dirt files worked
🤣 how alienate your Asian voter base.👍
Awesome! 👍🏻
Yikes
Not much choice
How can he be opposition leader when he has never held an economic portfolio? 😂😂😂😂
That's really a 'good' news. Congratulate Liberal!!! The Liberal Party will collapse for sure under the bellicose leadership. 🪚🇦🇺🗡️
Murdoch finally gets his man into power. Pushing the LNP to the far right. A right wing party after Murdochs own heart.
Well he's not the 32% PM, but I'm sure the Libs are happy. 👍🤣
LiberalAus have lost the plot. you got to be kidding.
Labor just won the next election too
Lol, they don’t listen do they? Only reasonable thing I can think of is that they’ve put him there as a lame duck.
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