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"If you do the barbecue test, is Dutton a person you would walk up to? Is he somebody you would warm to or gravitate towards?"You can wonder: was Peter Dutton, in hindsight, the Labor Party's best asset?"
But Dutton may have had the opposite effect for the Greens Party, which has lost at least two of the three seats it gained in Brisbane in 2022. Their party leader, Adam Bandt, also appears to have been defeated in Melbourne, an electorate he'd held for 15 years."Perhaps in desperation, [Dutton] was gravitating towards culture war issues, sort of echoing Trumpian themes, if you like, and that has been punished," Dr Mols says. "But also the Greens… who were perhaps seen as being at the other end of that shouting match, have not done well."Dr Mols also believes that desperation to keep Dutton out may have seen some former Greens voters prioritise Labor this time - though he points out more centrist Teal independents appear to have bucked that trend.
In any case, he doesn't see the result in Queensland as a groundswell of love for Labor. The state was still the only jurisdiction in Australia where there were more first preference votes for the Coalition than Labor."There has to be enough of a swing towards a party, but it's often that preferencing that actually tilts it over the line," he says.
"This is more of a Liberal loss."
For many Coalition voters, that loss is deeply felt. Rick describes it as a "real rout".Visitors to a beach featured in the hit TV show House of the Dragon will face new parking restrictions in a bid to halt gridlock.
Ticket prices are set to rise, while the main car parks for those heading to Llanddwyn beach on Anglesey could be closed off from mid-morning.National Resources Wales (NRW), which manages the beach and forest nature reserve, said it was in response to ongoing problems in the nearby village of Newborough.
Residents there have held public protests over the level of congestion as more and more people flock to the beach.The main route to the beach car park means vehicles have to pass through the village on a narrow road to reach the beach.