Election result shows a ‘brutal repudiation' of Peter Dutton
'What you've seen here is a brutal repudiation of Peter Dutton, of his persona – everything that he proposed to the Australian people was repudiated and very forcefully last night,' he said.
'He owned it, and I give him great credit for that speech, which was superb last night, but this was a humiliation for the Liberal Party last night.'
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