Dutton dumped in Dickson as Labor cruises to landslide

Yahoo

04-05-2025

LIBERAL LOSSES MOUNT IN LABOR LANDSLIDE
* Dickson, QLD - after a nearly 25-year stranglehold, opposition leader Peter Dutton has been ousted from parliament with a spectacular loss to Labor's Ali France who is leading by more than 10,000 votes.
* Hughes, NSW - the southern Sydney seat taking in large swathes of populous suburbs such as Liverpool and Sutherland and in Liberal hands since 1996 has fallen to 29-year-old Labor candidate David Moncrieff.
* Banks, NSW - another important southwestern Sydney electorate has been clinched by Labor's Zhi Soon kicking out the coalition's foreign affairs spokesperson David Coleman.
* Petrie, QLD - the northern Brisbane seat close to Mr Dutton's electorate has also slipped from Liberal hands with Labor's Emma Comer capitalising on a 7 per cent swing in her favour.
* Bonner, QLD - the marginal eastern suburbs Brisbane electorate fell victim to Labor's surge with Kara Cook joining a class of newly minted Queensland female Labor MPs in parliament.
* Leichhardt, QLD - northern Queensland also joined in the coalition's rout with former professional basketball player Matt Smith benefiting from Anthony Albanese taking his campaign to the seat not held by Labor since 2010.
SOME OF THE TOP PENDING SEATS TO WATCH AS COUNT CONTINUES:
* Bean, ACT - the once safe seat is in doubt with independent Jessie Price surging against Labor's David Smith as it comes down to the wire with more than 80 per cent of votes tallied.
* Bullwinkel, WA - the razor-thin margin between Labor's Trish Cook and the Liberal's Matt Moran is reflected in a 50-50 split of the votes with nearly 70 per cent of the count completed.
* Forrest, WA - Labor is hoping to add to its tally by stealing the seat from the Liberals who hold it with a 4.2 per cent margin.
* Goldstein, VIC - after nabbing it from Liberal Tim Wilson in the 2022 election as part of the Teal wave, Zoe Daniel is hoping to retain the crucial Melbourne seat with a slim lead of 1780 votes.
* Wills, VIC - the Greens' Samantha Ratnam is neck and neck with Labor's Peter Khalil, the government's special envoy for social cohesion, where he leads by more than 940 votes in a campaign where Gaza featured heavily.