The Liberal Party is claiming a moral win in the Dunkley byelection – but moral victories don’t deliver government.
When you set aside all the spin, Dunkley’s voters delivered a simple message in Saturday’s byelection: they still quite like Anthony Albanese’s government, and they saw no need to belt Labor over the cost of living.But like the English cricket team after another Ashes loss, senior Liberal MPs have claimed a moral victory in the Dunkley result.
But Tehan and Hume, both Victorians, would be keenly aware that the Coalition’s dire standing in that state – where it holds just nine of 38 seats – has to improve for the party to have any chance of winning government.Tehan predicted his party would be right in the contest in the outer suburban seats Peter Dutton is targeting, such as McEwen and
Both men were selectively quoting statistics. The average swing at byelections over the past 40 years is about 3.5 per cent and with 74 per cent of the vote counted, the swing was 3.7 per cent.
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