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Conservative parties lost by a landslide in the recent Australian and Canadian federal elections.

The defeat of both the Liberal Party of Australia, and the Conservative Party of Canada a week earlier, came as a shock to the many who tipped them to win, following national polls in their favour just months earlier.

But the re-election of Donald Trump, and the swift implementation of his world-rattling policies, set into motion an urgent reorganisation of priorities for voters around the world.

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How leaders would respond to Trump’s policies, and handle their redefined relationships with him, was brought front and centre, as were fears that parties would concede and conform to Trump’s controversial style of conservative leadership, after recognising its success in the US.

In the end, both Peter Dutton and Pierre Poilievre did not just lose their elections, they lost their seats.

Throughout his campaign, Dutton had …

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