The head of the opposition, himself compared to the American president for his positions on immigration or public spending, lost his parliamentary seat during these elections. Donald Trump, he welcomed the victory of his “friend” of Labor Party Anthony Albanese.
Being conservative is not necessarily worth a friendship with Donald Trump. After the victory of the Labor Party in the legislative elections in Australia, the American president welcomed the renewal of the head of government Anthony Albanese. And if the host of the White House said he was close to the leader of the Labor Party, he remained indifferent to his liberal opponent, the conservative opposition Peter Dutton, who lost his parliamentary seat during this election.
“I don’t know anything about the election, except that … The man who won is very good. He’s a friend of mine ”said the billionaire to Sydney Morning Heraldan Australian daily newspaper who questioned him on Sunday at the White House about the electoral results in his country. “We have a very good relationship”continued the president. On the other hand, “I have no idea who is the other person who presented himself against him”said Donald Trump about Peter Dutton … which many in Australia compared to the American president during his electoral campaign.
“Trump” measures
According to former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, himself a liberal, Peter Dutton led a “Very Trumpian campaign” where the American president was “The background music that had a very great influence on the way people perceived” The liberal coalition. The conservatives, in fact, had notably included in 2024 in their program measures echoing the program of the republican Donald Trump in the United States. Like the radical reduction in public spending and the number of civil servants, a lifting of certain environmental restrictions, or a partial privatization of health services. Peter Dutton also said he was in favor of sending asylum seekers to offshore detention centers, or had not spared criticism of China, accentuating comparison with the host of the White House.
More recently, the head of the opposition, who lost his headquarters in Parliament on the occasion of this new election on Saturday, had however distanced himself from the positions of Donald Trump. Especially after the increase in customs duties. Australia, a long-standing ally of the United States, is the subject of 10 % American customs duties on a large part of its goods. This decision was, according to Peter Dutton, a “Bad day” for Australia and a “burden” for employment. The head of the opposition had taken this opportunity to criticize the Labor government in place, judging that this increase in American prices was a failure of Anthony Albanese, when he had tried in vain to organize a telephone call with the American president before this announcement.
