Peter Dutton's own inconsistent policies and the Trump-esque rhetoric and decisions appear to have driven away an electorate that is deeply concerned about a new, tumultuous world order
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"Dutton's message was confusing... reelected prime minister Albanese had a tight and very disciplined campaign"
What also didn't help was that Dutton's was never a smooth campaign
"Dutton has seemed more comfortable attacking Labor than presenting a strong alternative"
Dutton kept asking the voters,
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“Are you better off now than you were three years ago?”
but never presented any alternative as to how he would make things better
This inconsistency confused voters and became an unfortunate theme in his campaign
Dutton announced and then walked back plans for huge changes to the bureaucracy, including job cuts — DOGE style that rankled as similar cuts, led by Elon Musk, brought chaos in the United States — and the plans to end work from home arrangements which he said was "a mistake"
But "the backflips on working from home and Dutton's uncertainty over public service cuts" complicated his message
An awkward, jumbled, inconsistent, undisciplined and disastrous campaign, lack of a coherent, constructive, productive Domestic policies to address the local issues — voters couldn't understand — were the main factor for Dutton's loss than the Trump effect
