Peter Dutton accepts responsibility for by-election loss | Insiders | ABC News

Melbourne's outer-east was the epicentre of a political earthquake. For the first time in more than 100 years - an opposition lost a seat to an incumbent government at a federal by-election. Voters in Aston punished the Liberal Party. The swing to Labor - a whopping 7% on the latest count. Liberals were stunned - and are struggling to explain it.
The result in Aston will give the Albanese Government a huge confidence boost. The Coalition has spent 10 months criticising from the side-lines - and trying to blame Labor for the cost-of-living. It hasn't worked.
David Speers interviews Peter Dutton on Insiders the morning after, quizzing him on whether he still commands the Liberal party room, and what the by-election loss means for the Liberal Party
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