Australia opposition leader Dutton concedes defeat, loses parliamentary seat

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Australia’s opposition leader Peter Dutton conceded defeat on Saturday (May 3), announcing that he had lost his own parliamentary seat as the conservative Liberal Party was defeated by the ruling Labor Party in the national election.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/jvnx2ajm   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news  SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Well, tonight's not the night that we wanted for the Liberal Party or for our

00:11Coalition or indeed for our country, but we've worked hard every day over the

00:15course of the last three years to do our best for our amazing country. One of the

00:21great honours of being the leader of this party is that we have met people

00:24from every side, every corner, the length and breadth of this country and there are

00:28many amazing stories. People who have sacrificed, people who are doing it hard

00:32at the moment and I've always wanted in public life for the best for our country

00:38and the best for every Australian. Now we didn't do well enough during this

00:42campaign, that much is obvious tonight and I accept full responsibility for that.

00:46Earlier on I called the Prime Minister to congratulate him on his success tonight.

00:52It's an historic occasion for the Labor Party and we recognise that. I congratulated

00:58the Prime Minister and wished he and Jodie and Nathan all the very best and I said to

01:02the Prime Minister that his mum would be incredibly proud of his achievement tonight

01:06and he should be very proud of what he's achieved. Ultimately we live in the best

01:09country in the world and I've always believed that, I always will. I love this

01:13country and I've fought hard for it. We've been defined by our opponents in this

01:17election which is not the true story of who we are, but we'll rebuild from here. We'll do

01:21that because we know our values, we know our beliefs and we'll always stick to them.

01:27I want to say thank you to the Australian people for the faith they've placed in me

01:32and thank them for the great honour of having been the member for Dixon and the leader of

01:38the opposition. Thank you very much. Thank you.

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