Australia's opposition left reeling after crushing election defeat1 day ago Share Save Yang Tian BBC News Reporting from Sydney Share Save'Trump was the game-changer': Three things to know about the Australian election resultAustralia's opposition party has been left reeling after a bruising defeat in Saturday's federal election, with a result that is shaping up to be its worst ever loss. Peter Dutton, the Liberal party leader, also lost his own seat of Dickson, which he had held for the past 24 years. Labor's landslide victory means the Liberal party is now scrambling to find a new leader - and figure out what went wrong for them this election cycle. Some Liberal party members have called for a "serious review", with one adviser summing up the loss as a failure of "the Dutton experiment". When asked if Peter Dutton himself was the problem, Wolahan declined to answer directly, but said he has great respect for the Liberal leader.