Leader of the opposition Peter Dutton has vowed his party will come together and rebuild after a historic by-election loss in the eastern Melbourne electorate Aston. The Liberals’ candidate for Aston, Roshena Campbell, conceded defeat to Labor’s Mary Doyle on Saturday night, with Labor predicted to take the seat with a swing of more than six per cent.
Fronting the party faithful alongside Campbell, Dutton acknowledged it was a “tough night” for the Liberals, but said it wasn’t the party’s first.
The Liberals would listen to the people of Aston and grow stronger from the result, he said….