"It's not our night," Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton told a roomful of supporters in Brisbane after his rival, Anthony Albanese, was re-elected as prime minister. It was indeed a bruising night for Dutton,

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said on Saturday it was projecting opposition leader Peter Dutton is set to lose his seat in a nationwide federal election. Dutton held the seat of Dickson in the northern state of Queensland with a margin of 1.

Australia’s conservative opposition leader, Peter Dutton, is a former police detective who gained a reputation during his years in government for his tough stance on border security and as a vocal critic of China.