And from The Age *facepalm*
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/peter-dutton-fails-to-rule-out-second-leadership-challenge-against-malcolm-turnbull-20180821-p4zys1.html
Peter Dutton has failed to rule out a second attempt at seizing the Liberal leadership and instead outlined his alternative policy manifesto following his unsuccessful challenge to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday.
Name-checking former prime minister John Howard as his mentor, Mr Dutton said the Coalition could win the next election "if we get the policies and the message right". That required lowering electricity prices, changing the immigration program "until infrastructure can catch up" and investing more in health, education, aged care and drought relief.
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Mr Dutton, who lost the leadership ballot 35 votes to 48 on Tuesday morning, said he harboured "no animosity" toward Mr Turnbull but felt he was the best person to lead the Coalition to the election. Repeatedly asked by journalists whether he would rule out a second leadership tilt, Mr Dutton did not do so.
"My job having lost the ballot today is to respect the view of the party room, which of course I do," he said. "I will work every day to make sure the Coalition is elected at the next election and I want to make sure I support the Prime Minister and make sure that we support the government’s policies."
Mr Dutton rejected Mr Turnbull's offer for him to remain in the cabinet following Tuesday's defeat, instead resigning his position as Home Affairs Minister to sit on the backbench, where he will use his newfound freedom to spruik his case as the alternative PM.
"I want to contribute to public debates," he said. "My job from here … is to make sure I can prosecute the sort of messages I just spoke about."
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Mr Dutton also batted away a question about whether he would return Tony Abbott to the cabinet if he won a future leadership ballot.
Tuesday's relatively narrow win for Mr Turnbull is seen by supporters of Mr Dutton as a damaging blow to the Prime Minister from which he is unlikely to recover. If just seven more Liberal MPs switched their support to Mr Dutton, he would have the numbers to seize the leadership.
Australian politics has a history of two-strike leadership tilts: Paul Keating famously seized the top job from Bob Hawke in December 1991 following a failed coup earlier that year. In early 2012, Kevin Rudd unsuccessfully challenged Julia Gillard, but ultimately prevailed more than a year later.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Dutton outlined his parliamentary record, including 14 years on the frontbench under four Liberal leaders, and trumpeted his success in the immigration and home affairs portfolios.
"We closed the detention centres and we kept the boats stopped," he said. "I'm very proud of the fact that I got children out of detention - we've moved now almost 400 people off Manus and Nauru that Labor put there, and that is a significant achievement. I worked very closely with Malcolm Turnbull to make sure that we could achieve that."
At a press conference with his re-elected deputy leader Julie Bishop, Mr Turnbull praised Mr Dutton for his "outstanding job" in home affairs, and said he bore no grudges over the leadership challenge.
:gotigers
