Will Australia fall for Trumpism?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Dutton presents himself as better placed than the weak-willed Albanese to pursue an Australia-first policy and stand up to Trump in the national interest.
52% : Indeed, while Dutton appointed Liberal senator Jacinta Price to be "government efficiency" spokeswoman in January, she has rejected comparisons with Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arguing instead that her lodestar is Margaret Thatcher and promising to give "power back to the people by implementing small government".
51% : Donald Trump has inspired copycats on just about every continent, politicians who frame their reforms as a crusade against a liberal establishment neglecting the country's left-behind.
49% : On this, at least, Dutton is similar to Trump.
45% : " Even if that were to happen, the comparisons with Trump only go so far.
39% : The American President is not at all popular in Australia, with twice as many Australians preferring Kamala Harris at the last election, so there is little to be gained from embracing Trump and Trumpism wholeheartedly.
36% : Prior to entering Parliament, Dutton was a police officer in the state of Queensland, whose police force had a long history of brutality and systemic corruption.
34% : Like Trump, Dutton has attempted to remake the Liberal Party by reorienting it around blue-collar, lower-paid voters on the outskirts of large cities, while abandoning its traditional constituencies of big business and affluent voters in the inner-city electorates.
26% : Indeed, Dutton has rejected the comparison, claiming his role model would be the former Liberal prime minister John Howard, who last year said Trump was "not compatible with democracy".
17% : Similarly, while he's praised Trump for his "gravitas" and "bold thinking" on international issues such as Gaza, Dutton has also criticised the US President's proposed tariffs on Australian aluminium exports.

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