Here’s why no Western conservative can replicate Donald Trump

The current US president is a unique product of America’s political disfunction, and attempts to mimic him are foolish

Australia’s Labor government was returned to office at last Saturday’s federal election in a landslide win.

Labor now holds 90 seats in the House of Representatives to the opposition’s 40, inflicting a devastating defeat on the conservatives. The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, a keen admirer of Donald Trump, lost his seat.