A year ago, Mr Rahmani never would have predicted the Menendez brothers could be released. Now he thinks they will be free within the next few months.
Instead tonight Dutton has overseen a party loss so emphatic he has lost his own electorate of Dickson, to Labor's Ali France."I love this country and have fought hard for it," he told supporters in Brisbane, conceding defeat.
"We have been defined by our opponents in this election which is not a true story of who we are, but we will rebuild from here and we will do that because we know our values, we know our beliefs, and we will always stick to them."His campaign was marred by unforced errors: including a series of policy backflips which caused confusion, awkward mistakes on important issues like cost of living and, perhaps most memorably, accidentally booting an AFL ball into a cameraman's head."The opposition has been shambolic," Prof Warhurst says.
But the government - while resolute and disciplined in its campaign - was timid. It's strategy was largely allowing voters to judge Dutton and his party, rather than advancing bold or convincing policies, analysts say.And that's something we heard from voters throughout the campaign too.
While the Coalition turns to licking its wounds and choosing its next leader, it will again have to reckon with its direction.
Last election, analysts and some of the party's own MPs cautioned against a move towards the right. They questioned whether Dutton – a polarising figure considered by many to be a conservative hard man – was the right person to rebuild support, particularly in the moderate areas where they lost a lot of it.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was "outraged by the horrifying antisemitic murder" of the victims.
His office said he had spoken to both victims' parents."My heart grieves for the families of the young beloveds, whose lives were cut short in a moment by an abhorrent antisemitic murderer," he said, adding he had directed Israeli embassies around the world to increase security.
He and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar also said the deaths were caused by "anti-Israeli incitement" which they said was being carried out by European leaders.Earlier this week, the leaders of the UK, France and Canada signed a strongly worded joint letter