The week in parliament: what’s next for a jubilant Coalition? Another culture war of course

It’s no secret Peter Dutton senses opportunity after the voice referendum – Liberal insiders say he feels like he and the Coalition are back in the game. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

It was always going to be a rough week. The Albanese government had been prepared for the referendum loss and had already begun planning a parliamentary week centred on cost of living, meeting election commitments and foreign policy.

But no one predicted the loss would be quite so thorough. And so, it was a parliament of dualities – a jubilant opposition and a devastated government, the emboldened and the cowed.