‘On marbles': Liberal Party's policies contributed to their loss
'Labor should not be too triumphant about this election result, and they haven't been,' Mr Davies told Sky News Australia.
'Let's face it, everything went right for Labor in this election, everything went wrong for the Liberals in this election.
'Their policies were on marbles.
'The Liberals were defined by the Labor Party from the first week of the campaign, and they never got a chance to get any traction.'
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