Australia election 2022 live: Frydenberg’s loss ‘a devastating blow’, Birmingham says; teal independents vow to press Labor on climate action

Frydenberg says the past three years serving as treasurer have been “rewarding” but “particularly challenging”. The government “threw everything at the task”, he says, reeling off the low unemployment rate and the turnaround in the bottom line. He says:

I am extremely proud of what I’ve been able to achieve as the member for Kooyong, both locally but also serving as the deputy leader of the Liberal party and as the treasurer, most recently, for our great country.

He’s always…