last straw

Tran’s medical bills from an ongoing battle with diabetes and cataracts and the costs of the increased security measures were the last straw for the family and the market.

But pictures of Palestinian children in Gaza starving to death were the last straw after so much killing and devastation.

She later shared her parting message to her mother with Ander, saying it was "the last straw. You hurt me every time I let you in and I never ever will again. I'm beyond hurt".

For others in the electorate though, the last straw was watching Dutton fly to a fundraiser in Sydney as the area in and around Dickson was hit by Cyclone Alfred in February.

She says freezes to Medicare rebates – which were overseen by both parties between 2013 and 2017 and meant the payments didn't even keep up with inflation – were the last straw.