Peter Dutton says ‘no question’ Coalition would lower energy price, but wont detail figure

The starter’s gun has been fired for the federal election campaign with leaders criss-crossing the country to make their pitch to voters.

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00:00The Coalition bus is hitting the campaign trail about 20 hours after the Labor side.

00:07It's one of the quirks of covering a campaign that you never know where you're going.

00:12That's a tightly held secret, so not to give the other side an advantage.

00:17What we do know is that we'll soon be heading on a plane and we'll be visiting marginal

00:21seats, either electorates the Coalition wants to pick up or those it needs to defend.

00:27When it comes to the Coalition's political strategy more broadly, Peter Dutton is viewing

00:31the outer metropolitan suburbs as fertile ground.

00:34Economically, they're the ones hardest hit by the cost of living.

00:38Politically, they're the same people who will decide the outcome of the election.

00:43It's where we'll see one of the key policy flashpoints on the cost of living playing

00:46out.

00:47The Coalition this week moving to oppose Labor's $17 billion tax cuts, which come into play

00:53in 15 months, instead promising to offer immediate relief by way of temporary reduction

00:58in petrol prices at the Bowser.

01:01When it comes to the raw numbers, the Coalition has to pick up 20 seats to form government.

01:06The Coalition now has 35 days to convince Australian voters Peter Dutton should be Prime

01:11Minister.

01:12History is against him though.

01:14The last time a first-time government was defeated was in 1931.