Coalition makes final pitches to voters in final week of the campaign

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is kicking off the final seven days of campaigning in far north Queensland, defending the seat of Leichhardt that's under attack from Labor.

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00:00A couple of reasons for that.

00:04One is because the LNP holds it on a 3.4% margin,

00:08so not a huge margin.

00:10But secondly, because the current sitting member,

00:12LNP member Warren Ench, is retiring this election.

00:16Now, he's been in this job for the better part of 30 years.

00:20Last time he actually retired, back in 2007,

00:23the seat flipped to Labor.

00:25Then he came back the following term and successfully recontested.

00:29So this will be another question about whether people are voting for him

00:33and his personality or the LNP party.

00:36Now, we know this has been a key target for Labor.

00:39We've already seen Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visit the seat

00:42and promote his candidate, former basketballer Matt Smith,

00:46and announce some money to try and boost school tourism

00:49to the Great Barrier Reef,

00:50which, of course, lies just off the coast here in Cairns.

00:54But Peter Dutton will shortly be arriving at this supporters' breakfast.

00:57There's lots of hash browns and whatnot going around.

01:00I think he actually already has just arrived shortly in the background there.

01:04And he, of course, is here to promote his candidate,

01:07LNP candidate, Jeremy Neal.

01:09Now, throughout the campaign so far,

01:11he has had to apologise, or he has apologised,

01:14for a series of deleted tweets.

01:17But, look, this will be the focus here today.

01:19Not sure if any announcements potentially coming,

01:22but certainly a reasonable group of supporters here

01:26to back him in for this breakfast.

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