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Coalition makes final pitches to voters in final week of the campaign
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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4/27/2025
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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A couple of reasons for that.
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One is because the LNP holds it on a 3.4% margin,
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so not a huge margin.
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But secondly, because the current sitting member,
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LNP member Warren Ench, is retiring this election.
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Now, he's been in this job for the better part of 30 years.
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Last time he actually retired, back in 2007,
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the seat flipped to Labor.
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Then he came back the following term and successfully recontested.
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So this will be another question about whether people are voting for him
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and his personality or the LNP party.
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Now, we know this has been a key target for Labor.
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We've already seen Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visit the seat
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and promote his candidate, former basketballer Matt Smith,
00:46
and announce some money to try and boost school tourism
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to the Great Barrier Reef,
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which, of course, lies just off the coast here in Cairns.
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But Peter Dutton will shortly be arriving at this supporters' breakfast.
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There's lots of hash browns and whatnot going around.
01:00
I think he actually already has just arrived shortly in the background there.
01:04
And he, of course, is here to promote his candidate,
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LNP candidate, Jeremy Neal.
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Now, throughout the campaign so far,
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he has had to apologise, or he has apologised,
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for a series of deleted tweets.
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But, look, this will be the focus here today.
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Not sure if any announcements potentially coming,
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but certainly a reasonable group of supporters here
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to back him in for this breakfast.
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