Peter Dutton rallies Liberal members in Melbourne

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has also held a rally in suburban Melbourne as he prepares for a blitz of key seats in the final week of the campaign.

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00:00Peter Dutton is picking up the pace in the final week of the election campaign, holding

00:10a rally here in the once safe Labor held seat of Hawke. Surrounded by opposition front

00:16benches including Jane Hume, Dan Tee and Sarah Henderson as well as Victorian Liberal leader

00:22Brad Batten.

00:23Is anyone feeling that you're better off today than you were three years ago?

00:27Speaking to the party faithful, he hid the same themes around the cost of living, power

00:32prices and Labor's promise to cut power bills. Mr Dutton also tried to tie Anthony Albanese

00:38to the state government, namely Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen, in an effort to try and capitalise

00:45on what the coalition thinks is deep dissatisfaction with the Victorian government. He also took

00:51aim at the media coverage of his campaign.

00:53Forget about what you're being told by the ABC and the Guardian and the other hate media.

00:58Forget about that. Listen to what you're hearing on the doors. Listen to what people are saying

01:03on pre-polling. Know in your hearts that we are a better future for our country. Know that

01:08we stand up for the values that are important more than ever for families and for small businesses.

01:13If we stay true to our values, if we have the strength of leadership, if we have the ability

01:18to be truthful with the Australian public, to stand up and to fight for what we believe

01:22in, to deliver our vision, to make Australians better off without petrol cut, without $1,200

01:30back, to make sure that they can buy a home. That is so important to us. Once we convey that

01:36message, by election night, 6pm, we will have won this election.

01:41Clearly the coalition is trying to project a sense of momentum and hype as it prepares

01:46to campaign in up to 28 key seats, which Peter Dutton described as once thought unwinnable

01:54for the Liberal Party. Now later today we know that the opposition leader will be heading

01:58to Sydney as he prepares for the fourth and final leaders' debate of the campaign.