Dutton won't cut jobs in Defence, spy agencies

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After a rocky start to the final week of the 2025 election campaign, Peter Dutton visited a number of electorates in Melbourne. Eleanor Campbell reports.

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00:00The opposition leader Peter Dutton is on a blitz of Melbourne seats today on

00:05Wednesday with just less than four days to go until voting day. Mr. Dutton is

00:11here at the Imperial Chinese restaurant in the Melbourne seat of Chisholm. He

00:16visited Dunkley, a very nearby electorate earlier today, where he toured a

00:21domestic violence charity and also took questions from reporters on a range of

00:25topics. Remain pretty tight-lipped about what his policy costings will release

00:31tomorrow, but he did confirm that he will not sack spies or members of the

00:36defense community under his plan for the public service. Mr. Dutton right now is

00:41meeting with leaders from the local Chinese community where he will have a

00:45morning yum cha. He appears to be in good spirits after a rocky first few days of

00:51campaigning in his final week. He's expected to fly to Brisbane later to

00:55Sunday.

00:56Good night brother.

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