‘Got enough problems’: Peter Dutton conspicuously absent from Coalition’s NSW election campaign

Federal opposition leader, who trails the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, in opinion polls, is not on list of party dignitaries expected at the launch

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The federal opposition leader, Peter Dutton, will not attend Dominic Perrottet’s official campaign launch this weekend, and is unlikely to be seen during the frantic final two weeks leading up to the New South Wales election.

As the minority Coalition government seeks to hang on to power for a fourth term in NSW, Dutton has been a notable absentee on the campaign trail.

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