The ‘quiet Australians’ Dutton says will win him the election

Dutton hopeful suburbs can deliver special victory

The "quiet Australians" who delivered a Liberal predecessor an unlikely election victory could hand the party another unexpected...

The ‘quiet Australians’ Dutton says will win him the election

The Coalition is shrugging off dismal polling and looking at its internal numbers instead.

'Quiet Australians' can deliver me victory, Dutton says

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is looking to defy the polls and be elected prime minister on May 3. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) By Dominic Giannini  and Andrew Brown in Canberra Peter Dutton is relying on “quiet Australians” to get him over the line as a former political insider says protest votes could offer him a path to The Lodge. The opposition is seeking to defy a campaign-trail poll slump that has delivered Labor a significant lead, although …

As the federal election approaches, Coalition leader Peter Dutton promised that if he wins the election, he will give priority to bringing in skilled immigrants with construction skills to alleviate the housing shortage crisis, rather than promoting a large-scale immigration policy like the Labor Party, and stressed that "yoga teachers will not be given priority."

'Quiet Australians' can deliver me victory, Dutton says • The Western Weekender

The Opposition is seeking to defy a campaign-trail poll slump that has delivered Labor a significant lead, although the Coalition maintains its internal numbers are more optimistic than the public ones. Dutton will hit more than two dozen seats in the final week of campaigning ahead of Saturday’s poll. He said internal polling was positive and that gave him great confidence for the election result. “(That) really reflects, frankly, the mood that…