Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been “hiding” and remaining “invisible” ahead of the Aston by-election, according to former Labor minister Stephen Conroy.
“Because the last thing he wants is his face in a newspaper, his face on TV at night, on the Melbourne papers and TVs,” Mr Conroy told
Sky News Australia.“You don’t need Labor polling to tell you that Peter Dutton knows that Peter Dutton is unpopular in the seat of Aston.”
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