Peter Dutton was fired up before the election was called – but has the Coalition wilted in the campaign furnace?

Liberal supporters are worried about policy shifts, outbreaks of ill-discipline and signs of a leader sapped of confidence just as his opponent found his

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It was 12 January – 75 days before the federal election would be called – and Peter Dutton was literally feeling the heat.

As the opposition leader addressed a Liberal party rally from a stuffy room in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley, visible beads of sweat ran down his forehead.

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