Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has dismissed corporate Australia as being more in step with Labor and the Greens these days, as he said the way back to power for the Liberal Party rested with small and micro-business operators, the suburbs and the regions.– who defeated Barnaby Joyce in a party room ballot on Monday – in suggesting his party will play hardball on Labor’s climate change policy because it threatened to increase prices and disrupt the reliability of supply.
Just two seats remain in doubt. The Victorian Labor seat of Macnamara is under threat from the Greens while the NSW coastal seat of Gilmore, held by Labor, is under threat from former Liberal state minister Andrew Constance. Mr Constance had fallen behind incumbent Fiona Phillips by 142 votes as of the latest count on Monday.
Mr Dutton, who once said Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce should “stick to his knitting” after speaking out in support of same-sex marriage, rounded on big business, saying they tended to speak more on social issues and climate change rather than help the Coalition by advocating economic reform. “I hope that we can continue to work with them, but I need them to work to speak up on many policies, not just social policies but economic, not just climate change.”
One Liberal moderate said the party could not win government without taking back some or all of the six teal seats.Climate change was a key factor in those seats, as was integrity and a dislike of Mr Morrison.On climate change, Mr Littleproud stuck to the “technology not taxes” mantra and said the Nationals would not support Labor locking in with legislation a net-zero-by-2050 target, or its promised 43 per cent reduction in emissions over 2005 levels by 2030.
Mr Dutton said the party could not afford to turn its back on the teal seats if it wanted to form government again.
So he'll be ditching these guys? Ha!
TFW big corporations are too left-wing for you
Give it a rest dutton
Oh, so not through your endless propaganda? He and the rest of his mates will be expired come ICAC
I wonder if AFR would do some analysis about how effective our LNP government policy was for preparing Aus business for global trade, especially with carbon and climate among key international trade factors now and into future. What was Peter's role in Aus climate denialism?
there is no legal government in this country - everything they are doing is a criminal act
Bare the teeth.........
The face of total failure.
I am from an outer suburb and runs a small business. I would NEVER vote for Dutton.
Never
Mr Dutton's road is going to hit an ICAC.
You don’t put your best players on first
Not through him
He needs to win back the Witch demographic. How’s that going to go?
The road back to power…….to what end? Nothing about the future of the country, it’s just about having the upper hand.
They make PM Anthony Albanese and his front benchers look even smarter.
Actually Sherlock it's through the voters, and in particular woman voters. As usual Dutton's assumptions, just like his predecessor are completely flawed
And cleaning up his disparate Liberal loonies. auspol
I'm dating Lee Kyu Ho.I'd like to work with you.I look forward to your kind cooperation.
Sorry to say it but Dutton just became irrelevant
PeterDutton_MP sussanley the road is also through compassion. Please provide bipartisan support for stopping the unjust prosecution of Bernard Collaery.