Dutton’s path to victory: how the Coalition thinks it can win

The Opposition Leader is not just focused on the most obvious seats where the margins are thinnest. He wants to redraw the electoral map.

Peter Dutton is taking the race to Anthony Albanese and targeting some of Labor’s safest seats. Bethany Rae

Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondent

Jan 24, 2025 – 4.50pm

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As he made his way from Goulburn in the key seat of Eden-Monaro to the NSW south coast in the marginal seat of Gilmore on Wednesday, Peter Dutton popped into the pub at Moss Vale for an unlikely campaign event.

Moss Vale, a pretty town in the Southern Highlands, is in the Labor seat of Whitlam, held by Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones with a healthy 8.3 per cent margin.

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Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondentAndrew Tillett writes on politics, foreign affairs, defence and security from the Canberra press gallery.