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Dutton’s strategic reset targets treasurer and the teals
The targeting of Jim Chalmers in question time is emblematic of a broader offensive buoyed by opinion polls that suggest a very slim possibility of winning enough seats to negotiate minority government.
Phillip CooreyPolitical editorFor the best part of the past two-and-half years, the Coalition has studiously avoided Jim Chalmers during question time.
Instead, it has directed most of its questions on the economy to Anthony Albanese who, it believes, is more vulnerable. More so given Chalmers is generally a good parliamentary performer who usually hits most questions over the fence.
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