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Who won the third week of the election campaign?

With week three done and dusted, we asked two former political staffers to offer their verdict on which leader had edged ahead on the election trail.

Neither party landed a knock-out blow, but it’s still probably a win for Anthony Albanese given Peter Dutton is running out of time to reach a diminishing number of swing voters at the centre of the political spectrum.

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Lidija Ivanovski is a partner at Brookline Advisory and former chief of staff to Richard Marles.
David Hughes is the executive director of the Menzies Research Centre and previously advised three Australian prime ministers.

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