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As the economy turns, the Coalition finds itself out of step with the electorate.
Committed to a strategy of reminding Australians about the past three miserable years, Peter Dutton has overlearned the lessons of 2024, when voters angry at the soaring cost of living toppled a swathe of governments.
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