‘Got enough problems’: Peter Dutton conspicuously absent from Coalition’s NSW election campaign

Asked about federal Coalition leader Peter Dutton’s absence from the NSW election campaign last month, premier Dominic Perrottet quipped that he did not ‘need an interstate wingman’. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The federal opposition leader, Peter Dutton, will not attend Dominic Perrottet’s official campaign launch this weekend, and is unlikely to be seen during the frantic final two weeks leading up to the New South Wales election.

As the minority Coalition government seeks to hang on to power for a fourth term in NSW, Dutton has been a notable absentee on the campaign trail.