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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Smee

Stuart Robert is nowhere to be seen in Fadden but his legacy could be crucial to Peter Dutton’s fate

Former government human services minister Stuart Robert
Former government human services minister Stuart Robert remains largely absent from Cameron Caldwell’s campaign trail before byelection held in ‘Peter Dutton’s backyard’ of Fadden. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Cameron Caldwell’s Facebook page is full of smiling endorsements from prominent Coalition MPs, shadow ministers and local identities from the Gold Coast.

But in the lead-up to Saturday’s byelection in the conservative stronghold of Fadden, one familiar face is conspicuously absent from Caldwell’s side on the campaign trail.

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