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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Anne Davies in Sydney

Too much like Trump? Australia’s opposition leader Peter Dutton risks turning off voters

Composite of Peter Dutton (left) and Donald Trump (right) with a Parliament house cutout in the background.
Peter Dutton has been aligning himself with Trump’s policies Composite: Guardian design

Peter Dutton, the man who would be prime minister of Australia, is one of the hard men of the country’s politics.

So, with Australia facing a federal election now set for 3 May, it was not a huge step for him to start road-testing some of the language and policies of Donald Trump after his win in the US last November.

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