Tanya Plibersek accuses Peter Dutton of ‘killing people’s faith in government’

Environment minister hammers opposition leader's record, as Labor and Liberal road test lines of attack for next federal election

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Senior government minister Tanya Plibersek has accused Peter Dutton of seeking to kick the underdog when they're down" and killing people's faith in government", as Labor targets the opposition leader ahead of the next election.

Plibersek will use a speech at Labor's state conference in Western Australia on Saturday to criticise Dutton, calling his politics the poisonous politics of no".

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