Peter Dutton says he will ‘lobby’ Donald Trump to change view on Ukraine if Coalition wins election

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Peter Dutton said he was disappointed" by Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office and said he would lobby the US president to change his view on Ukraine, if the Coalition won the coming federal election.

The opposition leader praised Zelenskyy as a modern-day hero", and cautioned that Europe can't continue to rely for financial support or military support from the United States".

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