Ten things we learned from Peter Dutton’s speech at the Liberal party campaign launch

In a marathon 50-minute on stage the opposition leader promised to stop the boats (again), foreshadowed a significant' defence investment and took a jab at Jim Chalmers. Here's what you may have missed

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On Sunday the Coalition held its campaign launch in a conference room in western Sydney.

Peter Dutton, in his speech to three former Liberal prime ministers, his frontbench and the party faithful, said the western suburbs of Australia's largest city were one of the most important battlegrounds of our election".