The big issues Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton aren’t talking about this election

From bad airline service to the once election-deciding future of the NBN, Labor and the Coalition have been notably silent on some key policy areas

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With less than week left in the federal election campaign, there are still several important policy issues Labor and the Coalition have so far been unwilling to touch.

Many of these issues featured prominently in previous election campaigns but, so far, they have been sidelined by the government and the opposition.

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